Position: President, Trigild

Background: Now a full-service firm, San Diego-based Trigild was founded in 1976 as a hotel management company. Hoffman became marketing coordinator for the firm in 1984, and now oversees 750 employees and 10 regional offices throughout the country.

Picture taken: With my one-month-old grandson Casey.

Projects Trigild is known for: Coldwater retail portfolio, Bethany multifamily portfolio, Atrium at Empire Lakes, Playa Vista.

Projects Trigild is currently undergoing: SCI, Holiday Express Santa Cruz, Allegiance Office Portfolio, Marriott Courtyard San Luis Obispo and Thousand Oaks, Willow Springs Apartments.

Favorite song: Depends on the day, but to pay homage to my school teacher parents, grandmothers, niece, nephew, and aunt, I got a kick out of Weird Al Yankovic’s “Word Crimes.”

Music group: Vampire Weekend

Favorite vacation: Family vacations to Europe; bare-boating (sans sailing crew) in the BVIs; trips with husband to Italy, Hungary, Sweden; girlfriend trip to Paris; and whatever vacation trip I am on at the time.

Favorite book: Pride and Prejudice. What can I say, I am a female!

Startling fact: Placed seventh in the US Nationals for synchronized swimming, and was a Santa’s elf over Christmas holidays at a regional mall. During college, spent a semester on Semester at Sea where I traveled to the Far East and Africa and met my husband-to-be, Bill Hoffman. Married him after a whirlwind on-board romance and have been married for over 40 years.