Hannah Colson

Chief Financial Officer Hammond Lumber Company

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Hannah Colson is Chief Financial Officer of Hammond Lumber Company, the family-owned building materials dealer founded in Maine in 1953 that now operates 34 locations across Maine and New Hampshire. She joined Hammond when it acquired Ellsworth Building Supply, where she was CFO, and in September 2020 was named Hammond’s Chief Financial Officer as part of a new senior leadership team the company announced that month. She is responsible for the company’s financial performance and all finance activities, and is a certified public accountant.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of Hammond Lumber Company since September 2020, responsible for optimizing the company’s financial performance and the execution of all finance activities.
• Part of the senior leadership team Hammond formed in 2020 to help guide the company’s overall mission and strategy.
• Previously Chief Financial Officer of Ellsworth Building Supply, joining Hammond through its acquisition of that company.
• Certified public accountant and member of the American Institute of CPAs.
• Holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Maine.

Professional Journey

Colson studied at the University of Maine, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and then a Master of Science in Accounting, and qualified as a certified public accountant.

She became Chief Financial Officer of Ellsworth Building Supply. When Hammond Lumber Company acquired Ellsworth Building Supply, Colson moved to Hammond along with other EBS managers, including Dan Curtis and Dick Willard, who became vice presidents.

In September 2020 Hammond announced a new senior leadership team, with internal promotions and new roles, organised the business into regions and appointed Colson Chief Financial Officer. President and CEO Mike Hammond, the third generation of the family to run the company, said the team would “help guide the company’s overall mission and strategy”. Colson took responsibility for optimising the company’s financial performance and for all finance activities.

Hammond Lumber was founded in 1953 by Skip and Verna Hammond with a single sawmill, and is now a fourth-generation family business carrying a full line of building materials. It reports 34 locations across Maine and New Hampshire and more than 900 employees. Colson remains CFO on the company’s current senior leadership team.

She lives in Surry, Maine.

Education

University of Maine

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

University of Maine

Master of Science, Accounting