Todd Andersen Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

• Manage the Salt Lake City Community Grant Program. The Community Grant Program has $2 million in funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and was created to provide limited, one-time financial assistance to eligible small businesses, artists, artisans, creative workers, and nonprofits in Salt Lake City that were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic or related shutdowns. • Represent the Community Grant Program through the City Council approval process, including writing Council transmittals and presenting to the City Council during open and public meetings.• Serve as the main point-of-contact for hundreds of grant program applicants. This includes hosting grant trainings, providing virtual or in-person assistance, and guiding applicants through the application and review process.• Conduct outreach and strengthen relationships with over 50 community partners ranging from chambers of commerce, business alliances, nonprofits, & community councils. Work with these partners to advertise the grant program and provide support to potential applicants.• Serve as the secretary to the Community Recovery Committee (CRC). The CRC is a 7-member board which runs the Community Grant Program by 1) reviewing and scoring applications, and 2) recommending grant awards. Secretary duties includes preparing and posting CRC meeting notices, preparing for and staffing CRC meetings, and writing/publishing meeting minutes.• Complete grant disbursement process for awardees, including writing/executing grant agreements, working with awardees to ensure federal ARPA compliance, and disbursing grant checks.• Other Skills & Experience: SLC Parking Pay Station Selection Committee, Love Your Block 2024 Selection Committee

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

• I collaborated with the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District (MSD) to guide economic development strategy for MSD service areas: Kearns, Magna, Copperton, Emigration Canyon, White City, the Town of Brighton, and other unincorporated areas of the County. This included strategic planning, research, and collaboration with Mayors, Township Councils, business leaders, property owners, and developers.• In partnership with the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDC Utah), I worked to attract competitive, high-value companies to Salt Lake County by marketing the economic and geographic advantages of doing business in Utah.• Applied for regional and state grants which resulted in $62,500 in grant funding for MSD service areas. • Advanced initiatives that increase broadband access and promoted digital equity in the MSD service areas.• Marketed the Salt Lake County Small Business Impact Grant (SBIG) Program to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in 45 businesses receiving over $630,000 in SBIG funding. • Supported the day-to-day operations of the Salt Lake County Redevelopment Agency, which manages two redevelopment project areas valued at over $130 million. This included preparing and posting RDA meeting agendas and resolutions, staffing RDA meetings, completing the annual Salt Lake County RDA report, and other duties as needed.

Park City, Ut

• Worked on a team that creates and publishes the annual operating budget for Park City Municipal Corporation. In fiscal year 2019, the city had a proposed operating budget of over $60 million. I worked with city departments to collect and organize their annual budgetary requests, assisted the Budget Operations Manager with facilitating a staff committee that makes budget recommendations to the City Manager, and helped create and publish the annual budget for the City Council, Executive Department, and the public. •Worked on an annual team that designs the Park City Citizen's Budget pamphlet. This is a simpler version of Park City's annual budget documents, and is more appealing and accessible to citizenry and community stakeholders. We made the Citizen's Budget simpler, cleaner, and more visually appealing, so that the city's budgeting process can be more widely understood. •Helped manage the city's budgeting and strategic planning software, BOARD. This included training city staff on BOARD software, giving technical support to city staff who use the software, and integrating BOARD's budgeting capabilities into our annual budget process. •Reported the city's operating revenues & expenditures to the City Council and City Manager on a monthly basis. •Managed Park City's performance measurement program for 19 city departments. I was responsible for helping each city department create, track, and record performance measures (PMs), as well as facilitating the formal PM data entry process biannually. I also managed and distributed Park City's annual Internal Service Survey, which is the City's way of measuring how well each department is serving the "internal customers" of the City (i.e. other city departments). • Other Skills & Experience: Contracting, Purchase Orders/Invoices, Customer Engagement Committee Member, Special Event Fee Reduction Committee Member, PCMC Young Professionals, UTA Vanpool Driver

Salt Lake City, Ut

•Served as an academic adviser to prospective students looking into the MPA Program. Answered questions and provided program information to prospective graduate students for recruiting purposes. • Represented the Master of Public Administration Program at graduate fairs and class visits around the Wasatch Front. Answered questions and provided program information to prospective graduate students for recruiting purposes. • Created the ICMA Student Chapter and served as the Chapter's first president in the 2016-17 academic year. • Served on the committee of the Master of Public Policy and Administration Student Association. Helped organize and advertise association events throughout the semester. • Created a newsletter highlighting program news and events. Sent by email to over 900 recipients, including students, faculty, prospective students, and alumni. • Revitalized the Master of Public Administration program website.

