CORE Task Group

The CORE Task Group consists of regional resource providers and entrepreneurs committed to improving entrepreneurial resources in southwest Minnesota.

These group members participated in the 2007-2008 Southwest Initiative Foundation's Entrepreneurship Network Academy, a convening of regional civic leaders, entrepreneurs, lenders, educators and economic development agencies. Since that time, they have assisted the Southwest Initiative Foundation in researching, planning and implementing CORE as a tool to make our region an even better place to do business.

CORE Task Group Members

Steve Gasser
Owner
Vivid Image, Inc.
Hutchinson, MN
www.vimm.com

 

Pamela G. Lehmann
Executive Director
Lac qui Parle County
Economic Development Authority
Madison, MN 
www.lqpeda.com

 

Dawn E. Hegland
Executive Director
Upper Minnesota Valley
Regional Development Commission
Appleton, MN
www.umvrdc.org

 

Denise Pfeifer
Project Manager
Southwest MN Alliance for Regional Teamwork (SMART)denise@thesmartlink.net

 

Tom Hoff
Career and Technical Project Coordinator
SW/WC Service Cooperative
Marshall, MN
www.swsc.org

 

SMSU Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE)
Marshall, MN 
www.smsusife.org

Amy Hoglin
Director
Murray County Economic Development
Slayton, MN 
www.murray-countymn.com

 

Jackie Turner-Lovsness
Program Specialist
Southwest Initiative Foundation
www.swifoundation.org
Nan Larson
Deputy Director
Southwest Regional Development Commission
Slayton, MN
www.swrdc.org

Roberto Trevino
Small Business Management
Ridgewater College
Willmar, MN