Hohl worked in marketing and communications before transitioning to a career in librarianship, in part because of the encouragement of her husband, who is also a librarian.[2] Her first position in a library was as a customer experience manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where she worked from 2014 to 2017.[2]
In April 2023, Hohl was elected as president of the American Library Association (ALA) for 2024–2025.[2] After her election was announced, she discussed her intention to lobby against library defunding and book bans, which have significantly increased in the United States since 2021.[2] Hohl is the second Native American to be elected president of ALA, after Loriene Roy.[2]
From 2020 to 2021, Hohl was the president of the American Indian Library Association[1] In that role she was a committee member on the Joint Council of Librarians of Color.[3] She is the co-chair of the Spectrum Scholarship Advisory Council, which recruits Black, Indigenous, and people of color to the library field.[2] Hohl has co-chaired ALA's Working Group to Condemn White Supremacy and Fascism and has been a member of ALA's Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds Committee.[4][2] Hohl is a board trustee and the treasurer of the Freedom to Read Foundation as well as serving as a standing member on the Indigenous Matters Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.[5]
American Library Association Presidency
Hohl's first presidential column, July 2024, in American Libraries, "A Good Way for ALA: It's Time to Reaffirm Our Core Values." focused on the need to make sustainable decisions for the good of every living being.[6]
