Jeanette Hoffman
Jeanette Hoffman is an experienced communications consultant and media spokesperson specializing in strategic messaging, public relations, crisis communications and public affairs campaigns. As president of a public affairs firm that services a broad range of corporate and non-profit clients, she has over two decades of experience in issues advocacy, communications campaigns, politics, policy, and state government. Hoffman is also a media commentator and host who can be seen on national and New Jersey television and radio stations discussing politics and public policy.
Jeanette has served as a senior vice president at one of the state’s top ten lobbying and public relations firms and Vice President of the Commerce Industry Association of New Jersey, representing more than 900 businesses. A former Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, Hoffman was the Party’s primary media spokesperson throughout several campaign cycles. She began her career in state government working for Governor Christine Todd Whitman, and later worked for Assembly Speaker Jack Collins and Congressman Bob Franks.
Ms. Hoffman is also the host of Energy Matters on ON New Jersey, a public affairs show focused on state and federal energy policy. She is also regularly featured as a political strategist and pundit for major media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, BBC News, NewsNation, ABC News, CBS News, My9NJ, News12 NJ and more. Consistently, Jeanette is a featured commentator for several news organizations during major events, including network election night coverage.
Jeanette was awarded the Carol Murphy Award by Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey, and she’s been named to ROI-NJ’s Top Women in Business and their Power List for Government and Public Affairs, as well as NJBIZ’s prestigious Forty Under 40 list. Since 2012, Democratic State Senator Loretta Weinberg has consistently featured Jeanette on her New Jersey Women of Power List. She’s also been named one of the Right Women to Watch and one of PolitickerNJ’s top political operatives several times.
A proud graduate of The College of New Jersey, Jeanette previously served on the College’s Alumni Executive Board. She currently sits on the Boards of the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey and the Jersey Shore Partnership and volunteers in her local community as a Commissioner of the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority. She is also active with the Count Basie Center for the Arts and is an avid marathon runner. Jeanette resides in Monmouth County, New Jersey with her husband and four children.