Thomas Hanna, B.A., Executive Vice President
Life Network Engineering Technologies, Inc.
210 Eddy Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 275-9360
Executive Vive President, LifeNET Inc. Chief Development Officer for the corporate mission of using information technology to prevent family violence and child abuse.
Director Child Abuse Prevention Network (
Consultant for Marketing and Information Technology applications, Cornell University Family Life Development Center. Serves as producer-director of prevention information resources for the Family Advocacy Programs of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps. Designs and develops Internet-based information delivery systems that serve military installations worldwide.
Career History
1997- PresentEVP, LifeNET, Inc.
1978-97Development Coordinator, Family Life Development Center, Cornell
1969-78Senior Editor, Media Services, Cornell University
1966-69Freelance Writer/Publisher, Spain
1964-66Assistant Director, Public Information, SUNY Buffalo
Career in Brief
Technology Innovation: Designed and prototyped a national computer network on child abuse and neglect in 1986. Formed an alliance with Apple Computer and General Electric Information Services that led to the development of the network prototype, and its demonstration at the National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Created the Internet-based Child Abuse Prevention Network in 1995. The Network reaches over 300,000 professionals and concerned citizens in the USA and in 80 other countries every year.
Computers In Human Services: Edited (with Richard Reinoehl) the first book on Computer Literacy in Human Services. Gave the first presentation to computer networking engineers on the utilization of computer networks for child abuse prevention. Won the first nationwide planning grant on computer networking for child abuse prevention from the US Department of Commerce. Formed the alliance between Cornell University and LifeNET, Inc., for the development and commercialization of networking technology strategies for child abuse prevention.
Not-for-Profit Development: Helped take a small center from a single expiring federal grant to permanent state funding, and an annual budget of $5 Million in outside grants and contracts. Wrote and led several of these grants projects.
Public-Private Partnerships: Led the first efforts to link corporations to public sector goals in the area of family wellbeing for Federal Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands.) This eventually resulted in a partnership between adoption agencies and corporations to find adoptive families for special needs children.
Computerized Tracking System: Developed the concept and facilitated a process for state-to-state coordination of services to migrant farmworker children affected by child abuse and neglect. The system was implemented under the Migrant Student Record Transfer System. It provided for cooperation between migrant educators and local child protective workers without violating privacy or confidentiality of records in either system.
Education
BA, Cornell University
Graduate Fellowship, SUNY Buffalo (22 Credits earned)
Cornell Coursework at the Graduate Level, 1990-91:
Communications Planning and Strategy
Program Planning and Evaluation
Selected Publications
Book Chapter
"Toward Consensus in Human Services Computer Networking" in Human Services in the Information Age, Jackie Rafferty, Jan Steyaert & David Columbi, Editors. The Haworth Press, 1995.
Book
Computer Literacy in the Human Services, (The Haworth Press, 1990) Editor, with Richard Reinoehl
Videotape
Hardscrabble Childhood: Growing Up Poor in Rural New York, Executive Producer; NYS Department of Social Services, Albany, NY (1990)
Meeting the Challenge: Child Protective Services Caseworkers in New York State, Assistant Executive Producer; NYS Department of Social Services, Albany, NY (1988)
RecentPresentationsandPapers
Second annual Symposium on Child Abuse Databases. San Diego Children's Hospital Conference on Child Abuse, San Diego, CA, January 2000.
Social Work and the Web Explosion: How Professionals Use the Internet. Information Technologies for Social Work Education and Practice Conference, Charleston, SC, August 1999.
Child Abuse Prevention: Internet Strategies for Professionals. Fourth Annual Prevention Conference, Prevent Child Abuse New York, Albany, NY, May 1999.
Special Symposium on Child Abuse Databases. San Diego Children's Hospital Conference on Child Abuse, San Diego, CA, January 1999.
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Campaign: Better the Baby Cry Than the Baby Die, Twelfth National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Cincinnati, OH, November 1998
Better the Baby Cry: A Multidisciplinary Strategy for Public Awareness and Community Education. Second National Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Salt Lake City, UT, September 1998.
Internet Collaboration: Examples of Global Professional Support and Problem-Solving, Twelfth International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Auckland, NZ, September 1998.
For Child Abuse and Neglect Professionals: On using the Internet. Showcase Program of ISPCAN (International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, at theTwelfth International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Auckland, NZ, September 1998.
Organizing Cyberspace: Building Professional Networks Online. Information Technologies for Social Work Education and Practice Conference, Charleston, SC, August 1998.
Private Sector Partnerships in Technology Applications: Dangerous Liaisons or Dynamic Alliances? Information Technologies for Social Work Education and Practice Conference, Charleston, SC, August 1998.
