Economic Development Professionals

COLUMBIA COUNTY

John Alt
Executive Director, Madison College
608.745.3100 | jalt@matcmadison.edu

Nancy Elsing
Executive Director, Columbia County Economic Development Corporation
608.742.6161 | nancy@ccedc.com

Kathleen Haas
Community Resource Development Educator, Columbia County UW Extension
608.742.9683 | Kathleen.Haas@co.columbia.wi.us

Marianne Hanson
Executive Director, Portage Area Chamber of Commerce
608.742.6242 | pacc@portagewi.com

Andrew Nussbaum
Commercial Printing, Capital Newspapers
608.745.3532 | anussbaum@capitalnewspapers.com

Steven Sobiek
Director of Economic Development/Energy Sustainability, City of Columbus
920.296.7081 | SSobiek@columbuswi.us

DANE COUNTY

Janet Ady
President, Voltedge
608.663.9218 | jady@voltedge.com

Larry Bierke
Village Administrator, Village of Mount Horeb
608.437.6884 | bierke@mhtc.net

Pauline Boness
Community Development Director, Village of McFarland
608.838.3153 | pauline.boness@mcfarland.wi.us

David Boyd
Senior Planner/Project Manager, MSA Professional Services
608.242.7779 x 333 | DBoyd@msa-ps.com

Bill Burns
City Administrator, City of Verona
608.845.6495 | bill.burns@ci.verona.wi

Cameron Clapper
Assistant to the Administrator, Village of Waunakee
608.850.2830 | cclapper@vil.waunakee.wi.us

Edward Clarke
Coordinator for Grant and Special Projects, Madison Area Technical College
608.246.6073 | eclarke@matcmadison.edu

Andy Cohn
Director of Government and Association Relations, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
608.263.2821 | cohn@warf.org

Kathy Collins
Business Development Director, BioForward
608.236.4161 | kcollins@bioforward.org

Karl Curtis
Executive Director, Verona Area Chamber of Commerce
608.845.5777 | kcurtis@veronawi.com

Mike Davis
City Administrator, City of Middleton
608.827.1058 | mdavis@ci.middleton.wi.us

Jerry Derr
President, Dane County Towns Association
608.846.4696 | ghderr@frontier.com

John Drury
Business Development Manager, Madison Gas & Electric
608.252.7081 | JDrury@mge.com

Gregory Frahm
Director of Economic Development and Planning, Village of DeForest
608.846.6751 | frahmg@vi.deforest.wi.us

Brett Frazier
Executive Director, Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce
608.835.3697 | director@oregonwi.com

Joyce Frey
Economic Development Specialist, City of Fitchburg
608.270.4246 | joyce.frey@city.fitchburg.wi.us

Michael Gracz
Administrator, Village of Oregon
608.835.6280 | mgracz@vil.oregon.wi.us

Amy Hansen
Executive Director, Cross Plains Area Chamber of Commerce
608.843.3166 | cpbaexecdir@yahoo.com

Kamran Mesbah
Deputy Director and Director of Environmental Resources Planning, Capital Area Regional Planning Commission
608.266.9283 | kamranM@CapitalAreaRPC.org

Matt Mikolajewski
Office of Business Resources Manager, City of Madison
608.267.8737 | mmikolajewski@cityofmadison.com

Jim Mohrbacher
Business Development Manager, Madison Gas & Electric
608.252.7116 | jmohrbacher@mge.com

Olivia Parry
Senior Economic Development Specialist, Dane County Planning & Development
608.266.4270 | Parry@countyofdane.com

David Phillips
Executive Director, Stoughton Chamber of Commerce
608.266.4270 | administrator@stoughtonwi.com

Marty Preizler
Director of Graduate Programs for Business School, Edgewood College
608.335.7964 | MartinPreizler@Edgewood.edu

Bill Rizzo
Community Resource Development Educator, Dane County UW-Extension
608.224.3719 | Rizzo@countyofdane.com

Ellen Schaaf
Executive Director, Waunakee/Westport Chamber of Commerce
608.849.5977 | wwchamber@tds.net

Traci Schaefer
Village Trustee, Village of Brooklyn
608.455.4201 x29 | traci.schaefer@pplusic.com

Todd Schmidt
Village Administrator, Village of Waunakee
608.850.2830 | tschmidt@vil.waunakee.wi.us

Ross Scovotti
Economic Development Committee Member, City of Stoughton
608.873.6268 | rscovotti@ci.stoughton.wi.us

Ann Smith
Executive Director, Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce
608.837.4547 | annksmith@myfrontiermail.com

Bob Sorge
Vice President, Strategic Development, Madison Community Foundation
608.232.1763 | bsorge@madisoncommunityfoundation.org

Frank Staniszewski
President, Madison Development Corporation
608.256.2799 x212 | fstan@mdcorp.org

