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Page 3 of 12 City of Little Canada, MN: Compensation Proposal OUR FIRM & QUALIFICATIONS Our parent company, David Drown Associates, Inc. has provided consulting services to over 450 units of government across Minnesota since 1997. Over these years, DDA staff has gotten to know government well and we continually strive to keep our services practical, useful, and up to date. Our history and corporate culture have grown from an honest desire to serve public sector clients in a practical and common-sense manner. DDA Human Resources, Inc. was formed in 2013 to provide human resource support services exclusively to governmental clients in Minnesota. We currently offer services for executive recruitment, organizational design, and classification and compensation studies. We also staff an HR Technical Assistance Program for the Association of MN Counties which provides technical advice and assistance to the HR staff of all the State’s 87 counties. Since activating our compensation section in 2015, we have completed over 50 separate classification & compensation studies for clients ranging from cities with 4 employees to counties with 170 job titles and 500 employees. All our professional employees come to DDAHR from successful careers in city and county government. We think this practical experience sets us aside from other compensation consultants, and we know it helps us deliver a study that is not only technically sound but also practical, useful, and understandable. We strive to deliver services the way you want to see them. OUR SERVICE TEAM 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: Mark Goldberg, MA-HRR – Principal Consultant and Co-Project Team Leader Mark Goldberg is a Principal Consultant with the firm. Mark will be the co-manager and primary contact for this study. 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. Dr. Tessia Melvin –Department Head and Co-Project Team Leader Tessia heads the compensation and classification (C&C) services area of DDAHR . She will be the co-manager and provide backup support to Mark. Over the past two years, Tessia has served as lead analyst on over 20 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 . She was directly responsible for human resources and internal and external communications. 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