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."
- Sal Cilella, president and CEO, Atlanta Historical Society
"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."
- Tom Bell, chairman and CEO, Cousins Properties
"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."
- Joe Moeller, vice chairman, Koch Industries