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Education
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii
Business Administration, 1974, 1978-79
Professional
Affiliations
Board Member, Wyoming Planning Association
Member, Wyoming Economic Development Assn
Allied Member, Wyoming Association of Municipalities
Work Experience
1986-Present
Senior Planner
Pedersen Planning Consultants
Volcano, Hawaii (until 1994)
and Encampment, Wyoming
(1994 to present)
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
1982-84
Community Input Coordinator/
Mayor’s Special Assistant
Municipality of Anchorage, Mayor’s Office
Anchorage, Alaska
1980-82
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
1968-82
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 the corporate
president for The Pedersen Corporation, the parent company of
Pedersen Planning Consultants, and manages the administrative
affairs of the firm.
Sandy Pedersen has more than 20 years
of diverse planning experience associated with regional and
community planning. Since 1986, she has participated in PPC 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.
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.
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. For example, she organized a series of
twelve public meetings associated with PPC's preparation of the
Carbon County Land Use Plan that were held in several locations
throughout Carbon County.
Pedersen has participated in the
preparation of various community master plans such as the Town of
Burlington Community Development Plan, the Wright Master Plan, the Frannie Community Development Plan,
the Johnson County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, the Tualauta Land
Use Plan, and the Carbon County Land Use
Plan. Mrs. Pedersen participated in planning research and land use
database development, conducted interviews with various community
leaders, and assisted in the development of community development
strategies.
Pedersen has also participated in
other community planning projects such as the Rock Springs Housing
Master Plan, the City of Douglas 24-Hour Child Care Feasibility
Study, the Buffalo Housing Needs Assessment, and the Economic
Opportunities Study for the Wamsutter Community Development Plan.
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. Mrs. 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.
Prior to joining the firm in 1986,
Sandy Pedersen managed the YWCA operations on the Island of Hawaii,
in which she administered an annual operating budget of $0.5
million, as well as organized 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. |