Brandi Hanback

Executive Vice President
Industrial Development/Head of FTZ Trade & Logistics

Brandi Hanback is Executive Vice President, Head of Development and Head of FTZ, Trade & Logistics for Rockefeller Group. In this role, she oversees the company’s national development platform, focused on increasing activity in existing markets and expanding into new markets. She also oversees the company’s longstanding Foreign Trade Zone division, which consults with tenants and clients on complex international trade, logistics and customs matters.

Prior to her most recent role, Ms. Hanback served as Co-Head or Deputy Head of Development since 2019. She has helped the company rapidly grow its development platform by geography and property type, establishing new regional offices and expanding its pipeline to more than 40 projects in 15 states. From 2013 to 2019, she was Executive Vice President of Industrial Development, where she led the industrial business line in the completion of more than eight million square feet of development nationally, contributing significantly to the company’s most active decade for development since its founding in 1928.

Prior to joining Rockefeller Group in 2003, Ms. Hanback was a Senior Manager and Area Leader at KPMG LLP in Washington, D.C. Ms. Hanback also formerly served as Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones. In this capacity, she represented the interests of FTZ grantees, operators, and users through interaction with federal agencies and congressional committees involved in international trade.

Ms. Hanback holds a Juris Doctorate from Catholic University and is admitted to the bars of Maryland, District of Columbia and the U.S. Supreme Court. She holds a master’s degree in international transactions from George Mason University, and a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech. She is a licensed Customs Broker and an Accredited Zones Specialist.