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Saara has been a Junior Business Analyst, Business Analyst and Senior Business Analyst at Tripepi Smith, giving her opportunities to deliver on the spectrum of Tripepi Smith’s offerings, from full communication assessments and video productions to full-scale public education campaigns and event planning. She now leads engagement and advises on strategy having gleaned experience from collaborating with dozens of private and public sector clients including the City of Culver City, City of Duarte, City of Baldwin Park, City of Westlake Village, City of Hercules, California Contract Cities Association, Institute for Local Government, League of California Cities, Orange County City Managers Association, San Gabriel Valley City Managers’ Association and Climatec. In her tenure, Saara acted as Tripepi Smith’s own marketing manager for three years. She now acts as a business development manager for the firm, and also serves as managing editor for Tripepi Smith’s California local government news publication, PublicCEO.

Saara is certified in Constant Contact, Hootsuite Social Marketing, Hubspot Inbound Marketing and Google Analytics. She also completed the University of California, Irvine Public Policy Making Academy II in 2020. Saara has her bachelor’s degree in public relations from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with minors in marketing management, journalism and philosophy.