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Arden Hills OUR FIRM AND QUALIFICATIONS DDAHR maintains a staff of 10 individuals. We also maintain relationships with several independent consults in key specialty areas. Here is the Team we have assembled for your project: Dr. Tessia Melvin —Department Head Tessia heads the compensation and classification (C&C) services area of DDAHR. Over the past six years, Tessia has served as lead analyst on over 65 separate C&C engagements with Minnesota communities. She brings to the position nearly 13 years of diverse service to city and county government. As a City Administrator in Maple Plain, Minnesota, Tessia drafted five-year budgets, capital improvement plans, infrastructure improvement plans, and led strategic planning program. Working in Dakota County, Minnesota, Tessia provided leadership training, managed their performance management system, and worked with compensation and benefits. Dedicated to local governments and continued learning, Tessia earned her doctorate in Public Administration. Mark Goldberg, MA-HRR — Principal Consultant Mark Goldberg is a Principal Consultant with the firm. Mark's experience is broad and deep. He has held a variety of compensation leadership positions in media, high tech, manufacturing, local government organizations and the University of Minnesota. In addition, Mr. Goldberg has over 6 years of experience consulting with major public sector organizations around the country with a focus on project in Minnesota such as Koochiching County, the city of Red Wing and the City of Aitkin. He has a master's degree in industrial and labor Relations from Cornell University and a bachelor's degree in human resource administration from Muhlenberg College. David Drown — Technical Support David is the founder and owner of DDA. David will lend his technical and statistical expertise to the team to manage the collection and analysis of market data, help calibrate your compensation plan, and calculate budget impacts. David received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering and served in local government as a registered civil engineer early in his career. He also holds an MBA in finance from the Carlson School of Management and has served as a finance and economic development consultant to numerous cities and counties across the State. Kelly Jones — Technical Support Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and his Master of Science degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Saint Cloud State University in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Prior to entering the field of compensation, he served as a project coordinator and talent management specialist for Sleep Number and Robert Half. Kelly has spent the last 3 years as a technical analyst and compensation consultant, while assisting dozens of Cities and Counties across the United States with their compensation and classification needs. His work will be primarily focused on data collection and analysis, while also assisting the DDA team with any ongoing project needs. Tom Blakesley — Technical Support Tom is the newest member of the DDA team. Prior to joining DDA, Tom worked extensively in client/customer relations. He also brings experience in working with and analyzing business data in the private sector. He will be primarily working on data collection and analysis and providing a great deal of the initial groundwork and research for classification and compensation studies. PAGE 7