Dennis M. Hanno (born 1955) is an American accountant and academic administrator was served as 11th president of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, for more than seven-year term.
Hanno grew up in a small town in upstate New York and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from the University of Notre Dame in 1977.
In 2006, he joined the staff at Babson College, as a President's Endowed Professor of accounting and dean of the undergraduate school.
The new programs have been made possible with the support of the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation and include the establishment of an endowed professorship in social entrepreneurship.
He is the founder and head of IDEA4Africa, a non-profit that seeks to inspire and equip youth entrepreneurs to develop social and economic value for their communities and for the world.