Rose Law Group Reporter

From left: Harold Christ, CEO PInal Partnerhip; Greg Stanley, retired county manager; Jordan Rose, Founder/CEO Rose Law Group, and Louis Andersen, new county manager

At the beginning of the search for a replacement for retiring County Manager Greg Stanley, county supervisors stated they wanted the new manager to come from within county government.

Louis Andersen, who was public works director for six years, took the helm Wednesday, Sept. 19.

Andersen is an Air Force veteran, earned an MBA from City University in Seattle and completed Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Management Program at Harvard University.

Andersen lists among his top contributions and accomplishments several of the county’s recent major road and bridge projects. He coordinated the Pinal Regional Transportation Plan.

Rose Law Group Reporter [RLGR] sent Andersen a list of questions, and these are his written answers:

[RLGR] Just curious, is Harvard elitist and full of policy wonks? What did you learn there?

Andersen: Leadership is difficult but very rewarding business.      The first thing they stress is the need to listen and communicate! If there is a problem, you need to form a group that will work to understand all sides of the issue, know the limits you have and how far you can go without losing the battle on all fronts. A leader needs to understand the necessity to balance and get to know all sides of a situation or problem. You need to recognize and understand those who are not on your side of a particular initiative or situation.

It was a tremendous honor to be able to attend this course work, the classes were very diverse much like our county. The cohort consisted of leaders from all over the world both elected and appointed, learning from them was enlightening and fulfilling. I am honored to have been accepted and I thank the Board of Supervisors along with the Arizona County Insurance pool for sponsoring me.

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