Brooke Hansbrough is a research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Hansbrough earned her bachelor's degrees in economics and Spanish from Berry College. Her research interests include development economics, environmental economics, and behavioral economics.

As a first-year associate, Hansbrough collaborates with economists at the Richmond Fed. She has worked with Toan Phan and Russell Wong to investigate the effect of climate risks on collateralized debt markets. She has also supported Claudia Macaluso and Katarína Borovičková in their analysis of heterogeneous job ladders across worker lifetimes.