Family Advocacy Online: Current Uses of Internet Technology for Prevention of Family Violence, World Conference of the U.S. Army Family Advocacy Programs, Salt Lake City, UT, July 1998
Learning Institute on Computer Networking, Eleventh National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, DC, December 1996.
Channeling the Information Infrastructure for Child Abuse Prevention, Technical Assistance Seminars, Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Program, U.S. Department of Commerce, Albany, NY, March 1995.
Using Marketing Techniques In Prevention Programming, U.S. Army Worldwide Family Advocacy Conference, San Diego, CA, January 1995.
Marketing Strategies for Family Advocacy, U.S. Department of Defense Family Advocacy Staff Training Course, San Antonio, TX, January 1994.
— San Antonio, TX, March, July, September and October 1994.
— Honolulu, HI, May 1994.
Family Advocacy Marketing - A Focus on Family Violence Prevention, Armed Forces Europe - Morale, Welfare and Recreation Expo, Heidelberg, Germany, October 23-27, 1994.
Marketing Family Support, Celebrate the Family '94 - Building Communities of Support, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Geneseo, NY, October 19, 1994.
Making the Media Partners in Prevention, 10th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1993.
Building Electronic Bridges to the Future, 10th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1993.
Stories In The Oral Tradition: Building School-Parent Partnerships, 10th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1993.
Marketing Prevention: A Strategy for Family Advocacy, U.S. Army Conference on Prevention in Family Advocacy Programs, Cornell University, September 1993.
Towards Consensus in Human Services Computer Networking, Featured Presentation, HUSITA3, The Third Human Services Information Technology Applications conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 1993.
Problems in Connectivity: Human Services Networking, The International Networking Services Conference,Pisa, Italy, 1992.
Family Cooperatives: A Model for Community Based Child Abuse Prevention, International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Chicago, IL, 1992.
Child Abuse Computer Networks: Master Tool for Problem Solving, International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Chicago, IL, 1992.
Second Generation Public Awareness in Child Abuse Prevention, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Denver, CO, 1991.
Computer Networks in Child Abuse Prevention, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Denver, CO, 1991.
Training Workshops on Using HandsNet in Child Abuse Prevention, National Leadership Conference on Child Abuse Prevention, National Committee on Prevention of Child Abuse, Denver, CO, 1991.
Learning Institute on Computer Networking in the Human Services (Invited Lectureship) HUSITA2, the second Human Services Information Technology Applications conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1991.
Computer Literacy: The Case of Child Abuse (Invited paper) HUSITA2, the second Human Services Information Technology Applications conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1991.
Computers in Human Services: Through the Maze of Literacy, the Human Services Information Technology Applications conference, Birmingham, England, 1987.
The Potential of Computer Networks in Child Abuse and Neglect, the International Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Sydney, Australia, 1986.
A National Computer Network on Child Abuse and Neglect, the National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Chicago, 1985.
Nutritional Abuse and Neglect: A Spectrum Approach, the National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Milwaukee, 1981.
Funding Strategies in Child Abuse Prevention for Mental Health Centers, Conference on the Expanding Role of Mental Health Centers in the Treatment and Prevention of Child Abuse, New York City, 1981.
Problems in Nutritional Maltreatment, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Los Angeles, 1980.
Memberships
Human Services Information Technology Applications (HUSITA)
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Selected Appointments
National Resource Center on Child Fatality Review Advisory Board (1999-Present)
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse - New York State, (1991-2003) Board member; Executive Committee, 1992-2003; Treasurer, 1999-2000, President, 2001-2003.
Special Interest Group Leader, Computer Networking, Human Services Information Technology Applications (HUSITA) 1987-Present. Board Director, 2002 – present; Vice Chair, 2002 - present
Cornell Computer Directors Group, Cornell University, 1992-1997
Portable Documentation Team, Cornell University, 1993- 1997
Remote Urban Network Team, Cornell University, 1993-Present
Electronic Mail Discussion Group, Cornell University, 1993-Present
Ithaca City Computer Network Committee, 1994-1997
Child Abuse Prevention Month: Process Action Team - Office of Secretary of Defense, 1995.
Family Violence Prevention Month: Process Action Team - Office of Secretary of Defense, 1995.
Tompkins County 10,000 Promises Campaign, Co-Chair, 1993-1995
Tompkins County Youth Board Member (1986-1996), Vice Chair, 1990, Chair, 1991, Chair, 1992, Executive Committee 1993
Cornell Institute of Food Sciences National Advisory Council (1980-1990) Member
National Academy of Sciences, Food and Nutrition Board Consumer Liaison Panel (1978-81) Member
National Directory of Poets and Writers, 1974-Present
Collaborations in Art, Science and Technology, Founding Member (1974-1980)
Elected Office
Alderperson, City of Ithaca Common Council 1994-1997
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