Roberta Anderson Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon, USA

Portland, Oregon

Cultivating relationships and developing projects to deliver efficient, pragmatic approaches to food safety and sustainability assurance for North American growers and buyers.

Roberta provides staff support for The Declaration of Abu Dhabi for Global Food Security through Good Agricultural Practices. This alignment initiative is an open call for global collaboration to find new approaches that will make it easier, more cost effective, and more attractive for farmers worldwide to adopt safe, responsible and sustainable production.

Portland, Oregon

Roberta is contracted half-time to GLOBALG.A.P. with two primary areas of work:1. Strategic partnerships and initiatives for enhancing food safety plus sustainability assurance on farm through collaboration.2. Stakeholder management for improving sustainability aspects of GLOBALG.A.P. products and services

Pleasanton, CA

Contracted by GLOBALG.A.P. North America to evaluate and develop its opportunity to be a preferred provider of farm assurance for sustainability. Fostering collaboration with third party and company sustainability certifications to streamline audit processes and offer robust food safety and sustainability solutions to the food industry.

Pleasanton, CA

Under contract by Sustainable Conservation to research the motivations of leading fruit and produce buyers to promote or invest in the “greening of the supply chain” and their interest in the use of sustainability reporting with suppliers. Strategic recommendations guided the development of performance metrics and a reporting system for California Central.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Food Alliance is a non-profit organization that defines and promotes sustainable agriculture and food systems in North America. It offers a rigorous and reputable certification for environmentally and socially.
• Responsible for building Food Alliance’s base of certification clients and the associated revenue streams. Doubled client base to a total of 400 farms, processors and food marketers.
• Identified and engaged food producers and handlers that have the operational, financial and marketing capacity to be successful certification clients.
• Assisted businesses in framing value added by incorporating sustainable practices and authentic marketing supported by third party certification.
• Cultivated and managed relationships with farm and food businesses, industry associations and advocacy groups that support Food Alliance’s goals and provide client leads.
• Evaluated client satisfaction, gathered feedback and improved services to meet evolving client need.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Coastwide is an established regional manufacturer and distributor of sanitation maintenance supplies.
• Developed a new corporate vision and marketing strategy around the company’s award-winning environmentally preferable commercial and industrial cleaning products with a small team of PSU MBA students.
• Conducted over 50 extensive interviews with Coastwide executives and associates and performed industry research to identify Coastwide’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
• Presented top management with internal and external marketing plans that support the new strategy and leverage Coastwide’s existing resources and strengths.

Portland, Oregon Area

• PSU’s BOP provides mentoring and technical services to small businesses in N/NE Portland.
• Assisted BOP’s director and counselors to identify client needs, respond with quality services.
• Coordinated an annual client and supporter appreciation event with >100 attendees.
• Generated fundraising materials and reports for advisory board and funding sources.

B.S. International Ag And Natural Resources, Rural Sociology

Mba, Business, Food Industry Management, Sustainability

Activities and Societies: Net Impact, founder of PSU chapterHonor: University Commendation Award, Selected by faculty for outstanding.

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