Robert Phipps Email & Phone Number

As Interim Executive Director for Fresno Council of Governments -- a transportation planning agency -- Robert Phipps oversees 19 employees and a variety of projects and programs. Some of these include: long-range planning; policy and legislation; project programming; modeling & forecasting; public information; Measure C transportation programs, and; human resources.Prior to joining Fresno COG, Phipps was the administrative services director at Kern Council of Governments in Bakersfield, CA., where he oversaw finance and budgeting, policy and legislation, human resources, information technology and programs such as the Kern Motorist Aid Authority's call box network. Simultaneously, he was adjunct professor for graduate and undergraduate courses in human resources management, as well as public policy development and writing at California State University, Bakersfield.Before joining Kern COG in 2000, he was the A1 page editor at the Bakersfield Californian, where he worked on the Copy Desk for seven years. He has also worked as a reporter and editor for several other publications including The Santa Maria Times, Madera Tribune and Merced Sun-Star.Phipps holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism from California State University, Fresno and a master's degree in public administration from California State University, Bakersfield.His dislikes include serious and pompous profiles, which he himself would never consider composing. His hobbies typically involve some combination of poorly reviewed films and fried chicken.Specialties: Writing, transportation planning, editing, government liaison, contract administration, legislative analysis

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