Jane Hoffman

Jane S. Hoffman (born July 20, 1964) is an American public policy expert and author on consumer affairs and the environment, and, most recently, on big tech companies and private data. She has served many roles in government and civics, including at the United Nations and New York City and state governments. Early life Hoffman grew up in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey, the daughter of David Steiner and Sylvia Steiner, a Jewish affairs power couple. Her father is a real estate developer, owner of Steiner Studios (the largest movie studio complex in the eastern United States), and was president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, among other communal roles. She has two sisters and one brother. Hoffman graduated with a B.S. in communication from Northwestern University, where she was later a trustee. She also studied labor relations at the London School of Economics. Career Hoffman worked as a Salomon Brothers analyst, and as a show producer for Cable News Network, before switching to a public career. She worked for the United Nations where coordinated events with the New York City government, followed by a complementary position as New York City deputy commissioner to the United Nations at the start of the Giuliani administration. She then moved to the city's Commission of Consumer Affairs, spending three years as assistant commissioner, before being appointed its commissioner in 2000 for the remainder of Giuliani's term in office.