Meet the Staff of Wilmington Downtown, Inc.
 

John Hinnant
Executive Director

john@wilmingtondowntown.com

John is a Wilmington Native graduating from Laney High School.  He graduated from Lees-McRaeCollege in Banner Elk, NC in 1993.

As a child, John’s mother owned a maternity shop in downtown Wilmington and his father is a contractor who has remodeled several buildings in downtown Wilmington.  John was the youngest captain of the youngest crew in the first two RiverFests, which were organized by the Downtown Area Revitalization Effort, Inc. (which is now Wilmington Downtown, Inc.)

John was previously involved with Wilmington Downtown as a Board Member in various leadership roles while he owned a restaurant in downtown Wilmington. The restaurant was the Underground Sandwich Shoppe in the basement of the TrustBuilding.

John began appraising real estate in 2004 and became a Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser in 2006.  John became the Executive Director of Wilmington Downtown in June 2007 after the previous director took a job in the private sector.  He is married with two young children ages 5 & 7.

Ashley Hanners
Administrative Assistant

office@wilmingtondowntown.com