Senator John Hoffman

Senator John A. Hoffman (34, DFL) is a current Minnesota State Senator elected in 2012 and reelected in 2016, 2020 and 2022. Hoffman is the Chair of Human Services Finance and Policy Committee. He serves on the Health and Human Services Committee, Energy and Public Utilities and Environment and Legacy committees. He currently serves on the Mississippi River Park Commission. He served on the Governor’s workforce development committee and serves as the Vice Chair of the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission (LPSFC). He is the Executive Director of Hoffman Strategic Advisors. Prior to this role, directed business development for ALLY People Solutions, an organization that finds employment opportunities for adults with disabilities. He co-founded Consumer Credit of Minnesota and served as a Federal Title V reviewer for HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) in the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. From 2001 – 2007, Hoffman worked at PACER Center, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected Parent and Training Information Centers providing information, support, and skills as well as technical assistance. He coordinated PACER Center’s Early Childhood Project and its partnership with the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center at the University of North Carolina’s Frank Porter Graham Early Childhood Institute. From 1997-2001 he was a Technical Assistant/Program Manager with The Iowa Department of Human Services working with Interstate Compact Laws as well as in the development and response to the Infants and Toddlers Act of IDEA serving on the Technical Assistance Team for PART C. He served on the Governor’s Special Education Advisory Committee and was appointed by the Senate to a Family Support Sub Committee. Vice President Al Gore recognized him for his work with Iowaccess in partnership for reinventing government. Previously, from 1991-1997 he worked for the Department of Youth Services for Polk County Iowa as a Supervisor of Juvenile Detention Center. He served, by Mayoral appointment, on the Northwest Hennepin Human Services Advisory Council. From 2001-2004, United States Secretary of Education Rodney Paige, appointed him to serve on the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council, a federally mandated council that was charged with advising and assisting the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, Defense, Interior, and Agriculture as well as the Social Security Commissioner in their response to services for Children and Families with disabilities ages birth to six. In 2003 he was appointed to a 3-year term by the Governor of Minnesota to serve on the State Interagency Coordinating Council. In 2004 he was appointed to serve on the MN MCHB Health Advisory Task Force. He was elected in 2005 and served as Vice Chair of the Anoka Hennepin School Board, which is the largest School District in the State of Minnesota until his election to the Minnesota Senate in 2012