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Meet the Executive Team
Howard W. Hanna Jr.
Howard "Hoddy" Hanna
Helen Hanna Casey
Annie Hanna Cestra
Howard "Hoby" Hanna
Duffy Hanna
Annie Hanna Engel
William Askin
Kristine Burdick
Thomas Ceponis
Fred Corsi
Ron Dishler
Iva Fiorina
Greg Hammill
Denny Hartzell
Jean Hayes
L.B. McKelvey
Barbara Reynolds
John Peluso
Tracy Rossetti Delvaux
Susan Sadowski
Gloria Schucolsky
Mark Steele
Meredith Stephenson
Peter Sukernek
Melissa Willis
Darlene Hunter
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Howard W. Hanna, Jr.
Founder, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
Howard W. Hanna, Jr. founded Howard Hanna Real Estate Services in 1957 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After serving as an American Liaison Officer with the British Army in India in World War II Mr. Hanna, and his wife Anne Freyvogel Hanna, began the real estate company with a modest dividend check and a tiny office at the intersection of Bayard and Craig Streets in the Shadyside area of Pittsburgh. He and his wife wanted to carve out a business close to their home. Mr. Hanna had experience working for the homebuilder’s association in Cleveland; his wife had strong roots in Pittsburgh and didn’t want to leave. With his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business from the University of Pittsburgh, he began with his single office what is now the 4th largest real estate company in the United States.
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has 131 offices across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York with more than 4,700 sales associates and staff. The company specializes in residential and commercial brokerage service, mortgages, closing and title insurance, land development, appraisal services, insurance services and corporate relocation. In 2010, the company sold 33,953 homes.
A former Director of the REALTORS® Association, Mr. Hanna was a founding member and past President of the East End Multi List and the West Penn Multi List, Inc., as well as past President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Independent Fee Appraisers. In 1991, he was appointed by (then) Governor Casey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s State Real Estate Commission.
Mr. Hanna is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida, also a state-certified General Appraiser and a Florida-licensed Mortgage Broker. He has over 62 years of experience in all areas of real estate.
He has been recognized by the Florida Association of REALTORS® as a “Living Legend of Real Estate,” and he has received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the REALTORS® Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh.
Howard and Anne Freyvogel Hanna had three children; Howard W. “Hoddy” Hanna, III, Chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Service; Helen Hanna Casey, President; and Annie Hanna Cestra, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Hanna has 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
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