Hana Freymiller serves as the Head of Sustainable Finance at WPC. She is responsible for WPC’s climate finance and mission-driven investment portfolio. She manages WPC’s deal origination and transaction pipeline for clean energy, energy efficiency and other climate related investments. Ms. Freymiller is also the technical lead for WPC’s impact measurement and management systems to assess, underwrite, and evaluate the impact of our investments on the climate and communities we invest in. She works with impact investors, green banks, local governments, and community and regional banks to expand access to sustainable finance. She is an advocate for the importance of data in driving capital to mission-driven financial institutions and maximizing the impact of those investments for people and the planet.

Prior to joining WPC, Ms. Freymiller spent 15 years using data and evidence to deploy capital to grow underdeveloped economies around the world. She developed and applied sophisticated impact measurement systems to assess the potential impact of economic development investments and designed rigorous evaluations to capture the results. Ms. Freymiller worked at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) where she was a Project Director and led data-driven project development for a $500 million economic development investment. She was also responsible for impact measurement and management on over $2 billion in economic development investments to reduce poverty around the world.

Ms. Freymiller began her career with Innovations for Poverty Action(IPA), where she led multiple impact evaluations in Ghana on financial services and community development.

Ms. Freymiller received her MPA in Economics and Public Policy from Princeton University and did her undergraduate studies in Economics at Wellesley College where she played varsity tennis. Ms. Freymiller is originally from Alaska where she developed her passion for economic development and the outdoors. She spends her spare time hiking, playing tennis, and running agility courses with her dog. She resides in the Washington, DC area.