MEET THE TEAM Who We Are Meet the Team Careers Media Center Get Involved Become an Investor Senior Executive Team AllSenior Executive Team Heath Mello President & CEO Anne Branigan SVP of Business Development & Events Jennifer Creager SVP of Public Policy Audra Schawang SVP of Finance Pete Thompson SVP of Business Intelligence & Technology Cheryl Lawson Senior Executive Assistant to the President Business Intelligence & Technology AllBusiness Intelligence & Technology Pete Thompson SVP of Business Intelligence & Technology Patti Martin Business Intelligence Project Manager Julia Ortiz CRM Specialist Sarah Burnett Research Analyst Economic Development AllEconomic Development Winsley Durand VP of Economic Development Mark Norman VP of Economic Development Angie Baber Sr. Business Attraction and Expansion Project Manager Makayla Leiting Senior Business Attraction and Retention Project Manager Erin Miller Executive Assistant Finance AllFinance Audra Schawang SVP of Finance Julie Bacon Accounting Assistant Inclusive Leadership Team AllInclusive Leadership Team Anne Branigan SVP of Business Development & Events Alexander Cayetano Senior Director, Leadership Development Merrick Brtek Director of Young Professionals & Talent Development Programs Dell Nared Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Belonging Officer Janique Hayes, MPA Director of Inclusive Workforce Strategy Marketing & Communications AllMarketing & Communications Team Mike Pechacek Sr. Creative Designer Jessica Perreault Senior Marketing Project Manager Member Services & Events AllMember Services & Events Anne Branigan SVP of Business Development & Events Katie Cords Director of Membership Services Becky Phipps Director of Business Development Katrinka Dicke Executive Assistant, Member Services Jennifer Walcutt Senior Director of Events Morgan Frushour Events Program Manager Public Policy AllPublic Policy Jennifer Creager SVP of Public Policy Randy Norwood AVP of Military Affairs & Strategic Partnership Rachael Shipley Executive Assistant – Public Policy / Military Affairs and Strategic Partnership Regional Partnership Team AllASWICCassFremontGatewayGrow SarpyMillsNCAEDC Lisa Scheve Executive Director, Grow Sarpy Holly Benson Managing Director of Kitchen Council, ASWIC Paula Hazlewood Chief Executive Officer, Advance Southwest Iowa Corporation Nichole Ferguson Entrepreneurial Development Manager, ASWIC Shalimar Mazetis Rural Development Manager, ASWIC Josh Charvat Executive Director, Cass County EDC Amanda Heistand Project Manager, Cass County EDC & Grow Sarpy Megan Skiles Executive Director, Greater Fremont Development Council Kelsey Martinez Director of Business Services, Greater Fremont Development Council Therese Hoyle Director of Development and Grant Administration, Greater Fremont Development Council Mike Rooks Executive Director, Gateway Development Corporation Janelle Taylor Project Management Coordinator, Washington County Economic Development Dan S. Mauk Executive Director, Nebraska City Area Economic Development Corporation Laurie Stukenholtz Executive Assistant/Marketing Coordinator, Nebraska City Area Economic Development Corporation Andrew Rainbolt Executive Director, Mills County Economic Development Foundation Stephanie Schurkamp Operations Manager Laura Harrison Business & Community Relations Manager for Grow Sarpy
