Linda Hoffman, president of the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES board, was elected to the New York State School Boards Association’s (NYSSBA) Board of Directors. As Area 1 director, she represents school boards in Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming counties. Her two-year term begins immediately.

A member of the Erie 2-Chautuqua-Cattaraugus BOCES since 1989, Hoffman has served as president since 2006. She has served on the board’s finance, ethics and policy, personnel and facilities committees. In June, she retired from the Springville-Griffith Institute Central School District School Board after 24 years of service. During her tenure there she served as president and two terms as vice president.

Additionally, Hoffman served as president, vice president and treasurer of the Erie County Association of School Boards. She has also been an active member of NYSSBA’s State Legislative Network since 1989.

Hoffman has volunteered with the Concord Public Library, Partners for Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, the Healthy Community Alliance, the Springville Center for the Arts and Temple Beth Shalom in Elma.

She and her husband, Dr. Martin Hoffman, a developmental behavioral pediatrician, reside in Springville. The couple has three adult sons and six grandchildren.