John Hahn

Spencerville High School

Class of 1962

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John Hahn - Class of 1962 - Spencerville High School

First Name	John
Last Name	Hahn
Graduation Year	Class of 1962
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	FL
Country	United States
Occupation	Writer, Public Relations, Sports Administration
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Playing varsity basketball, writing for the Spencerville Journal-News, Playing guitar in the Midnight Lancers/Johnny & The Gyrations and being with a great group of classmates that are my friends.
About Me	2008-09: Writer & Consultant. 2007: Director of Corporate Communications, Comcar Industries, Auburndale, FLÃƒï¿½. Directed all aspects of communications for five nationally located trucking subsidiaries. ArenaBowl XXI with San Jose, 8th AB in 11 years. Case Manager/Career Specialist, Arbor Education & Training, Polk Works One-Stop, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida. 2005: Executive Vice President/Operations & Communications for four NIFL teams: Lakeland, Kissimmee, Daytona Beach, Florida & Dayton, Ohio. Ã‚Â¦Initiated all programs for Florida expansion teams, including field systems, marketing, football operations, office operations. Hired staff for parent company Centurion Sports Management. 2004: Business/Operations Manager for Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League. Ã‚Â¦Initiated all phases of operational side, including overall team business, travel, payroll, equipment and promotions. Ã‚Â¦Produced all aspects of game operations. Hired media relations director. Worked closely with coaches and arena management. Ã‚Â¦directed field system operations. Consultant to San Jose SaberCats (AFL). Ã‚Â¦Initiated media blitz prior to ArenaBowl XVIII, his 7th AB in 8 years. Contributor for special sections in San Jose Mercury-News. 2002-09 SEASON: Consultant to the San Jose SaberCats communications department . Contributing writer to SaberCats program & San Jose Mercury-News special sections. Ã‚Â¦Columnist aflroundhouse.com . Ã‚Â¦Event staff in communications for ArenaBowl XVI, his 6th consecutive AB. 2001: Named to the position of vice president of the Houston ThunderBears by the Arena Football League in March...Was sole administrator in Houston as T-Bears went on never-before-done, 16-game road tour, playing all their . games at neutral sites around the country... Responsible for the Houston-based teams travel, operations and communications...Administered finance at the local level...Disseminated all correspondence for distribution to the league office...Produced all press materials including the media guide, press releases and press packets...Directed various aspects of the field system operations...Worked directly with coaches, staff and league officials. 2000: Wrote and produced a Portland radio talk show...Wrote for the AFL website and publications...Worked games for the San Jose SaberCats; mainly in communications...Active in numerous writing and research projects.1999: Promoted to vice president in charge of all operations, communications and travel with the Portland Forest Dragons of the Arena Football League. Administered field operations. Coordinated all travel for individual and team movement throughout the season including budgeting. Wrote travel, housing and other transportation contracts...Besides overseeing all areas of media and community relations, responsible for all printing projects including the team. media guide, programs and marketing brochures. Joined the team in its inaugural season (1997) as the media relations director and orchestrated the first-ever media guide. Ã‚Â¦Managed radio and television production. PRO CAREER: Started writing, research and public relations company, Hondo Enterprises, in 1988. Ã‚Â¦With Portland State University from 1984 to 1988; developed promotions for athletics; also was assistant sports information director and initiated programs for ticket sales. Publicist for the USA baseball team that played in the 1984 Olympics (at Los Angeles). Assistant general manager of the Portland Beavers baseball club in charge of day-to day operations for three seasons. Ã‚Â¦Director of marketing & public relations for the Portland Rose Festival Association two years. Publicist for the Portland Timbers soccer club in the NASL for three seasons. All sports travel coordinator. OTHER: Correspondent for The Associated Press and USA Today. Staff writer for The Oregonian newspaper for eight years. Is an associate in GF Strategies, a revenue recovery company headquartered in Vancouver, Wash. Journalist-publicist for more than 40 years. Radio program producer with on-air and voice over experience. Continues to write for several websites including SaberCats. SPECIALTIES: Administrative skills in organization and initiation. Ã‚Â¦Writing and editing with creative skills in media guides, programs, newsletters and promotional materials. expertise in marketing, promotion and travel. Leadership in operations and management. AWARDS: First place in cover design for 1998 Portland Forest Dragons media guide in AFL; second place in overall content and design of 1998 media guide. First place for Rose Festival band program and Rose Cup race program by the International Festival Association. Best media guide by the Continental Indoor Soccer League. PERSONAL: From diminutive Spencerville, Ohio. Enjoys all kinds of music. plays guitar and drums. gourmet cook with specialties on the barbeque in Kamado cooking. enjoys boating, particularly sailing. Ã‚Â¦Veteran of the United States Air Force. holds two Presidential unit citations; 7 other medals. Member Air Force Sergeants Assn. Served as president of Lakewood Neighborhood Association for 11 years. past-commodore (8 yrs) of the Lakewood Yacht Club . volunteer American Heart Association. Member Florida Public Relations Association (Dick Pope/Polk County). Member since 1994 of ACCSEA (Association of Certified Concession & Special Event Auditors) Council member of Peace Lutheran Church of Lakeland, Fla.; Married Beckie R. Dennis, of Lake Oswego, Oregon. ADDRESS: 4515 Brittany Heyworth Way, Suite 204, Lakeland, FL 33813;...(read more)