John Hoffman

John Hoffman is a current Minnesota State Senator serving Senate District 34 which is made up of Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Coon Rapids, Dayton and Rogers. He was first elected in 2012 and reelected in 2016, 2020 and 2022. He is the current Chair of the Human Services Finance and Policy Committee in the Minnesota Senate which oversees 16 Billion Dollars of services in Minnesota. He served on the Human Services Reform Policy and Finance Committee as the Ranking Lead. He also served on the Aging and Long-Term Care committee, Governors Workforce Development Committee, the School Trust Land Education Committee as Vice Chair, and on the Governor’s Developmental Disabilities Council as former Chair. He was the Business Development Director for ALLY Business Solutions, an organization that finds employment opportunities for adults with disabilities. He co-founded Consumer Credit of Minnesota and is also a Federal Title V reviewer for HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration). 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. John’s areas of expertise include Natural Environments/Inclusion/Least Restrictive Environments, Special Education Law, Parent Training, and Early Childhood Education. 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 also served on the Governors Special Education Advisory Committee and was appointed by the Senate to a Family Support Sub Committee. In 2001, 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.