Dave Anderson, Mpa, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Manage a range of climate, disaster, and rural-urban bridging projects and initiatives. Organize philanthropy-based projects and initiatives for climate and disaster work grounded in the Minnesota Climate Action Framework. Conduct a range of education and advocacy activities, including relationship development with state agencies administering state and.

Minneapolis, MN

• Manage NMHOA, representing 17 million people living in manufactured homes throughout the United States.
• Manufactured home owner advocacy, national partner and state member networking, convention organizing, board support, staff supervision, and grant seeking and fundraising.
• Accomplishments: Provided input into Federal Housing Finance Agency’s “Duty to Serve” rule supporting loans for manufactured homes and communities; helped form Fargo Area Park Resident Association and North Dakota.

Minnesota, United States

One of 24 selected from 746 applicants. Fellows learn skills and build relationships for large-scale, transformative change. My focus was studying new ways to engage diverse communities, reframe narratives, build movements, and train leaders.

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Managed APAC, representing 180,000 residents in over 900 manufactured home park neighborhoods.
• Provided public policy advocacy, community organizing, networking and partnering, board support, staff supervision, human resources support, grant seeking and fundraising, and financial management.
• Accomplishments: Passed legislation to establish the Minnesota Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund which guarantees compensation for displaced residents, create a stronger Right of First Refusal which allows.

St. Paul, MN

Provided research and data analysis related to manufactured housing trends and affordable housing needs in Greater Minnesota, formulated policy alternatives, and provided recommendation for convening key stakeholders.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Teaching assistance for mid-career Master of Public Affairs cohort with six courses covering Leadership, Policy Analysis, and Quantitative and Qualitative Analytics.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Promoted leadership development within the Seven Corners Apartments Resident Association, representing 248 households. Provided organizational assessment, board training, and support for outreach, recruitment and organizing.

St. Paul, Minnesota

• [Formerly the Minnesota State University Student Association (MSUSA)]
• Advocated on behalf of 75,000 students at seven campuses, within MnSCU and at the State Capitol.
• Provided oversight of daily operations, strategic planning, staff management, student-staff communications, financial activities, and networking with student & educational groups.
• Accomplishments: Worked with students and staff to create the McCormick Leadership Scholarship, hire the Director of Government Relations, and conduct strategic planning.

St. Paul, MN

• Coordinated a national organization representing the country’s manufactured home park families.
• Conducted organizational development, strategic planning, program management, and national and regional conventions.
• Accomplishments: Obtained first grants, grew budget from a few thousand to $120,000, provided first staffing & increased board members, state members and convention attendance.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Advocated on behalf of residents in resident-owned manufactured home parks.
• Provided government relations, research and advocacy for manufactured housing and tax treatment issues.
• Accomplishments: Passed expanded purchase rights through committee. Investigated reclassifying homes as real property.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Managed MPIRG, representing 25,000 student members on nine campuses & 15,000 community members.
• Provided public policy advocacy, campus organizing, networking and partnering, board support, staff management, human resources support, annual planning, grant seeking, and managed $600,000 budget.
• Accomplishments: Passed a state renewable energy objective, increased student voter engagement with YouthVote Project, developed MPIRG’s first strategic plan, developed an anti-racist framework for our work, and.

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Coordinated MnSF’s statewide activities, twelve regions and 20,000 members.
• Coordinated public policy advocacy, Senior Partners Care, the Senior News newspaper, board support, staff support, grant seeking and fundraising, and managed $500,000 budget.
• Accomplishments: Conducted a statewide reorganization process, secured donation of Mark Dayton’s U.S. Senate salary to support the “Rx Express” Canadian prescription drug purchase program, and pushed state prescription.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Assisted residents and other stakeholders to identify and address concerns in the city’s 81 neighborhoods.
• Worked with neighborhood specialists to review all of the action plans, plan modifications, and contracts.
• Accomplishments: Helped to develop the internet-based PlanNet NRP database, training conferences, and web site.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Administrative Director / Assistant to the Director: Worked with the executive director, directed administrative department, coordinated financial, office and human resources, obtained funding, and other assigned.
• Student Organizer (University of Minnesota): Coordinated recruitment, training, leadership development, strategy development, campus events, issue campaigns, and funding renewals for this 40,000 student campus..
• Research Intern (Businesses Allied to Recycle Through Exchange and Reuse, or BARTER): Researched and entered data for state’s first solid waste materials reuse network. Researched and drafted part of a business.
• Field Canvasser & Phone Canvass Assistant: Renewed members, raised funds, and mobilized support for issue campaigns.

Doctor Of Education In Leadership, Concentration In Critical Pedagogy, 4.00

Dissertation - "Pedagogy of Community Organizing: Lessons Learned from and with Formal Educators, Professional Trainers, and Community.

Master Of Public Affairs (Mpa), Concentration In Nonprofit Management & Community Leadership, 3.824

Capstone Project (Research Paper) - "Ramsey County: Building a 21st Century Continuum of Services for At-Risk Youth" (Dave Anderson, Jason.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, Concentration In Public Affairs

Activities and Societies: Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, Minnesota Student Association, Minnesota Daily, Evans Scholars

Mini Mba For Nonprofit Management

Advocacy Executive Director Training Program