Jim Hoffman

 Jim Hoffman attended the University of Iowa, where he earned a BBA in Finance and Information Systems in 1975.  He is the retired President of Alliant Energy Resources.  He is a former Board of Trustees member at Cornell College, serving a two-year term from 1996-1998.  He has served on numerous civic boards, including the Cedar Rapids Symphony and the Boys and Girls Club. 

Hoffman has made several visits to the Cornell campus.  He made presentations in Professor Jerome Savitsky's Microeconomics course in December of 2005 and February of 2007.  He also spoke in Professor Santhi Hejeebu's Managerial Economics course in April of 2007.

Hristina Borisova '07 had the following to say about Hoffman's presentation in the Managerial Economics course, "I am extremely interested in international business, so it was beneficial for me to learn about Alliant Energy's experiences abroad.  Mr. Hoffman learned valuable lessons from these experiences and shared them with us."