Hannah Sommers-Thaler is a Senior Product Manager within WRI's Data Lab. In her role, she works across the WRI Data Lab product portfolio to drive innovation and iterative improvement in the ways teams deliver software products at WRI. She also coaches early-stage product teams on product development best practices through the Data Lab Product Studio to support their scaling ambitions in line with WRI's impact targets.

Prior to this role, Hannah served as Product Manager for Global Forest Watch (GFW) Pro, a tool designed for companies and financial institutions to securely manage deforestation risk in commodity supply chains. In this role, she managed development of new features in conjunction with the rollout of a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, while maintaining WRI’s commitment to open data and analysis.

Hannah has also previously worked with the Center for New York City Neighborhoods and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.

She holds a B.A. in Environmental Planning and an M.P.A. specializing in Sustainable Communities, both from Binghamton University, and State University of New York.