Hattie is a Masters of Science candidate at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, where her studies focus on trade and agricultural policy in the interest of international food security.
While in graduate school, Hattie was a Tisch Fellow at the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service Food Assistance Division, where her work focused on the impact of development programs on agricultural markets and trade facilitation. Hattie was also on a team at that assessed the capacity of technology platforms to manage in-kind donations in the disaster context. Prior to graduate school, Hattie worked in both the private and public finance sectors in a regulatory compliance capacity, implementing requirements set forth by the Bank Security Act, in addition to researching corporate governance issues.