About Angela

Angela Hanks currently serves as the Director of Policy Programs with the Century Foundation. She is the former Associate Director of External Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where she led the Bureau’s external engagement strategy, advancing the Bureau’s work on banking, lending, and debt, among other issues. Angela also served in the Biden-Harris Administration as Acting Assistant Secretary ofthe Employment and Training Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor, whereshe helped implement the Administration’s pro-worker agenda.

Angela has also held leadership and policy roles at various think tanks including Groundwork Collaborative, the Center for American Progress, and Demos. Angela previously 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 has been cited and quoted in various publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic.

Angela earned her bachelor’s degree from George Washington University and her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.