James E. Hanson

James E. Hanson II, is the President & CEO of The Hampshire Companies. Mr. Hanson oversees the operation and investment activities of Hampshire and its Funds. Mr. Hanson has over 35 years of real estate investment management and operational experience. Presently, his extracurricular activities include: a Council Member of the New Jersey State Investment Council, which oversees $80 Billion New Jersey State Pension Systems; 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 member of the Board of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. and Lakeland Bank. Mr. Hanson has a B.A. degree from Hope College and a J.D. degree from Vermont Law School.