About
Hannah Chung is a design leader and entrepreneur. She founded two award-winning organizations: Sproutel, a healthcare design company creating interactive companions in children’s health, and Design for America, a national network of students designing for social impact. Her work has won numerous awards such as National Design Award, Cannes Silver Lion, CES Best of Innovation, Time Best Inventions, and SXSW Interactive Innovation Award.
Hannah has been recognized as “Top 15 Women to Watch in Tech” by Inc Magazine and one of 50 honored makers by the White House. She spoke at numerous conferences like Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Creative Mornings, TEDx, and SXSW.
Hannah is an adjunct professor at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), a board member of Community Musicworks, and an advisor to early-stage startup companies. She studied mechanical engineering and design at Northwestern University.
Guest Lectures
Brown University, New York University, Northwestern University, Rice University, Rhode Island School of Design, Tufts University, University of Rhode Island, University of Washington, Vanderbilt University
Speaking
2022 RISD IDSA Makeathon, Rhode Island School of Design
2021 NYU MakerSpace, New York University
2020 Lillie’s Ladies Who LaUNCH series, Rice University
2020 Project Invent
2020 Creative Reaction Lab
2019 Hack for Global Good
2019 TEDxProvidence
2019 Spark Design Conference, DESIGNxRI
2019 Moves Millennial Forum
2018 Rhode Island Virtual Reality (RIVR)
2018 HCRI Speaker Series, Brown University
2018 Clambake Speaker Series, DESIGNxRI
2017 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Northeast District Design Conference
2016 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lectureship, Vanderbilt University
2016 General Assembly Boston
2016 Better World by Design
2015 Convocation Speaker, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
2015 General Assembly Boston
2015 TEDxSomerville
2015 SXSW “She Rules: A Female Leadership Panel”
2015 Advancing Women’s Excellence
2015 MedStart, Tufts University
2015 Better Health by Design, DESIGNxRI & Rhode Island School of Design
2014 Zermatt Summit
2014 Big Ideas Fest
2014 Women in Leadership Panel, Wunderman Thompson
2014 EPAM Continuum
2014 Pixar
2014 The Well Conference
2013 Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit
2013 Rhode Island Senate Economic Summit
2013 Better World by Design
2013 KASCON
2013 Segal Seminar Series, Northwestern University
2012 SEEED
2012 TEDxHanRiver
2012 Health 2.0 Chicago
2012 RISD Mindshare, Rhode Island School of Design
2012 Info Ecosystems for Well-being Conference, Institute For The Future
2012 Women@TheFrontier, Singularity University & NASA
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