Hanson is a Managing Director at 1919 Investment Counsel and Head of the Birmingham Office. In his role as a Senior Client Advisor, Hanson works with individuals, families, foundations, and endowments, delivering comprehensive investment counsel. His primary focus is on understanding each client’s unique goals in order to develop and implement tailored solutions to meet their long-term wealth and investment objectives. Hanson is also a member of the Operating Committee and Investment Policy Committee, as well as the Chair of the Marketing Steering Committee.

Outside of the office, Hanson is a Trustee and Chair of Development of The Jefferson Trust at the University of Virginia, a member of the Board of Governors of Indian Springs School in Birmingham, and the former Chairman of the Board of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. He is also a Director of Commerce at One Bank in Birmingham and a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham.

Before joining the firm in 2006, Hanson began his career in 1994 as an investment banker in public finance in New York. He returned to Birmingham in 2000, joining a boutique firm focused on investment management, municipal, and corporate financial advisory work. Hanson joined Sterne Agee in 2006, initially managing its Public Finance Group, later forming its Family Office Group in 2011 as an addition to the firm’s existing wealth management platform. Hanson was President of The Trust Company of Sterne Agee, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Stifel Trust Company in 2015.

In his spare time, Hanson enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, working in the yard, watching British crime series, and playing with his dogs.

Hanson received a B.S. in Finance & Marketing from University of Virginia, as well as an M.B.A. from Duke University.