Hanna Melnick is a Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Early Learning Policy at the Learning Policy Institute. Her work centers on policies that can improve early learning systems, particularly preparing a high-quality, diverse educator workforce. She is the author of several LPI reports and books on policy and practices to improve and expand children's access to high-quality early learning opportunities.

Before joining LPI, Melnick was a public school teacher in East Palo Alto and San Jose, where she started as a Teach for America corps member. Melnick holds an MPP from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and a BA from Harvard University.