Our co-founders shared a vision for an organization that would do development differently. Learn how. Hard to believe it’s been five years since our co-founders Hannah Cooper Klein and Tyler Smith shared a vision for an organization that would do development differently and started Cooper/Smith. Today, with the support of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, UNICEF, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations Foundation and Georgetown University, their vision has taken hold in Malawi, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Rwanda, Thailand, Indonesia and more. Our team is driving change throughout the world with hard data, innovative analysis, and country-led collaboration.