Neil Stechschulte
Economic Development Coordinator, City of Sun Prairie
608.825.0894 | nstechschulte@CityofSunprairie.com

Laurie Sullivan
Finance Director/Treasurer and Economic Development, City of Stoughton
608.873.6691 | lsullivan@ci.stoughton.wi.us

Nadine Walsten
Village President, Village of Brooklyn
608.455.4201 | nwalsten@charter.net

Phyllis Wilhelm
Director of Economic Development, Madison Gas & Electric
608.252.5647 | pwilhelm@mge.com

Mike Zimmerman
Economic Development Director, City of Fitchburg
608.270.4245 | michael.zimmerman@city.fitchburg.wi.us

DODGE COUNTY

Trent Campbell
Executive Director, Beaver Dam Area Development Corporation
920.887.4661 | bdadc@cityofbeaverdam.com

Karen Coley
Beaver Dam Campus & Community Partner, Moraine Park Technical College
920.887.4426 | kcoley@morainepark.edu

Jeff Hoffman
CNRED Agent, University of Wisconsin Extension - Dodge County
920.386.3790 | jhoffman@co.dodge.wi.us

Dean Perlick
Manager of Planning and Economic Development, Dodge County
920.386.3710 | dperlick@co.dodge.wi.us

GREEN COUNTY

Cara Carper
Community Resource Development Agent, Green County UW Extension
608.328.9440 | cara.carper@ces.uwex.edu

Pam Christopher
Executive Director, Monroe Chamber of Commerce
608.325.7648 | thechamber@tds.net

Anna Schramke
Executive Director, Green County Development Corporation
608.328.9452 | anna.gcdc@tds.net

IOWA COUNTY

Paul Ohlrogge
Community Resource Development, University of Wisconsin Extension
608.935.0391 | Paul.Ohlrogge@ces.uwex.edu

Ricky Rolfsmeyer
Executive Director, Wisconsin Rural Partners, Inc.
608.237.6367 | ricky@wirural.org

Rick Terrien
Executive Director, Iowa County Area Economic Development Corporation
608.341.6797 | rickt@iowacountyedc.org

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Kim Erdmann
Executive Director, Watertown Chamber of Commerce
920.261.6320 | kjerdmann@watertownchamber.com

Dennis Heling
Executive Director, Jefferson County Economic Development Consortium
920.674.8710 | dennish@jcedc.net

Lorin Toepper
Executive Director - Economic and Workforce Development, Madison Area Technical College
920.206.8004 | ltoepper@matcmadison.edu

ROCK COUNTY

Vic Grassman
Director of Economic Development, City of Janesville
608.755.3181 | grassmanv@ci.janesville.wi.us

Andrew Janke
Economic Development Director, City of Beloit
608.364.6610 | jankea@ci.beloit.wi.us

James Otterstein
Economic Development Manager, Rock County - Planning, Economic & Community Development Agency
608.757.5598 | otterste@co.rock.wi.us

Randall Upton
Executive Director, Beloit Chamber of Commerce
608.365.8835 | randallu@greaterbeloitchamber.com

SAUK COUNTY

Gene Dalhoff
Executive Director, Sauk County Development Corporation
608.355.2084 | gpdalhoff@scdc.com

Jenny Erickson
Community Development Educator, University of Wisconsin Extension
608.355.3252 | JErickson@co.sauk.wi.us

Michael Palm
Chairman, Baraboo Economic Development Commission
608.355.8918 | Mikep@msa-ps.com

REGIONAL

Gary Becker
Community Development Consultant, Vierbicher Associates
608.826.0532 | gbec@vierbicher.com

Bob Borremans
Executive Director, Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
608.751.8604 | r.borremans@jobcenter.org

Bruce Kepner
Economic and Community Development Manager, Alliant Energy Corporation
608.458.5753 | BruceKepner@alliantenergy.com

Aaron Hagar
Technology Development Manager, Wisconsin Deparment of Commerce
608.267.0769 | Aaron.Hagar@wisconsin.gov

Kathy Heady
Area Development Manager, Wisconsin Deparment of Commerce
608.266.9944 | kathy.heady@wisconsin.gov

Matt Kures
GIS State Specialist, University of Wisconsin Extension
608.265.8258 | matthew.kures@uwex.edu

Seth Lentz
Director of Program Devel. & Operations, Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin
608.249.9001 x222 | slentz@wdbscw.org

Neil Lerner
Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Small Business Development Center
608.263.0221 | nslerner@wisc.edu

Andy Lewis
Community Development Specialist, University of Wisconsin Extension
608.263.1432 | andy.lewis@uwex.edu

Bill Rizzo
Community & Economic Development Educator, University of Wisconsin Extension
608.224.3719 | rizzo@co.dane.wi.us

Pat Schramm
Executive Director, Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin
608.249.9001 x221 | pschramm@wdbscw.org