Bea Hanson
Bea Hanson currently serves as Senior Advisor to the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-based Violence where she is responsible for developing and implementing new cutting- edge programs and policies both inside government systems and in communities to prevent, reduce and respond to gender-based violence.
Prior to her current position, she was the Principal Deputy Director of the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women during the Obama Administration (20011-2017) where she was responsible for leading implementation of the Violence Against Women Act including distribution of nearly $500 million to communities across the country to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence.
Bea previously served as Chief Program Officer for Safe Horizon, a crime victim service organization in New York City that serves 350,000 victims annually. Prior to joining Safe Horizon, Ms. Hanson was the Director of Client Services at the New York City Anti-Violence Project where she led programs for the nation’s largest crime victim assistance and advocacy organization serving the LGBT community. Bea earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare from the City University in New York, a Master of Social Work degree from Hunter College School of Social Work in New York, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.