The Century Foundation (TCF), a leading progressive think tank, today announced the hiring of seasoned policy expert and strategist Angela Hanks as the organization’s first Chief of Policy Programs. Hanks will help guide strategy across TCF’s research and policy teams working on issues including the economy and labor, health care, and education, working closely with TCF’s new president, Julie Margetta Morgan. Angela brings to The Century Foundation more than a decade of experience designing and fighting for policy changes that improve working families’ lives, from both inside and outside of government.
Hanks joins The Century Foundation from the Biden administration, where she was most recently the Associate Director of External Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), leading the Bureau’s external engagement strategy to ensure its policy agenda was informed by experts, industry stakeholders, and consumers across the country. Prior to CFPB, Hanks served as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Employment and Training Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor, where she helped shape and implement the administration’s pro-worker, pro-union agenda. She previously held leadership and policy positions at several think tanks, including Groundwork Collaborative, the Center for American Progress, and Demos.
“Angela is exactly the kind of leader The Century Foundation needs right now—tenacious, creative, and laser-focused on policy changes that will improve people’s lives and build an economy that works for everyone,” said The Century Foundation President Julie Margetta Morgan. “As the current administration persists in handing more wealth and power over to a handful few at the top, The Century Foundation is lucky to have Angela leading our talented research and policy experts.”
“Far too many families today are struggling to make ends meet and are deeply concerned about their future, while the wealthy and corporations increasingly wield their wealth to amass and consolidate power,” said Angela Hanks, The Century Foundation’s new Chief of Policy Programs. “I’ve spent my career advancing public policy that puts power in the hands of everyday workers, consumers, and families, and I am thrilled to join the incredible team at The Century Foundation and help chart a path for new, impactful solutions to ensure working class people of every background can thrive.”
Earlier in her career, Hanks held positions at the Center for Law and Social Policy and the National Skills Coalition. She worked on Capitol Hill as a counsel on the Democratic staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee and legislative assistant to the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD). She earned her bachelor’s degree from George Washington University and her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.
About The Century Foundation
Founded in 1919 by progressive business leader Edward Filene, The Century Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that pursues economic, racial, gender, and disability equity in education, health care, and work, and promotes U.S. foreign policy that fosters international cooperation, peace, and security. In the last decade, Century has more than tripled its staff and annual budget and significantly increased its influence on Capitol Hill and in state and local legislatures, in addition to launching a novel spinoff think tank in 2019, Next100.
In recent years, The Century Foundation has been at the forefront of protecting the Affordable Care Act, led the fight to secure $800+ billion in expanded aid to unemployed workers during the pandemic, and was the first to sound the alarm about the nation’s fiscal “child care cliff.”
Since January, The Century Foundation welcomed a new President, Julie Margetta Morgan, and hired eleven full-time senior fellows from the Biden administration, including Julie Su, former acting U.S. secretary of labor; Lauren McFerran, former chair of the National Labor Relations Board; Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, former administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and Carole Johnson, former administrator of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), among others.
Angela Hanks Joins The Century Foundation as Chief of Policy Programs
The Century Foundation (TCF), a leading progressive think tank, today announced the hiring of seasoned policy expert and strategist Angela Hanks as the organization’s first Chief of Policy Programs. Hanks will help guide strategy across TCF’s research and policy teams working on issues including the economy and labor, health care, and education, working closely with TCF’s new president, Julie Margetta Morgan. Angela brings to The Century Foundation more than a decade of experience designing and fighting for policy changes that improve working families’ lives, from both inside and outside of government.
Hanks joins The Century Foundation from the Biden administration, where she was most recently the Associate Director of External Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), leading the Bureau’s external engagement strategy to ensure its policy agenda was informed by experts, industry stakeholders, and consumers across the country. Prior to CFPB, Hanks served as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Employment and Training Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor, where she helped shape and implement the administration’s pro-worker, pro-union agenda. She previously held leadership and policy positions at several think tanks, including Groundwork Collaborative, the Center for American Progress, and Demos.
“Angela is exactly the kind of leader The Century Foundation needs right now—tenacious, creative, and laser-focused on policy changes that will improve people’s lives and build an economy that works for everyone,” said The Century Foundation President Julie Margetta Morgan. “As the current administration persists in handing more wealth and power over to a handful few at the top, The Century Foundation is lucky to have Angela leading our talented research and policy experts.”
“Far too many families today are struggling to make ends meet and are deeply concerned about their future, while the wealthy and corporations increasingly wield their wealth to amass and consolidate power,” said Angela Hanks, The Century Foundation’s new Chief of Policy Programs. “I’ve spent my career advancing public policy that puts power in the hands of everyday workers, consumers, and families, and I am thrilled to join the incredible team at The Century Foundation and help chart a path for new, impactful solutions to ensure working class people of every background can thrive.”
Earlier in her career, Hanks held positions at the Center for Law and Social Policy and the National Skills Coalition. She worked on Capitol Hill as a counsel on the Democratic staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee and legislative assistant to the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD). She earned her bachelor’s degree from George Washington University and her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.
About The Century Foundation
Founded in 1919 by progressive business leader Edward Filene, The Century Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that pursues economic, racial, gender, and disability equity in education, health care, and work, and promotes U.S. foreign policy that fosters international cooperation, peace, and security. In the last decade, Century has more than tripled its staff and annual budget and significantly increased its influence on Capitol Hill and in state and local legislatures, in addition to launching a novel spinoff think tank in 2019, Next100.
In recent years, The Century Foundation has been at the forefront of protecting the Affordable Care Act, led the fight to secure $800+ billion in expanded aid to unemployed workers during the pandemic, and was the first to sound the alarm about the nation’s fiscal “child care cliff.”
Since January, The Century Foundation welcomed a new President, Julie Margetta Morgan, and hired eleven full-time senior fellows from the Biden administration, including Julie Su, former acting U.S. secretary of labor; Lauren McFerran, former chair of the National Labor Relations Board; Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, former administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and Carole Johnson, former administrator of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), among others.