PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Public Relations, Advertising & Internet Agency Ownership and Management

Gubernatorial Political Campaign – Strategy/Media/Advertising

Media and Presentation Training

Crisis Corporate Communications

Media Relations & Public Affairs

 Television Broadcasting Senior Management

Broadcast Program and Commercial Production
 
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 
 
Hawaiian Airlines, Senior VP Public Affairs and Corporate Communications
May 2008 - Present
 
Hoffman Communications, Owner and President
2006 – 2008
 
Communications Pacific, Senior Consultant
2005 - 2006                           
 
Communications Pacific, President and Principal
1997 – 2005                          
 
Hill & Knowlton Hawaii, Vice President Corporate Communications
1996 – 1997                          
 
KHON (NBC), Station Manager/VP Programming (1980-1995)
1975 - 1995        Promotion Director (1979-1980) Producer/Director (1975-1979)

                                             PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 

  • PBS Hawaii, Board of Directors
  • Diamond Head Theatre, Board of Directors
  • Easter Seals Hawaii, Board of Directors
  • Former Board of Directors, Hawaii State Arts Museum
  • Former Board of Directors, Manoa Valley Theatre
  • Former Board of Directors, Child & Family Services
  • Former Board of Directors, Children’s Discovery Center
  • Former Board of Directors, Historic Hawaii Foundation
  • Former Board of Directors, Hawaii Theatre for Youth
  • Former Board of Directors, Le Jardin Academy
  • Former President, Board of Directors, Muscular Dystrophy Association
  • Former Board of Directors, Hawaii Film Festival
  • Former President, Hawaii Association of Broadcasters

RECOGNITIONS 

  • Selected Member of Governor’s Commission on Film and Video
  • 1991 Broadcaster of the Year Award (HAB)
  • Selected Member of Governor’s Commission on Year of the Family
  • 1989 Department of Health Commissioner’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota 1966-70             History and Psychology major



 


   
   
   

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