DBT40 Honoree: Brianna Hancin
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Title: Campaign Development Director
Brianna Hancin | DBT PHOTO BY LUIGI CIUFFETELLI
Workplace: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Age: 28
Brianna Hancin knows that supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as its Eastern Pennsylvania-Delaware Region Visionaries of the Year as its campaign development director means that success starts with innovative ways to build on existing relationships and find news ways to exceed revenue goals.
The society supports patients and families in Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania while also pursuing cures for these debilitating cancers. That includes Hancin, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, or Hodgkin’s disease, while studying behavioral science and public health at the University of Delaware. That’s when she shifted her plan to become an orthopedic physician’s assistant and instead decided to give back to the community that had supported the research and medical knowledge needed to save her life.
An internship with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Delaware Chapter helped her realize her passion for nonprofit work and was offered a full-time position right after college. Since then, she’s worked across the state on various fundraising campaigns that have shown how philanthropic Delaware communities can be. A key member of the team, she supervises and mentors interns and staff members locally and beyond the First State and frequently works on special projects and panels. Her work, particularly through an employee resource group, has led to shifts in the language used surrounding cancer survivors and health-related events to ensure early detection is on the forefront of people’s minds.
With a recent promotion under her belt, Hancin now manages the strategy and staff for the region’s Visionaries of the Year Campaigns, a one-of-a-kind 10-week fundraising competition for leaders and philanthropists in our community dedicated to continuing the fight against cancer. Hancin also boards and walks dogs along with her fiancé. During the pandemic, she created a podcast called “Trauma, But Make It Funny” as a way to support people with humor in tough times.
