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Lisa enjoys helping small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs learn business planning concepts, focusing on their customers and the financial viability of their business. She has helped dozens of nonprofits and cities develop, fund and manage projects and facilitated meetings and strategic planning sessions. She grew up on a farm in Wallowa County and brings her love of the region to her work. She holds a B.A. in economics and has worked for NEOEDD for over 30 years. She was the founding chair of Oregon Economic Development Districts and is a member of the National Association of Development Organizations board. She has been named “Economic Development Finance Professional” by The National Development Council and “Leader in Entrepreneurialism” by the Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce.
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Sara has assisted dozens of entrepreneurs to plan, capitalize, and run small businesses, and is a skilled facilitator and grant-writer, with more than 20 years of experience providing technical assistance to non-profits and municipalities. She helped to found the Oregon Community Food Systems Network with more than 60 nonprofits collaborating in cross-sector food systems change. Sara enjoys supporting capacity building around equity and inclusion. She has training in Systems Change for Equity, Leading for Equity and Inclusion, and was a participant in the statewide Equity Capacity Builders Learning Collaborative. She is certified in Storytelling for Community Building. She co-owns Bunchgrass Enterprises.
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Chantal holds a M.S. in physical geography, with a focus on environmental management and planning. In 2020, her passion in community development and DEI guided her to serve as a RARE-AmeriCorps participant with NEOEDD. She provided capacity by coordinating, connecting, and engaging community members to determine COVID-19 impacts and identify priority projects for recovery efforts and planning. Hired as an employee in 2021, Chantal enjoys providing resources and services to our customers and continuing recovery & resiliency efforts in our region.
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Erin moved to Wallowa County in 1990, and after living off-grid on the Zumwalt for 8 years, moving into Enterprise and raising her children while working in family advocacy and catering/restaurant cooking, decided to take a leap into the wonderful world of numbers at NEOEDD.
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Milo recently earned his B.A. in Politics, Policy, Law and Ethics from Willamette University. He is currently serving as an AmeriCorps member with the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program. During his service, he will be working with NEOEDD as the Bridges to Resilience Coordinator, helping communities in Northeast Oregon collaborate with one another on projects related to improving economic resilience. Milo is passionate about bringing people together and helping them to leverage the power of their community to accomplish their goals. In his free time, Milo enjoys playing stand-up bass, running, and other outdoor activities.
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Mike Ogan has been in the banking and finance industry for more than thirty years, and is an experienced commercial and agricultural lender. He is based out of Baker County, where he has lived for most of his life, is active in youth sports and community events, and has a passion for economic growth in the region.
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94
Entrepreneurs and Businesses Served
21
Nonprofits, Municipalities and Community Groups Served
14
Jobs Created
17
Jobs Retained
11
New Businesses
$487,286
Capital Deployed through Loans, Grants and Individual Development Accounts
Please use this form to submit projects for potential inclusion in the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). Once projects are included, you can use the CEDS to demonstrate that your project has been listed in a regional plan. Projects should have a positive impact on economic or community development.
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The NEOEDD board will consider new project additions at their quarterly meetings.