1. [CLASS OF 1952 PUBLIC POLICY INTERN PROFILE]
Hannah Kattermann ’12 is from Wantage, New Jersey,
and attended High Point Regional High School. In high
school, she was a 3-year captain of the varsity ski racing
team and valedictorian. At Dartmouth, Kattermann is
majoring in government and minoring in German. She is a
member of the Dartmouth Ski Patrol, Vice-Chairman of
the Special Programs and Events Committee (an
organization that allocates funding for student-run, on-
campus programs), and both academic and reference
chair in Tri-Delta sorority. Kattermann has also
researched with Professor Deborah Brooks of the
Government department on the topic of women and the
American political system. She studied abroad in Berlin,
Germany on the German FSP. During her sophomore
spring, Kattermann interned on Capitol Hill. During the summer of 2011, she will work for
PlaNet Finance US, a microfinance non-profit in New York. After Dartmouth, she hopes to
pursue a career in finance and to later obtain her Masters of Business Administration.
Hannah was funded by The Rockefeller Center for a Summer 2011 Internship, with generous
support from The Class of 1952.
Executive Summary from Hannah’s final report:
I worked on four major projects during my time at PlaNet Finance U.S., including work on the
business strategy and microloan regulations. I was given a lot of responsibility after the
departure of my supervisor and had to manage numerous projects with various deadlines. I was
able to tie together everything that I worked on throughout the
“I realized that in all of the summer into one final project. PlaNet Finance U.S. will use the
situations, the basics business strategy throughout the next year and I am excited to
remained the same: remain
have left an impact on the nonprofit. Communication was
calm and optimistic, stay
proactive, and always critical and I learned that when communicating with either a
respect your coworkers.” teacher or a supervisor, it is important to clearly convey your
ideas, questions, and concerns the first time around.

2. In preparation for my internship, I participated in the Rockefeller Center’s Pre-Internship
Training on-campus. It was a great opportunity to meet other public policy interns, learn from
their past experiences, and discuss our summer goals. I found the group discussion on “Handling
the Worst” (i.e. losing a supervisor, etc.) to be directly useful in my internship. I realized that in
all of the worst case scenario situations, the basics remained the same: remain calm and
optimistic, stay proactive in finding new assignments, and always respect your coworkers.
I would like to thank the Rockefeller Center for its generous public policy grant. The Rockefeller
Center gave me access to new experiences, including a new work environment, a new city, and
new future plans.
Hannah Kattermann at her internship in PlaNet Finance US, in New York City.