JOHN C. DOWNEN

Senior Research Analyst • Bureau of Economic and Business Research • University of Utah1655 E. Campus Center Drive • Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801.581.3366 •

E D U C A T I O N

M.A., ECONOMICS, TulaneUniversity, New Orleans, LA, 2001

B.A., ENGLISH WITH PHYSICS MINOR, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1989

Certificate in Applied GIS, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2012

CERTIFICATE IN PUBLISHING, University of California Extension, Berkeley, CA, 1994

Coursework in Human and Economic Geography, MontanaStateUniversity, Bozeman, MT, 2004–05

MisesUniversity seminar in Austrian economics, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, AL, 2000

Coursework in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Urban Planning, and Architectural History, University of New Orleans, 1999–2000

E X P E R I E N C E

Research Analyst & Senior Research Analyst, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Utah, December 2006–Present

• Conduct socioeconomic profiles and baseline studies of cities and counties in Utah, housing stock analyses, economic impact studies, and other studies.

• Conduct mapping and GIS analysis for the Bureau, providing spatial data analysis and maps for contract work, publications and presentations.

• Edit articles for quarterly publication, Utah Economic and Business Review, and lay out in QuarkXPress.

• Edit Bureau reports and studies, create “house style” for publications.

PUBLICATIONS AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR, Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), Bozeman, MT, May 2005–December 2006

• Brainstormed with Chairman and Executive Vice President to develop seminar topics and appropriate speakers for conferences offered to federal judges and law professors. Topics included biotechnology, climate change, illicit drugs, risk analysis, terrorism, and others.

• Worked with faculty from top universities, government agencies, and think tanks to coordinate lecture topics and assigned readings.

• Assembled readings and supervised printing and binding; mailed to conference participants.

• Collected and/or generated text and photos for quarterly newsletter with 400+ circulation, laid out in template, coordinated printing.

• Coordinated production of annual report: edited and generated text, collected artwork, contracted with designer and printer, supervised from layout, through proofing, to final product.

• Used FileMaker Pro database to generate mailings and participant lists; compiled and maintained attendance statistics.

• In-house technical support go-to guy.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, FREE, Bozeman, MT, February 2002–April 2005

• Conducted mostly Internet-based research and fact finding to support newspaper columns using Google, Google Scholar, UN, World Bank, Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis, DoAEconomic Research Service, and other data sources.

• Wrote and edited columns for local paper and various web sites, posted columns to FREE’s web site.

• Assisted with logistics and operation of seminars for federal judges and law professors.

FREELANCE EDITOR, 1992–2000

COPY EDITOR, PC Computing, Ziff-Davis, San Francisco, CA, March 1996–October 1998

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, MicroTimes, BAM Media, Pleasant Hill, CA, April 1994–March 1996

PROOFREADER, BAM Media, Pleasant Hill, CA, March 1991–March 1994

TECHNICAL EDITOR, Parsons Brinckerhoff, San Francisco, CA, April 1990–January 1991

M A J O R P U B L I C A T I O N S

Jan Elise Stambro, Paul M. Jakus, John C. Downen, Therese C. Grijalva, Michael Hogue and Levi Pace, An Analysis of a Transfer of Federal Lands to the State of Utah, prepared for the Governor’s Public Lands Policy Coordination Office, November 2014, 784 pp.

James Wood and John C. Downen, Regional Analysis of Impediments: Salt Lake County and Entitlement Cities, prepared for HUD Sustainable Communities grant, March 2012, 152 pp.

John C. Downen, The Economic Impacts of Utah’s International Exports, 2007–2010, prepared for Zion’s Bank 10th Annual Trade & Business Conference, May 2011, 8 pp.

John C. Downen and Pamela S. Perlich, Salt Lake City Census 2000 Atlas, prepared for Salt Lake City Housing and Neighborhood Development, March 2011, 167 pp.

James A. Wood and John C. Downen, Housing Market Assessments, conducted for the Mountainlands Association of Governments for Summit, Utah and Wasatch counties and selected cities, November 2010 to January 2012, varying lengths.

James A. Wood, Jan E. Crispin, John C. Downen, An Historical and Prospective Analysis of the Construction Industry, Demographics, and Economics of Utah and the Wasatch Front, prepared for Summit Materials, May 2010, 114 pp.

Pamela S. Perlich, Michael T. Hogue, and John C. Downen, The Structure and Economic Impact of Utah’s Coal Industry, prepared for the Utah Governor’s Public Lands Policy Coordination Office, May 2010, 212 pp. Received 2010 Award of Excellence in Publications from the Association for University Business and Economic Research.

John C. Downen, “Average Attendee Spending, Total Purchases, and Economic Impacts of Salt Lake County Conventions by Market Segment,” summary report and spreadsheet model for calculating prospective impacts prepared for Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, December 2010.

Pamela S. Perlich, Michael T. Hogue, and John C. Downen, “Utah’s Coal Industry: Economic Contributions and Future Prospects,” Utah Economic and Business Review, Vol. 69, No. 4, 2009.

John C. Downen, “Utah’s Urban Farmers: Agricultural Activity on the Wasatch Front,” Utah Economic and Business Review, Vol. 69, No. 3, 2009.

John C. Downen, Pamela S. Perlich, Jan E. Crispin, and Alan Isaacson, The Structure and Economic Impact of Utah’s Oil and Gas Industry, prepared for the Utah Governor’s Public Lands Policy Coordination Office, July 2009, 335 pp.

John C. Downen, “The Changing Economic Structure and Current Baseline of SouthSaltLake,” Utah Economic and Business Review, Vol. 68, No. 4, 2008.

John C. Downen, “Southwestern Utah’s Broader Regional Ties,” Utah Economic and Business Review, Vol. 68, No. 2, 2008.

Jan E. Crispin, John C. Downen, Pamela S. Perlich, and James A. Wood,An Analysis of Long-Term Economic Growth in Southwestern Utah: Past and Future Conditions, prepared for the Southwestern Utah Economic Consortium, June 2008, 190 pp.

John C. Downen, The Changing Economic Structure and Current Baseline of South Salt Lake, prepared for Lotus Community Development Institute, June 2008, 68 pp.

Jan E. Crispin, John C. Downen, and Francis X. Lilly, Neighborhood Change and Economic Impacts of Large-Format Retail in Salt Lake County: A Baseline Study of a Wal-Mart Supercenter and a Home Depot Store, Phase III: Changes Since 2004, prepared for Salt Lake County, July 2007, 39 pp.

John C. Downen and James A. Wood, “The Changing Economic Structure and Current Baseline of DavisCounty,” Utah Economic and Business Review, Vol. 67, No. 2, 2007.

James A. Wood, John C. Downen, and Jan E. Crispin, The Changing Economic Structure and Current Baseline of Davis County and Municipalities, prepared for the Davis County Department of Community and Economic Development, June 2007, 376 pp.