West Valley City, Ut

• Led a city project commissioned to paint a wall mural in West View Park. Managed project logistics, including: site location, design brainstorming, commissioning of an artist, budget approval, public relations, and assisting the artists and youth volunteers with the painting of the mural. • Featured in Deseret News/KSL and West Valley City Journal articles about community art projects in West Valley City: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865659454/West-Valley-park-mural-created-to-add-beauty-build-community-pride.htmlhttp://www.ksl.com/?sid=40939264&nid=148&title=west-valley-park-mural-created-to-add-beauty-build-community-pridehttp://www.valleyjournals.com/2016/08/30/120899/community-made-mural-beautifies-west-view-park• Built West Valley City's Energy Star Portfolio Manager account, which helps organize and track energy consumption data for city facilities. • Gathered and organized electric utility data for West Valley City's Family Fitness Center, to help the city explore the feasibility and cost-benefits of solar energy.• Gathered and organized data on city streetlights to help the city explore the feasibility and cost-benefits of LED light installation. • Gathered and organized data on West Valley City elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools for the city's Planning Department.

Taylorsville, Ut

• Greeted employees and guests at the front desk, answered inbound calls, and received deliveries. • Maintained schedule for library room use. • Responsible for notifying maintenance department of facility problems and emergencies. • Helped manage the operation of the library cafe by cleaning, re-stocking cafe food and supplies, and working with the food services department to receive incoming food items. • Sorted and distributed mail.

Taylorsville, Ut

• Managed the operation of the library during closing shifts. This included training and supervising 2 employees, providing exceptional customer service to ethnically and economically diverse groups, de-escalation and conflict resolution, ensuring the safety and security of the library, and managing closing duties (closing register/cash box, locking doors, and making sure all patrons have left the library).• Reported monthly library statistics.

Chandler, Az

• Performed research on customer’s online accounts to mitigate fraud and risk.

Scottsdale, Az

• Greeted clients and employees at the front desk, and answered inbound calls and transferred them to the appropriate department.• Performed clerical duties such as sending/receiving mail, data entry, and ordering supplies.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created a PowerPoint presentation on the economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which a professor developed into a presentation given to a student body of military and industrial leaders.• Revitalized Russian History course by updating the course syllabus, finding new lesson material, and by helping the professor select a new textbook.• Summarized articles on current political, economic and national security issues, and compressed them into PowerPoint briefs. These briefs were used by professors to update students on current events and encourage academic discussion.• Volunteered to help with administrative tasks and university events.

Brigham Young University

• Served sandwiches, soups, and other entrees to BYU students.• Responsible for closing duties, including closing cash boxes, cleaning, and preparing food for the next business day.• Supervised 2 to 3 employees daily and helped train new employees.• Acted as the manager of the deli by filling out food orders and working through customer problems when the student manager was absent.

Brigham Young University

• Supervised 2 to 3 employees daily and helped train new employees.• Responsible for closing duties, including closing cash boxes, making sure all orders were delivered, and preparing orders for the next business day.

Provo, Utah

•Wrote specialized online articles for clients to help optimize search engine results for their website.•Completed internship with the company before being hired as a full-time employee.

Master’S Degree, Public Administration

Activities and Societies: International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Student Chapter, Master of Public Policy.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History, Gpa 3.44

Activities and Societies: BYU Washington Seminar Alumni Concentration in European history. Wrote a history capstone paper on the story.