VHEDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BECKY BJORGUM
Innovize, Past Board President
MARY BUERKLE
Buerkle Automotive Group
BRIAN DEUEL
Olsen Thielen & Co., Ltd., Board Treasurer
MARK DUEA
GDO Law
JILL FUNCK
H.B. Fuller
DEBBY GUSTAFSON
Twin Cities Metro CDC,
Past Board President
SCOTT HAUPT
Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc., Board Vice President
ED JAMBOR
Lake Area Bank, Board President
ERIC JOHANNES
IC System, Past Board President
COLETTE JUREK
Xcel Energy
WAYNE KAZMIERCZACK
Superintendent, White Bear Lake Area Schools
CALLIE KOENIGER
Cummins
CINDY O’DONOVAN
Right4 Your Business
MIKE PELTO
MidWestOne Bank
ROB THOMAS
Lakeshore Players Theatre
KYLE SOMMER
Toshiba Business Solutions
SARA STAFKI
F & M Bank
CHRISTINE STORMS
Century College/Workforce Solutions Center
JOY VANDER HEIDEN
Ehlers, Inc., Board Secretary
THOMAS VOEGELE
8 x 8
MARTY WELCH
Children’s Discovery Academy
KEVIN WHELAN
Peoples Bank Midwest, Past Board President
ADVISORS:
CRAIG JOHNSON
City of Vadnais Heights
GERRY URBAN
Urban’s Farm & Greenhouse
KEVIN WATSON
City of Vadnais Heights
NOLAN WALL
City of Vadnais Heights
MIKE ENRIGHT
Cities Credit Union
LIZ MOSCATELLI
VHEDC Executive Director
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Northeast Metro Business
Left to right: Colette Jurek, Jill Funck and Scott Haupt
Brian Deuel
Becky Bjorgum
Ed Jambor
VHEDC Board Retreat
A strategic planning session is held each year and the VHEDC
Board of Directors attends a session led by Nancy Hoglund,
President of Hoglund Coaching. Nancy provides a “Day of
Clarity” and the board formulates the initiatives for 2020-2021
by creating a roadmap. The top initiatives are:
• Business Retention and Expansion
• Workforce Development
• Investor Relations
The board members participate in this high level of planning
to guide overall direction.