As a consultant Barbara Hoffman focused on gender equality and the role of women in international development projects for the past 15 years. She joined GeoSpatial/SALASAN in 2001.
Prior to that she worked as a teacher in Canada and for CUSO in Malaysia, Frontier College in an Arctic settlement and for the World University Service of Canada in a number of senior positions at headquarters and overseas in India and Barbados. Currently Barbara 's responsibilities are in the area of business development for the company.
She has worked in over 22 countries and has lived in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Barbados, India and Vietnam on long term postings for a total of 17 years. Barbara Hoffman holds a BA in political science from UBC and has studied politics and international development at the graduate level at Carleton University and the University of Papua New Guinea.