Biography
Hank served for 26 years (1988–2014) in the U.S. Army and Utah National Guard as a Military Intelligence and Public Affairs officer. He deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2004–2005 and to the Horn of Africa (Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti) in 2011–2012, both in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
From 2005 to 2014 he served as director of public affairs and full-time spokesman for the Utah National Guard. He retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Hank earned master’s and doctoral degrees in Communication from the University of Utah. Upon retirement from the military he was an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at UVU for five years, where he researched and taught public relations, corporate communication, social media, and crisis communication.
From 2019 to 2022 he worked in the private sector as a communicator in the nonprofit and health-tech spaces and is pleased to be at UVU once again.
