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<br />Hickenlooper Appoints New Director Of Economic Development
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<br />08/03/2007
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<br />Mayor John Hickenlooper announced Thursday his appointment of Andre Pettigrew as the City and County of Denver's new
<br />Director of Economic Development, starting on August 6,2007.
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<br />"Andre's experience as a senior executive in entrepreneurial and large organizational environments - both in the private
<br />and public sectors - will be a great addition to the Denver Office of Economic Development team," Hickenlooper said. "He
<br />understands the relationship between economic health and every issue our community faces and is eager to help us
<br />expand new opportunities throughout the city."
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<br />When Hickenlooper took office in 2003, he integrated the City's various economic development functions into a new,
<br />cabinet-rank Denver Office of Economic Development comprised of Business Development, Workforce Development, Small
<br />Business Opportunity and Housing and Neighborhood Services divisions.
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<br />"By integrating its approaches to business support, workforce development, and neighborhood vitality, the Denver Office of
<br />Economic Development has the tools, talent and mandate to promote opportunity in every corner of our community," said
<br />Pettigrew. "I look forward to working with Mayor Hickenlooper and the City team to strategically allocate resources where
<br />they are needed most and ensure that the City's door is open to all who want to create jobs or revenue-generating
<br />projects in Denver."
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<br />A proven organizational leader and manager, Pettigrew has extensive experience with publicly-financed capital projects
<br />and procurements, labor and workforce issues, and working with the technology and venture capital communities to
<br />promote investment, innovation and business growth.
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<br />For the past six years, Pettigrew has served as Chief Operating Officer for Denver Public Schools, managing the District's
<br />business and non-instructional support operations including information technology services, human resources, facility
<br />management, transportation, safety/security, food services and purchasing.
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<br />Prior to joining DPS, he worked as Vice President of Marketing for the iBelay Venture Capital Fund, a $100 million private
<br />equity fund targeted at investing in early-state Internet startup companies, and as an independent consultant focused on
<br />business/venture development, strategic technology management and organizational change management for private and
<br />public sector clients.
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<br />A member of former Colorado Governor Roy Romer's cabinet, Pettigrew served for four-and-a-half years as the executive
<br />director of the Colorado Department of Personnel/General Support Services. In this capacity, he served as the chief
<br />administrative officer for the State responsible for managing the business operations in support of all state agencies and
<br />institutions of higher education. His responsibilities included information technology, financial reporting, personnel
<br />administration, procurement, state buildings and other support services.
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<br />He previously served as vice president and director of the Boulder Development Commission, overseeing Boulder's
<br />economic development programs and initiatives.
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<br />In the early 1980s, Pettigrew co-founded TEM Associates, Inc. in Emeryville, California, a research planning consulting firm
<br />specializing in energy technology, environmental analysis, strategic planning, organizational development and computer
<br />applications for business, industrial and government clients.
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<br />Pettigrew currently serves on Denver's workforce development board and the University of Colorado Business School's
<br />advisory board. A graduate of the Downtown Denver Partnership's Emerging Leaders Program, he is a former member of
<br />the Greater Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) board of
<br />directors and the National Academy of Public Administrators advisory board.
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<br />A former member of San Francisco's Small Business Commission, the California Assembly's Small Business Resource
<br />Committee and 1986 delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, Pettigrew received the Small Business
<br />Administration (SBA) Small Business Advocate of the Year Award for the San Francisco Region in 1981, and was honored
<br />by the U.S. Department of Commerce for outstanding contributions to minority business development in 1984.
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<br />He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles and graduated from the
<br />State and Local Government Senior Executive Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
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