Web exclusive - More of what they say about Jim Hannan

March 1, 2008

"He's very much involved with our finance committee. He has a wonderful propensity to get into the facts once everything's been laid out, and his comments are right on the line. He can focus in on the essentials. Despite being a prominent businessman, he really wants us to focus on our mission. You don't often see that in businesspeople; they're more bottom-line oriented. And our mission to make sure we're educators, entertainers and Atlanta story tellers, and preserve objects for the public."

"It's good to be around a person who has such an easy way about him and who runs such a big organization. He's very user friendly, straight forward, plain spoken, and it's not hard to get an opinion out of him. He's very qualified to run big business, and at his age, he will be here a long time."


"There's no reason why Jim can't rank right up with any leader in Atlanta on a long-term basis; the opportunities will present themselves. There were a lot of questions and lots of soul searching as to why Koch bought G-P. But we felt like we had some capabilities that we could apply in the arena in which G-P operates. There's no question Jim will be able to lead G-P in the long term."