DBT40 Honoree: Brianna Hancin – Delaware Business Times [Video]

Title: Campaign Development Manager

Workplace: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Age: 28

Brianna Hancin knows that supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as its campaign development manager 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 …