Celia Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman was executive vice president and provost of Iowa State University from 2007 to 2012, where she remains as professor of economics. From 2000 to 2005, she was president of the University of Colorado System, where she is president emerita. She is also a senior distinguished fellow at the Searle Center on Law, Regulations, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law, and serves on numerous for-profit and non-profit Boards. She served on the National Science Board from 2002 to 2008. Her published research is in the areas of Experimental economics, Cliometrics, and Behavioral Economics.
- Occupation
- economic historian, economist, university teacher
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 12, 1946
