2023 Wisconsin Rural Summit Roundtables |
Thursday, April 27 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Topic | Organization | Leader |
Small Dollars, Big Impact |
| Darrin Wasniewski, Associate State Director- Community Outreach, AARP |
Placemaking |
| Anne Katz, Executive Director |
Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club |
| Cary Winch, Club President, Juneau County Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club |
Co-op Grants - Funding |
| Donna Walker, Senior Economic Development Specialist,and Marie Barry, Director of Community Economic Development |
Second Careers |
| Shari Laffredi, and Melissa Meschke, EDP, Economic Development Outreach Manager |
Education |Dream Up! |
| Audra Weiser, Early Care and Education Director |
Funding Opportunities |
| Jillian Lindholm, Area Director |
Transformative Practice of Building Community Wealth |
| Brandon Hofstedt, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences |
Existing Manufacturing - Process Improvement |
| Seth Hudson, Executive Director Corporate Relations and Economic Engagement and Ted W. Theyerl, Sr. Management Engineer |
TRDI Winners: Their Initiatives |
| The Meadows in Darlington Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC) |
Lending | SMART business is knowing |
| Kyle Kuntz, Vice President – Loan Officer |
Affordable Housing Tax Credits |
| Rebecca Giroux, Community and Economic Development Officer |
Waste Water | Quality of Life |
| Dan Baumann, Regional Director, West Central Region, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
Support for small businesses |
| Ben Blanc, Government Contract Specialist, Wisconsin Procurement Institute |