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CITY OF PLEASANTON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE Consultant Description of Qualifications OUR TEAM Since its founding in 1993, Cascadia Consulting Group(Cascadia)has worked with public,corporate, nonprofit,and tribal clients to advance projects that benefit their communities and the environment.Cascadia's expertise includes strategic planning, analysis,and management of climate change mitigation and adaptation,energy efficiency and renewable energy, recycling and materials management,and resource conservation projects.Through effective engagement, research and analysis,decision-support tools, program evaluation, and reporting,we empower our clients to direct their own progress toward sustainability goals.Cascadia is a women-owned small business with offices in Seattle,WA;Oakland, CA; and Charleston, SC. To offer the County the most capable team possible,Cascadia is partnering with Rincon Consultants. Rincon is a local full-service environmental consulting firm established in 1994 that employs 240 professionals in 11 offices in California. Over the past 25 years, Rincon has established a history of serving local governments throughout California and has become a leader in planning,sustainability,environmental impact assessment, and remediation work. Rincon is nationally known for its climate planning services, having prepared hundreds of greenhouse gas emissions inventories and climate change-related plans and technical studies—including over two dozen in California. Together,the Cascadia-Rincon team is one of the leading providers of comprehensive climate planning services in Northern California. Our firms are currently collaborating on three high-profile CAP update projects in the region—for San Mateo County and the cities of Dublin and Albany—and will draw on this impressive body of relevant experience to inform our approach to Pleasanton's CAP 2.0 process. Our proven track record of collaboration on similar projects also means the City can be confident in our ability to work together seamlessly and efficiently. Finally,we have structured our team specifically to deliver the broad technical,strategic, and engagement expertise the City needs in a nimble and cost-effective package. In addition to our key staff listed here,we will draw on a deep bench of support staff as needed. Our core team is introduced below. Brief descriptions of selected recent projects are included in the following section. Andrea Martin I Project Manager & Strategy Selection Lead Andrea Martin has 12 years of experience leading climate mitigation and adaptation projects,with # a focus on local government clients.She is currently managing the development of the City of Albany(CA)Climate Action and Adaptation Plan—a multi-stakeholder, public-facing planning process that includes technical GHG analysis and stakeholder and community engagement.She is also managing the update of San Mateo County's Government Operations and Community Climate Action Plans.Andrea's other recent planning projects include leading development of Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's first Climate Action Plan; crafting a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan for the City of Columbia (MO);Climate and Energy Plan for the City of Ashland (OR);and Climate Action and Adaptation Plan for Flagstaff(AZ). She also recently conducted a land carbon sequestration potential analysis for the City of Fort Collins (CO); helped define carbon neutrality for King County(WA); and worked with ICLEI to develop a publicly available tool for assessing greenhouse gas emissions drivers.She has also worked with USAID to support climate- resilient infrastructure planning in Vietnam and overseen more than a dozen community greenhouse gas emissions inventories.Andrea holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University. Andrea will serve as the project manager and primary client contact, oversee all tasks, and lead report development. She will also lead the analysis and prioritization of GHG-reduction strategies. ASCADIA 13