QUALIFICATIONS for Bob Andrew, Applicant for Position of:

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
 

Qualifications Required

Experience in media relations

• In my role as  Casey Trees Logistics Manager, developed and printed press materials and handouts for a summer 2002  presentation of our 100,000+ DC "street tree" inventory.

• In my role as Adjunct Researcher-in-Residence at American University co-hosted the organization of a "Mapping the News" for  Time, Newsweek etc journalists on rapid publishing of maps and aerial photos.

Good written and interpersonal communication skills

• I am a former Senior Lecturer in Process Analysis, Economics and Design at the University of Auckland,  experienced in communicating with 48 junior and senior age university students.

• I lead the Foxhall Community Citizens Association in Washington DC, chaired meetings that were often contentious, wrote a weekly column in "Georgetown Current" and designed/maintained www.foxhall.org

• I have authored a number of publications (see www.BobAndrew.info/pubs.htm) ranging from articles for professional societies, presentations at international conferences, research publications, talks to groups and testimony before elected officials (see "Issues" pull-down menu at www.foxhall.org)

Evidence of positive outcomes in the areas of government relations, outreach, and communications

• As President of Foxhall Community Citizens Association I successfully testified on Environmental Impact Statements for a FHWA project involving a major new entrance into Georgetown University, and an NPS project involving a Land Exchange for a new private school.

• I personally wrote a weekly column on local resident issues from 1999-2002 plus a monthly newsletter.

• As  Transportation member of the "Committee of 100", I worked with DC Department of Transportation and Sierra Club to get discreet advertiser-supported bus shelters with maps, lights and real-time arrivals.

• As Board Member of the DC Federation of Citizen Associations, I worked with DC Office of Planning to redesign neighborhood planning and budgeting, and redesign the Comprehensive Planning process.

Ability to work with a wide range of individuals and interest

• As Yardley Borough Planning Commissioner in the early 1990's, I worked with seniors to develop two managed residences, one for self-sufficient and mobile, the other for those needing visiting nurse/meals.

• I continue to support 4H and their GIS Technology Teams, and in setting up CyberSeniors/CyberTeens

• I'm accustomed to addressing professional, business & civic groups and to working closely with them in task forces to achieve closure on a common objective.

A bachelor’s degree

• I possess an honors degree in Chemical and Materials Engineering from the University of Auckland

Preferred Qualifications
 

Experience in the development of marketing and/or communications plans

• While at ICF Consulting as a Team Leader, I worked closely with the Marketing, Media and Public Information Services through their GSA schedule to tightly integrate our GIS services with their computer-graphics offerings. Clients using our services included City of San Diego recycling, State of Pennsylvania GreenFields

• For Casey Trees Foundation, continue to advise on their citizen forester program and open spaces project, including use of collaborative software tools to keep the diverse stakeholders engaged and informed.

Experience in organizing external activities throughout a state or region

• I served for five years on the DC Federation of Citizens Associations, responsible for coordinating our common position each month on issues affecting economically and racially diverse neighborhoods, for written testimony and position papers to City Council, Public Utility Commissions and various Boards.

Experience working in a team environment with emphasis on collaborative projects

• As Project Manager for Mobil Global Professional Services, I managed a nine-person project across two cities plus two paralegals that developed best practices sharing across 22 countries.

Ability to adapt to unique situations

• My original career as a New-Zealand trained chemical engineer has taken me to the US and back due to the 1981 Iran-Iraq war disrupting the crude supply situation for New Zealand. We returned to the US in 1990 for my wife to pursue a music education degree in Princeton. Five years later Mobil closed their Princeton R&D headquarters and relocated us to their corporate HQ then in Fairfax, VA prior to Exxon-Mobil.

• The very reason I came to Whatcom County is driven by weather-impacts on the refining industry: the Rita and Katrina Hurricanes made refineries in this county get closer consideration from their owners as being a strategic alternate to Middle East/Venezuelan crudes through the Gulf Coast: use Canadian crudes instead.

• As part of my life-long family tradition of public service through my mother's family going back generations to the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand, I have always donated a considerable amount of my outside of work hours to pro-bono civic activities, as listed on www.BobAndrew.info/civic.htm

High level of organizational skills

• As Consultant at DynCorp, now CSC, I mentored over 30 project managers on the technical approach to their work assignments with EPA and OSHA, and facilitated workshops on improving internal processes

• I effectively manage organizational documents on both the internet and on departmental networks, thus making them securely available either at work via LAN or outside of work from authenticated browser.

A master’s degree

•  I also have two years towards a Ph.D. in "Expert Systems for Steelmaking", plus I taught for three years

Must have the ability to work with a diverse student body and staff

• Our own family is diverse: my daughter Meagan is married to a Guatemalan Edvin and our son Colin's partner Tracy is African-American. Back in New Zealand my niece's husband is Maori. As a family we also respect diversity of sexual orientation: my wife Diane's life-long vocal singing partner is gay.