James E. Hanson II

Mr. Hanson oversees the operation and investment activities of The Hampshire Companies and its funds.  He has over 35 years of real estate investment management and operational experience.  Mr. Hanson is currently a Council Member of the New Jersey State Investment Council; an Executive-In-Residence and Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors for the Center of Real Estate Studies at Rutgers Business School; a Commissioner of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission; and a Member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.  Mr. Hanson earned a bachelor’s degree from Hope College and a juris doctor degree from Vermont Law School.