Lisa Hansmann

Principal, Engine Ventures

Lisa Hansmann is a Principal at Engine Ventures, where she focuses on investment in climate and energy transition. She began her career as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. Lisa has held multiple roles in economic policy, working on Senator Elizabeth Warren's policy team on competition and industrial strategy, and in the Biden White House, first as a Senior Advisor for economic policy at the National Economic Council, and then as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor in the Chief of Staff's office, driving implementation of the Administration's Investing in America agenda. Lisa’s research has focused on the intersection of clean energy and industrial strategy, most recently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as Senior Advisor to Innovation Fellow Brian Deese. Lisa holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Yale University.