David Hagan lost his son Ben to Leukemia in the mid 1990's. During that time period David joined the non profit WHY ME to help him cope with his son's disease. This connection became so important, that David became its Executive Director.

During the time period that David Hagan's son Ben was going through his battle with Leukemia, a battle that he unfortunately was not able to recover from,  David joined the Worcester , Ma. based non profit WHY ME to help him cope with what Ben was going through. This non profit affected David to the point where he eventually gave up his career in banking to become the Executive Director of this non profit, trading his focus from profit and loss to helping children and their families.