We help project teams get the advisory support they need from specialists in their fields, elected officials, public agencies, businesses and NGOs.
We connect teams one-on-one with professionals and academics offering specialist support for project R&D and implementation (including fundraising advice); with the staff of elected officials to facilitate project development through networks and community collaborations; and with sustainability planning specialists deeply knowledgeable of Southland sustainability plans and their implementation.
Project teams find the help they need from these organizations (new consultants are added within these categories frequently):
Specialist:
- Engineering: Buro Happold
- Energy: Clean Power Alliance with Calpine Energy Solutions
- Transportation: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
- Social services: Sisters of Social Service
- Water: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
- And for project development, writing, presentation, design, strategy, community-based work, or funding: the Pando team
Sustainability:
- LA County sustainability plan: Office of the Chief Sustainability Officer, County of Los Angeles
- LA County sustainability implementation: Los Angeles County Public Works; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
- LA County sustainability heads (higher ed, public agencies, business): Chief Sustainability Officer Taskforce, Los Angeles County
- Sustainability planning in Greater LA: Mark VanderSchaaf, author of Sustainability Planning in Metropolitan Los Angeles: An Overview
Elected:
- LA County District 3: Office of Lindsey Horvath, Supervisor
- LA City Council District 2: Office of Paul Krekorian, Councilmember and City Council President
- LA City Council District 5: Office of Katy Yaroslavsky, Councilmember
Process for connecting
Schools: take advantage of consultancy opportunities for your project. Partners: proactively identify where you have the knowledge and expertise to help school teams.
Our process is this: send a brief email explaining your opportunity or need to Eugene@PandoPopulus.com. Please write it in a way that we can forward directly on to others, and include the following information:
- the project this is in reference to;
- a two- to three-sentence description of the type of consultative advice you are seeking or offering (including specific person, if known).
That’s it. We’ll then roll this through our rolodex and do our best to hook you up with the connections you need.
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