Mr. Hanna has been very involved in education for the last 21 years. Most recently, he served as the Co-Chair for the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, where he oversaw the production of and delivery of its report to the President entitled, “From Risk to Opportunity.” He has been instrumental in the foundation of three new Catholic schools in Atlanta, serving on the boards of each, one of which serves underprivileged Hispanic immigrants. That school has also served as a focal point for urban renewal, as a village has been created around the school to serve the entire community. He has also been involved in a variety of other educational efforts on behalf of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Mr. Hanna also hosted and produced “One Room Schoolhouse,” a weekly television program aimed at empowering parents, in their roles both as parents and as citizens, to become more actively involved in the education of their children.

During the mid 90’s, Mr. Hanna served on the original board of NET, the cable channel founded by Paul Weyrich to serve as an alternative source of media for those discouraged with the network presentation. He also served on the original board of The Progress and Freedom Foundation, a think tank developing leading edge thought regarding the digital age.

Through a number of different philanthropic groups, Mr. Hanna has supported and been involved in the issues of educational and religious liberty. Over the past several years he has concentrated on efforts that are focused on service to the poor, to children, to the Church, and to the promulgation of research into ways of better providing these services. He also continues to serve and advise various public policy institutions who further the messages of educational and religious liberty which he feels are so important. Among these groups are the Morley Institute (publisher of Crisis magazine), and the Acton Institute, on which Mr. Hanna serves on the board.

Mr. Hanna has been a frequent speaker to various groups and mass media regarding issues of faith as they pertain to the businessman. He has often spoken on philanthropy, and what he feels are new paradigms developing in this area. He has also spoken to Catholic leaders at conferences at the Vatican, and in meetings with the leadership of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

Mr. Hanna, his wife Sally and their daughter Elizabeth live in Atlanta, and are active in their church, Holy Spirit Catholic Church. He is a member of the Order of Malta, and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. He is a former Sunday School teacher and has coached Little League soccer and basketball.

Mr. Hanna is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in Finance, which he completed in three years with a perfect GPA, and was recognized as a Truman Scholar, a National Merit Scholar, and president of his fraternity. He graduated cum laude from the University’s law school, which he attended on a full academic scholarship.