Marc Hanson

Marc Hanson is Senior Associate for Cuba, Washington Office on Latin America.

He has a degree from Santa Clara University in Political Science and Philosophy and Master of Arts in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Activism

Marc Hanson is a leading expert on U.S. foreign policy and international assistance, and a key member of WOLA’s Cuba program. Prior to joining WOLA in 2013, Mr. Hanson led Refugee International (RI)'s Colombia program and government relations. Before that, he covered foreign policy, economics, budget and tax policy as legislative assistant with Congressman Sam Farr (CA-Monterey). While with the Farr office he was responsible for the Congressman’s appropriations work with the State, Foreign Operations and Financial Services subcommittees. In this capacity, he worked to rebalance U.S. foreign assistance to Colombia, expand funding for civil society in Mexico and improve relations with Cuba. He participated on numerous congressional staff delegations to Latin America, including trips to Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras and Mexico. Previously, he was a community-political organizer with the Service Employees International Union where he led a legislative campaign to expand the labor rights of low-wage home healthcare workers.

Mr. Hanson, a onetime bookseller at Kramerbooks, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, a volunteer with Servicio Paz y Justicia in Argentina, conducted field research on local institutions in Trinidad & Tobago, and observed elections in Azerbaijan and El Salvador.

Cuba trip

Rep Sam Farr sent Marc B. Hanson to Cuba for 9 days in June/July 2008. The trip was courtesy of a $$1,668.00 grant from the Institute for Policy Studies connected Center for Democracy in the Americas... "To meet with academics, journalists, embassy officials, religious leaders and government officials to discuss human rights, the effect of U.S. policy on Cuba and U.S-Cuba relations" .

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