CEO, Hoffman Media, LLC

Eric Hoffman is Chief Executive Officer of Hoffman Media, LLC, a leading special interest media company with offices in Birmingham, AL, New Orleans, LA, and Westlake, OH, where he oversees the operations of the company while also leading its strategic business development efforts. In his role he has developed substantial experience in direct marketing, advertising, digital media, and other areas of media while also leading in deal structuring, contract negotiations, and the company’s mergers and acquisitions strategy.

Prior to joining the company in March 2007, Mr. Hoffman worked in New York as an investment banker, where he specialized in mergers & acquisitions advisory and public and private equity offerings. He began his career at Ernst & Young LLP as an associate in the firm’s national advisory services practice. He is a graduate of The University of Alabama, where he earned his B.S. in Finance. In addition, he is a graduate of Stanford University’s Professional Publishing Course. Mr. Hoffman is very active in the New Orleans community, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation, the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, the Board of Trustees of the Academy of the Sacred Heart, the Board of Directors of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Louisiana where is the newly elected Board President. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trustees of St. George’s Episcopal School, the Board of Directors of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, the Board of Directors of the Young Presidents Organization Louisiana Chapter where he served as Chapter Chair, and the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Travel Association.

In 2010, while living in Birmingham, he was named one of Birmingham’s Top 40 under 40 by the Birmingham Business Journal, and in 2015 was the recipient of the Victor Profis Memorial Travel Media award presented by the Louisiana Travel Association for his dedication to the travel and tourism industry of Louisiana. Eric and his wife, Katie, along with their children, Hays and Amelia, are proud to call New Orleans home.