Tom Hart


Tom Hart

California Redevelopment Association

Tom Hart is the Interim Executive Director of the California Redevelopment Association. He has over 23 years of local government experience He has an extensive background in public finance, personnel, organizational development, and program administration.

Mr. Hart began his career with the City of Modesto as an analyst in 1980. From Modesto, Mr. Hart worked for Ralph Andersen & Associates as a senior consultant. Assignments included preparing personnel and organization development studies for local governments and state agencies. From 1990 to 2000, he worked for Sutter County overseeing the administrative activities for the Public Works Department, which included administering the County’s CDBG program. In addition, Mr. Hart wrote Sutter County’s Public Facilities Finance Program. For the past three and one half years, he managed the administrative activities of the Placer County Redevelopment Agency.

He received holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in Economics and his Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California.