Rachel Hudgens

Mesa, Arizona| rachel.hudgens@asu.edu| www.linkedin.com/in/rachelhudgens

Education
Master’s of Public Administration | Arizona State University May 2019
 Concentration in Urban Management
 Marvin Andrews Fellow
Bachelor of Arts | Arizona State University May 2017
 Major: Sustainability, track in Policy and Governance
 Minor in Urban and Metropolitan Studies

Experience
Management Intern| City of Scottsdale City Manager’s Office August 2018- Present
 Analyzed Scottsdale’s sustainability goals and developed a manual for tracking important
indicators which will be used for the first sustainability report the city has done in over a decade
 Served as a contract administrator for a citizen survey resulting in on time payments
 Leader within a volunteer group of employees improving the recycling process at various city
buildings
Project Management Assistant| City of Phoenix Housing Department January 2018-September 2018
 Created grant tracking form to visualize progress on deliverables promised in HUD’s $30 Million
Choice Neighborhoods Grant application
 Built relationships with residents in the Edison-Eastlake Community, Phoenix’s most dense area of
public housing residents
 Designed interactive and educational table stations for community events, resulting in the
handprint poster that is now present on many of Phoenix’s Choice Neighborhoods materials
Management Intern| Alliance for Innovation| Phoenix, Arizona July 2017- August 2018
 Creates quarterly dashboards in Excel on an array of performance indicators that helped the board of
directors make more educated decisions
 Assisted with data collection on membership and performance measurement
 Completed research requests from member cities ranging from drones to animal control
Well Devil Ambassador| ASU Wellness| Tempe, Arizona February 2015- May 2017
 Oversaw the wellbeing of over 700 students living in one of the dorm complexes at Arizona State University
 Planned and executed weekly events for the residents and ASU community
 Effectively managed a budget in order to create successful events
Intern| Native American Connections Patina Wellness Center| Phoenix, Arizona Fall 2016
 Collaborated with the Director of Operations to incorporate best practice sustainability initiatives
 Designed a garden that included culturally significant elements & won a grant for the seeds for the garden
 Organized and educated a “Green Team” that empowers staff to make more sustainable choices

Experience Abroad
Student: Study Abroad| Nepal| ASU School of Sustainability Summer 2016
 ASU: Risk and Resiliency in Earthquake-Affected Urban and Rural Nepal (program title)
 I studied livelihood systems in rural and urban Nepal
 Worked on communication with students from Tribhuvan University
 Had the unique opportunity to assess the rebuilding process after the 2015 earthquake
Volunteer| South Africa & Lesotho| Building a Global Community Summer 2013
 Stayed at Botshabelo Development Trust and orphanage (South Africa)
 Worked and played with children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
 Stayed at Malealea Development Trust (Lesotho)
 Learned about keyhole gardens and the use of traditional practices to improve livelihood
 Met with community leaders and discussed their vision for their respective communities