Susan Hoff
Small Business Owner, Personal Trainer, and Fitness Instructor in California
I began my 30-year career with Best Buy during the company’s early days as Sound of Music, a six-store electronics chain. I was hired as the accounts payable clerk in 1983 and worked my way up through college. Upon graduating from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, I became the primary communications strategist for the Fortune 100 company and held the role for nearly 25 years. Although I retired as the SVP & CCO in 2006, I remained the Chairwoman & CEO of the company’s philanthropic foundation that I founded for the company. After 20 years of leading the company’s philanthropic work, and a 30-year career with Best Buy, I retired in 2013.