2010 Cecil D. Andrus Leadership Award Winner
Cecil D. Andrus Leadership Award for Sustainability and Conservation
In recognition of leadership as a sustainable entrepreneur, commitment to environmental stewardship and community service, enduring ability to innovate and excel, and willingness to share knowledge and insights with others pursuing a similar path toward sustainability.
The 2010 award goes to
Susan Anderson
Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
In January 2009, Susan Anderson was selected by Mayor Sam Adams to lead the City of Portland’s new Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (a merger of the Bureau of Planning and Office of Sustainable Development). This new bureau builds on the outstanding history of planning in Portland, and ensures sustainability principles are thoroughly integrated into the core of Portland’s planning, urban design, business and residential services, and government operations.
During the 1990s, Anderson directed the City’s Energy Office, an entrepreneurial city organization based on business and government partnerships. Prior to her work with the City of Portland, Anderson was director of an environmental consulting firm. She also held positions with the Oregon Department of Energy, was an environmental land-use planner and a public relations professional. Anderson holds undergraduate and advanced degrees in Urban and Regional Planning, Economics and Environmental Science. In 2008, she was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Oregon Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management.
