Irene Horstmann Hannan Biography

Irene Horstmann Hannan

Irene Horstmann Hannan is Senior Vice President of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, and has responsibility

as the Division Executive for managing the Bank’s commercial business with Not-for-Profit organizations,

Health Care businesses and its Professionals Banking Group in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and

Maryland. She is responsible for full commercial banking with these sectors including credit, deposits,

investments and all non-credit products. She has also served as the Division Executive for Government

Banking.

Irene previously served as the Director of Women’s Business Services for the General Bank of Wachovia

(now Wells Fargo). As its director, Hannan was responsible for the design and execution of the company’s

strategy for increasing business with women throughout the company’s markets including the Retail and

Commercial Banks.

Irene started her banking career with Wachovia’s predecessor institution, CoreStates Financial Corp.,

following a varied professional career in public and private industry. She is the former Chief Financial

Officer of the National Center for Urban Ethics Affairs in Washington, D.C., and Vice President of Hannan

Associates with offices in Washington and Philadelphia. While with Hannan Associates, she opened a

manufacturing facility in the Republic of Ireland producing closed circuit television equipment.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, its Executive

Committee, and chairs its Board Development Committee. Irene recently successfully chaired the national

Search Committee to secure a new CEO of the organization. Irene was the co-chair of the Girl Scouts Take

the Lead event in 2003 and 2004, the organization’s major fund raising event. She is a member and past

President of the Forum of Executive Women, the premier membership organization for senior women

leaders in the Philadelphia region. She also has served as the Chair of the Forum Foundation. Irene was

appointed by Pennsylvania’s Gov. Edward Rendell to serve three terms as a Commissioner on the

Pennsylvania Commission for Women. She is a board member of the Urban League of Philadelphia and

serves on its Executive Committee. Formerly a Director of the Board of the Pennsylvania Bankers

Association, she currently serves on the PBA’s Direct Bankers’ Committee and is a founding member of

the PBA’s Women in the Industry Committee. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the College of

Physicians. Irene is a former Board Member of the Women’s Investment Network (WIN) whose mission is

to promote women’s leadership in high growth businesses. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the

Professional Women’s Roundtable where she advises young professional women through mentoring, and

the Advisory Board of Temple University’s Fox School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship where

she served a one-year term as Executive in Residence. She is a member of the Advancement Committee

for Mercy Vocational High School. Irene served two terms as a member of the Greater Philadelphia

Chamber of Commerce’s Paradigm Award committee selecting outstanding women leaders to receive the

prestigious Paradigm award. In 2005 she co-chaired Drexel University’s Woman One event in support of

medical school scholarships for women. She was a founding member of the American Heart Association

Go Red for Women executive committee. Irene is a frequent speaker at events for women, entrepreneurs,

and students including appearances on Comcast’s Comcast’s It’s Your Call with Lynn Doyle, BEN FM,

and keynote addresses at Rosemont College, Accenture, PHH Mortgage, Neumann College, the Defense

Supply Center of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

She is the recipient of the following awards and recognitions:

Women of Distinction Award 2000 from the Philadelphia Business Journal

U.S. Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Advocate of the Year award 2002

First recipient of the Iris Newman Award given by Ben Franklin Technology Partners and

WIN for her commitment to women’s entrepreneurship

50 Best Women in Business named by the Governor of Pennsylvania in 2002

Recognized by the Dean of Temple University’s Fox School of Business as it Executive in

Residence 2002-2003

President’s Award by the Philadelphia Chapter of NAWBO in 2003

The Forum of Executive Women’s prestigious Star Award in Spring 2003

Appointed by Governor Ed Rendell to the Pennsylvania Commission for Women in June

2002, June 2006 and June 2009.

Leadership Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Inquirer named Hannan as one of the 100 Top

Connectors in Philadelphia in 2007

Recipient of the ADVIS (Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools) Visionary

Leader award 2006

Temple University’s Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame inductee 2007

Women in Leadership Award 2010 presented by The Main Line Chamber of Commerce &

the Devereux Foundation

Irene has also taken an active role in her community. She is a trustee, board vice chair, and chair of the

Finance Committee of Trinity University in Washington D.C. She has served as board chair at the

Crossroads School where she was the first trustee awarded emeritus status; also a trustee of the Vanguard

School, and the Country Day School of the Sacred Heart. She is a permanent board member of St. Francis

Nursing Home who awarded her the Mundy Award for outstanding service. She served as a two-term chair

of the Women’s Committee of the Union League of Philadelphia. Irene chaired the 50th

Anniversary Year

for the Rosemont School of the Holy Child.

A graduate of Trinity College, she also studied on the graduate level at Temple University and the

University of Wisconsin. She also completed the Advanced Leadership Development Program at Babson

College. She resides in Devon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.

Contact Information:

Irene Horstmann Hannan

Senior Vice President

Citizens Bank

3025 Chemical Road, Suite 395

Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1750

484.530.6630

Irene.Hannan@RBScitizens..com