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Education
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii
Business Administration, 1974, 1978-79
Professional
Affiliations
Board
of Directors, Wyoming Planning
Association
Member, Western Planners Association
Member, Wyoming Economic
Development Assn
Member, Wyoming Association of
Housing and Redevelopment Officials
(WAHRO)
Work Experience
1986-Present
Senior Planner
Pedersen Planning Consultants
Volcano, Hawaii (1986-94) and
Encampment, Wyoming
(Since 1994)
1988-1993
Co-owner/Operator
Volcano Bed and Breakfast
Volcano, Hawaii
1984-86
Executive Director
Hawaii Island YWCA
Hilo, Hawaii
1984
Special Assistant for Neighborhood Action, Municipality of Anchorage, Planning Dept., Anchorage, Alaska
1981-83
Community Input Coordinator/
Mayor’s Special Assistant
Municipality of Anchorage, Mayor’s Office
Anchorage, Alaska
1980-81
Ombudsman Assistant
State of Alaska, Office of the Ombudsman
Anchorage, Alaska
1977-79
Secretary to the Managing Director
County of Hawaii, Office of the Mayor
Hilo, Hawaii
1968-80
Board of Director/Business Manager
Saplan Bus Service, Inc.
Naalehu and Hilo, Hawaii |
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Relevant Experience
Sandy Pedersen is a senior planner
for the firm. She manages various projects undertaken by PPC and
participates in the completion of various types of planning
analyses. Mrs. Pedersen also has responsibility for the
organization and implementation of all community participation
programs that are associated with larger regional and community
planning projects. She concurrently serves as vice president for
the Pedersen Corporation, the parent company of Pedersen Planning
Consultants, and manages the administrative affairs of the firm.
Sandy Pedersen has 25 years of
diverse planning experience associated with regional and community
planning. Since joining Pedersen Planning Consultants in 1986, she
has participated in project assignments in Wyoming, Colorado,
Hawaii, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia,
and American Samoa. Her participation in these projects included
fieldwork associated with regional water and wastewater master
plans, regional and community land use plans, land use research
associated with hazardous waste assessments, and land use
administration.
She participated in a system
evaluation of Wyoming’s child care system that was completed by PPC
in 2007. Pedersen also completed an inventory and analysis of
existing child care facilities in 23 Wyoming communities in 2006.
This task represented part of a statewide Wyoming Workforce Child
Care Needs Assessment that was completed by PPC for the Wyoming
Department of Workforce Services.
In 2002, PPC completed a Community
Needs Assessment for Carbon County, Wyoming. As project manager,
Sandy Pedersen managed this regional evaluation of community
services that examined the adequacy of community services and
developed an overall strategy for addressing community service needs
by a wide variety of public and private agencies. Pedersen
developed, tabulated, and analyzed a survey that was used to
identify issues regarding community services. She also conducted
numerous interviews with service agency representatives, coordinated
four public meetings throughout Carbon County to receive public
comments, and was the primary author of the project report.
Sandy Pedersen has participated in the
preparation of community master plans for various Wyoming
communities including Afton, Alpine, Burlington, Encampment, Frannie,
Granger, Star Valley Ranch, and Wright. She participated in planning
research and land use database development, conducted interviews
with various community leaders, and assisted in the development of
community development strategies.
Mrs. Pedersen has developed detailed
land use databases from field research and linked computerized
databases to geographical information systems. She has also
developed a number of computer models supporting forecasts of
regional and community population, land use demands, water
consumption, and wastewater generation.
Mrs. Pedersen has extensive
experience in the development and coordination of citizen
participation programs. Since 1979, she has developed and
coordinated various workshops, conferences, activities and events in
Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii. Mrs. Pedersen coordinates the
organization of public hearings and meetings associated with all of
PPC’s community planning projects.
Mrs. Pedersen also participated in
PPC’s evaluation of community Issues concerning future energy
development in Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Johnson, Sheridan, and
Sweetwater Counties for the Wyoming Energy Commission. She also
participated in the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for
Sweetwater and Carbon Counties, the Campbell County Housing Needs
Assessment and the City of Buffalo Housing Assessment. In each of
these projects, Mrs. Pedersen developed the computer models that
were used to forecast future resident population and future housing
demands based upon anticipated employment, migration, and natural
population growth. She also assisted in conducting interviews and
field research that supported these projects.
Prior to joining the firm in 1986,
Sandy Pedersen managed the YWCA operations on the Island of Hawaii,
which involved the organization of a wide variety of community
service programs. As Executive Director, Mrs. Pedersen reported to a
12 to 15 member Board of Directors and was responsible for
overseeing the activities of more than 50 employees as well as
hundreds of volunteers throughout the County of Hawaii.
As Community Input Coordinator to the
Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, Mrs. Pedersen acted as the Mayor’s
liaison to 31 community councils throughout this municipality of
then approximately 230,000 residents. She attended community
council meetings, fielded concerns of residents, and coordinated the
resolution or conclusion of citizen complaints, working
cooperatively with various municipal and community agencies. She
also coordinated and conducted weekly Open Door Meetings hosted by
the Mayor. Mrs. Pedersen also represented the Municipality on the
Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Board, which implemented and
executed self-help housing projects, a self-help home improvement
planning and loan program, and other neighborhood revitalization
programs.
As the Mayor’s Special Assistant for
Neighborhood Action under the Municipality of Anchorage, Planning
Department, Mrs. Pedersen assisted in the development of
neighborhood planning programs, provided staff support to three
mayoral-appointed boards and commissions, provided research and
coordination for special projects, and coordinated monthly workshops
in various geographic areas of Anchorage to provide information
concerning land use impacts. |