Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> December 3, 2002
THOMAS F. HOFFMAN is Vice President - Investor and Public Relations at
Consol Energy Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Science
degree in Geology from the University of Wisconsin, where he was awarded
the Stanley Tyler Award for outstanding teaching. He attended the Darden
School of Business Executive Program at the University of Virginia in
1984. Mr. Hoffman joined CONSOL in 1974 as a Manager of Public Relations
for its Western Region. In 1977, he was promoted to Coordinator -
Government Affairs and transferred to Pittsburgh. In September 1982, Mr.
Hoffman was promoted to Director - Federal Government Affairs and
transferred to Washington, DC. In early 1987, he was named Director -
Federal Government Affairs for DuPont, CONSOL Energy's former parent
company. Later that year, in May, he was promoted to Vice President -
Public Relations for CONSOL Energy and returned to Pittsburgh. In 1988,
he assumed the additional duties of Chief Public Affairs Officer for
DuPont's Remington Arms Company. In 1999, he was named Vice President '
Investor and Public Relations. Prior to joining CONSOL Energy, he was
Assistant Professor of Earth Science at Minot State College, Minot,
North Dakota. He is President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National
Investor Relations Institute. He is a Chairman of the Public Relations
Committee for the Pennsylvania Coal Association and a member of the West
Virginia Coal Association Public Relations Committee and the National
Mining Association Communications Committee. He also is a member of the
Board of Directors of Greene County Industrial Development, Inc., and
serves on the Finance Committee of the Center for Energy and Economic
Development in Washington, DC. Mr. Hoffman is a member of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, the Public Relations Society
of America and the National Investor Relations Institute. Profile
us an update as to what has gone on with the company since you
last spoke to us about two and a half years ago?
Mr. Hoffman: The
