Anna Klovstad uniquely pairs her outstanding People Skills with a practical and scientific background. Anna has put her degree in Architecture to work in the fields of Construction, Management, and Environmental Sustainability. She is a Sustainability Specialist, a Certified Energy Manager and a Certified Construction Manager with 30 years’ experience. Anna’s achievements have been won due to her ability to communicate well in situations that are challenging not only technically, but socially. Anna’s colleagues name these as a few of the skills for which she is known in the community:
- Program Management •Construction Management •Project Leadership
- Energy Management •Directing Sustainability Programs •Budgeting •Scheduling
- Grant Writing •Team Building •Community Relations Development
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Anna Klovstad has worked for the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) for the last 16 years as a Construction Manager. Anna’s unique role is that of Gatekeeper, making projects successful by guiding the decisions for major contracts that affect Truckee and its schools (projects totaling more than $150,000,000 to date).
Anna’s skills include leadership and technical supervision of improvement projects, all the way from the Concept Phase, through Design, then Permitting, actual Construction, and final Occupancy. Anna, therefore, has proven skills not only in the practical arena of planning and building projects but also in the challenging interplay between people on both sides of the numerous issues surrounding development.
Anna has been Manager for procuring and managing TTUSD contracts with all construction professionals: architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, technology, end users, and internal staff. She has balanced huge budgets and complex schedules, all the while ensuring the overall success of each project.
Anna’s skills with governmental regulation mean that she has successfully ensured environmental compliance of such TTUSD projects. Anna’s talents have ushered numerous major construction projects through the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), finding major savings for TTUSD, while managing to please not only the Division of the State Architect but also local and state agencies. Anna’s grant-writing, programming, and rebates have brought over $3,000,000 in funding and various other awards.
And yet, it is Anna Klovstad’s patient and gregarious nature which has helped her win over converts in these male-dominated fields. Anna’s ability to match toughness and a dedication to exacting standards with thoughtful negotiation skills have led to her quick rise in the industry, and most recently to the national award for TTUSD: the Green Achiever Award 2018 (see below)!
