Hanna named interim president at South Texas Children’s Home
BEEVILLE—Homer Hanna, a former executive with South Texas Children’s Home Ministries, will serve as interim president and chief executive officer for the Beeville-based agency.
A search committee will be named soon to find a successor to South Texas Children’s Home Ministries President Todd Roberson, who has been named president of Children at Heart Ministries in Round Rock.
John Weber, chairman of the STCHM board of directors, noted he immediately thought of Hanna, who retired in 2000 after 22 years service at South Texas Children’s Home, as he began the process of naming an interim president.
“Before I talked to Homer to see if he would take on this responsibility, I spoke with each of the members of our executive committee about who our interim should be, as well as to the chairmen of the South Texas Children’s Home and South Texas Children’s Home Land Management boards,” Weber said. “All were in agreement that we could not have a better person in this position than Homer Hanna.”
During his tenure at South Texas Children’s Home, Hanna’s responsibilities included serving as child care administrator, special assistant to the president and vice president for church relations. Additionally, he served two terms as interim president for South Texas Children’s Home.
In retirement, Hanna has continued to serve as part-time development consultant for South Texas Children’s Home Ministries.
“South Texas Children’s Home Ministries is successful because of the wonderful group of talented and dedicated people who do their part in every aspect of the day to day life of the Home,” Weber said, “We are in marvelous shape to move forward as Homer steps in once again to serve the South Texas Children’s Home Ministries family. He will be a familiar face, both internally and publicly, as he represents the Home and facilitates operations.”
Prior to his coming to the children’s home in 1977, Hanna served in numerous Texas churches as youth director, assistant pastor, associate pastor and pastor. He is a graduate of Baylor University and the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also served as Dean of Students at the University of Corpus Christi—now Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi—from 1966 to 1970.
Hanna currently lives in Beeville with his wife, Marilyn. They have three children and eight grandchildren.