Hannah Birgé, Ph.D
Director, Science & Standards, Global Corporate Engagement
Manhattan, KS
Dr. Hannah Birgé Director, Science & Standards, Global Corporate Engagement © Courtesy Dr. Hannah Birgé
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
soil science, climate change, resilience, knowledge co-production, adaptive management
Biography
Dr. Hannah Birgé (pronounced “burr-SHAY”) is Director of Science and Standards at The Nature Conservancy, where she leads a multidisciplinary team focused on translating science, strategy and policy into practical corporate action across food, agriculture and water systems. Her work centers on building resilient supply chains and land-use strategies that align ecological realities with business decision-making.
Hannah currently serves as a gubernatorial appointee to the Kansas–Nebraska Blue River Compact and previously served on Nebraska’s Healthy Soils Task Force. She was named a 2022 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research New Innovator Awardee and previously led a NATO Science for Peace and Security workshop examining ecosystem change and cybersecurity risks in the Arctic.
She holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources Sciences and Applied Ecology from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, an M.S. in Ecology from Colorado State University and a B.A. in Biology from St. Olaf College. She lives in the Flint Hills of Kansas.