Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation is a nonprofit organization which offers free and confidential business coaching in Northwest Missouri. We are a group of over sixty volunteers from six counties who care passionately about the success and sustainability of our rural Northwest Missouri region. We formed the Facilitation Board in order to assist our rural entrepreneurs in creating or maintaining their small business ventures. We do this for the same reason the early pioneers helped their neighbors by barn raising – we know it will strengthen and sustain our rural communities.
Each member of the Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation Board understands his or her role and duties because each has received board training, prior to joining the Board. A select number of the initial board also received more intensive training to further assist in project implementation. This training included how to effectively work with entrepreneurs, how to create an entrepreneurial environment, how to leverage various resources for entrepreneurs, and how to properly support the Enterprise Facilitator. As time goes on, the board continues to recruit and train new members.
The NWMEF Board usually meets once a month. During the meetings, the Facilitator will ask the board for assistance with specific issues facing clients. The Board spends an hour brainstorming resources and possibilities so that each issue can be successfully resolved by the client. The board also monitors the progress of the project through monthly reports from the Facilitator on client activities, including the number of new or expanded businesses, and new or retained jobs. Once a year the Board conducts random client surveys to assess the project.
Board Members
| Andrew County John Emery Cindy Esely Mike Fisher Ginger Geeding Gary & Gail Kincaid Kelly Lenhart Ellen Lilley Sr. Christine Martin, OSF Sr. Kathleen Reichert, OSF Jeanne Rost David Stafford Kyle Stafford Ben & Annette Weeks Atchison County Marilyn Alldredge Monica Bailey DC Freemyer Eileen Irvine Curtis Livengood Roger Livengood Cindy Sons Virginia Vernon Worth County Jo & John Andrews Cathy James Debbie Roach Cora Taylor |
Gentry County G. Michael Cunningham Doug Evenson Chuck Davis Judy Garrett Janet Hunsucker Catherine Jones Cara Mattson Kent Peterson Rev. Daniel Petsche, OSB Chuck Place Lynn Ratliff Tom Sullivan Charlie Trump David Waltemath Chris Wennell Connie Worden Holt County Kevin Atkins Shawn Drew Karl Forehand Joe Laukemper Mason McIntire Mark Quick Mark Sitherwood Larry Thomas Wayne Voltmer |
Nodaway County Joe Baumli Bob Bush Audra Bradley Bob Cooper Donald Erickson Martin Goedken Jana Hanson Ken Henggeler Polly Howard Jim Jacoby Della J. Rhoades Jerry Rivera Beth Savage Todd Stagner Bryan Twaddle Jason White Clifton Wilson Regional Glenn Crowther Ruth Crowther Jason Douglas Dan Hegeman Chad Higdon Gordon Isle Jim Lower Carl Manion Michelle Margulies Vonda Ovaitte John D. Perrino Deb Powers Owen Roberts Scott Tomhave Whitney Zoubek |
