Eric Anderson
Vice President
Eric Anderson is a seasoned local
government professional, with a demonstrated record of creating
high performance in the organizations he has
served. He has used continuous improvement and
cross functional teams to produce extraordinary results in
financial management, municipal service delivery and economic
development.
Eric has served as City Manager in five cities, ranging from
22,000 to 200,000 people. They
include: Munster, Indiana; Eau Claire,
Wisconsin; Evanston, Illinois; and Des Moines,
Iowa. Most recently, he served as City Manager
of Tacoma, Washington, a city of 200,000
residents. There he implemented a stable
financial/management system that saw the City through the Recession
of 2008 without disruption in services. He led a
change in organizational culture resulting in an organization
focused on achieving service excellence and
responsiveness.
Throughout his City Management career, he
has focused on improving the financial management, service delivery
and economic development systems. His approach has been values
based and performance driven. He has left
organizations operating more efficiently, more effectively and with
a focus on customer service.
Mr. Anderson has a Master’s Degree in
Public Administration from the Graduate School of Public Affairs at
SUNY Albany and a Masters Degree from the Maxwell School at
Syracuse University. He has studied as a fellow
at Princeton University and is an alumnus of the Senior Executive
Program at the J. F. Kennedy School at Harvard
University. He has a Bachelor’s degree from
Syracuse University.
Mr. Anderson has been active in his
profession, serving as President of both the Indiana and Wisconsin
City Management Associations and as Regional Vice-President of the
International City/County Management
Association. He was elected by his peers to
serve two 4-year terms on the Board of the ICMA-Retirement
Corporation and to serve for 10 years on the Board of its allied
Trust Corporation. He has received the L.P.
Cookingham Award for Career Development from
ICMA. He was elected as a Fellow of the National
Academy of Public Administration. He has
contributed numerous articles and co-authored several books and has
been selected to work with the National Research Council of the
National Academy of Sciences. He has also served
as consultant to a number of municipalities in Eastern Europe and
the Middle East.
Throughout his career, Mr. Anderson has
been an adjunct instructor at University of Connecticut, Indiana
University, Loyola University of Chicago, Northwestern University
and Iowa State University.