Dr. Hannah Gourgey is a Director at the Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum leading the Texas Opportunity Youth Network (TOYN).  Hannah has over 20-years’ experience in Texas Education and Workforce development focused on systems change through community solutions and collective impact. Before taking on her role at the Aspen Institute, Hannah worked at E3 Alliance helping to grow the backbone organization in Central Texas as it became a national leader in data-led collaboration for education change.  Her roles included working some of the most significant K-16 education transitions from Pre-K to college and career entry. She facilitated a community-driven effort to develop a formative, strengths-based Kindergarten assessment used across Central Texas to provide teachers with strategies to support optimal child development. She also launched and managed the Central Texas College Attainment Network comprised of regional postsecondary and community partners focused on supporting low income and first-generation college students access and complete their college aspirations. Her current work with TOYN drives field alignment and collaborative capacity building for education, workforce systems and communities in support of opportunity youth and young adults across the state of Texas.