Hannah Elected Chair Of National Black Caucus Of State Legislators Corporate Roundtable
Washington, DC – Patrick Hannah, Esq. has been elected Chairman of the Corporate Roundtable for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. A position previously held by Durham’s own Benjamin Ruffin, Hannah will represent over 70 companies/organizations for 700 legislators representing 70 million constituents across the country.
Nationally, Hannah served in the Clinton White House Office in the Office of Legal Counsel during the Clinton Impeachment Trial. Patrick has worked professionally on several local, statewide and national campaigns for Former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, Senator John Edwards for President and Mayor Bill Bell.
Hannah has spent the last two decades serving the local and state community before taking on this new role with the Corporate Roundtable. Locally, he served our community fighting for civil rights as Vice President of the Durham NAACP. He has been an advocate for strong public education and a parent of a teenager with special needs and for early childhood education as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Durham’s Partnership for Children.
He also worked for high-quality public transit as Chairman of the Durham Area Transit Authority. He also served as Vice President of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce. Most recently he works to strengthen and maintain a world-class air travel experience as Vice Chairman of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority. In addition, he serves on the Trust Bank Advisory Board and is the Chairman of the Arkansas Earthquake Authority in his birth state of Arkansas.
His most recent professional experience includes the role of senior counsel for a Fortune 70 company. He also has experience in higher education as Special Assistant to the Chancellor at his Law School Alma Mater, North Carolina Central University. While there he successfully passed the school’s 20-year master plan.
He does all this while being a husband for 19 years and father of 2 children. No person in our community is better equipped, prepared, and Ready Now than Patrick Hannah to serve as an elected leader for Durham or the State of North Carolina.