Jan Hanak
Vice President, Marketing + Communications, Jacksonville Office
Jan Hanak is Vice President of Marketing + Communications for Regency Centers.
Jan leads Regency's marketing, communications, and market research team, directing all corporate, brand, and property marketing activities for our shopping centers nationwide.
Jan joined Regency in 2010, serving as a Marketing Design Manager and helping to lead Regency through a significant rebrand in 2012. He assumed the role of Vice President in 2015, growing the marketing team into a best-in-class in-house agency for the company. In 2021, Jan earned the Joan and Martin E. Stein, Sr. Award, Regency's highest honor, recognizing employees' business acumen and ethical standards.
Before joining Regency, Jan served as Director of Design and Interactive for a full-service advertising agency in Florida. He has also worked in various creative capacities for organizations that include MCI, Chemence, and Citi. Jan's focus is a design-minded view of marketing and communications, with a keen eye toward emerging marketing technologies and demographic/psychographic trends.
Jan earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Florida. He is a member of ICSC and a board member for the United Way of Northeast Florida and Downtown Vision, Inc., the business improvement district for downtown Jacksonville. He is also a 2024 graduate of Leadership Jacksonville and volunteers with the United Way, HabiJax, SisterHermana, and other local charities.
Jan enjoys spending time with his wife near the water, exploring their hometown of Saint Augustine and the rest of Florida, and hiking out West whenever possible. They also take turns visiting their two daughters in Baltimore and Tallahassee.