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ENTERPRISE OFFICE:

 

101 NE First Street, Suite 100     Phone:    541-426-3598

Enterprise, OR 97828                    Toll free: 800-645-9454

                                                            Fax:         541-426-9058

 

STAFF

Lisa Dawson, Executive Director

lisadawson@neoedd.org

lisa at linkedin

Lisa has worked in economic development since 1989.  She helps organizations flourish by improving their long-term viability. She has worked with elected officials, non-profit organizations and community groups.

 Lisa also enjoys working with entrepreneurs and business owners and appreciates their role in growing the region’s economy.  She is proud to be part of an effort to increase technical assistance, networking, skill-building and financing for entrepreneurs.  

         

Lisa grew up on a farm in the Wallowa Valley and enjoys working with the people and communities that define the rural region in which she makes her home.

 

Sara Miller, Development Specialist

saramiller@neoedd.org

sara at linkedin

Sara is devoted to helping rural communities create their own destiny. Since 1994 she has worked closely with non-profits, multi-cultural groups, ad-hoc committees, business owners, cities and counties. Having seen the power of people who are motivated to make good things happen, Miller is grateful to be able to find and provide needed resources.  

Her assistance might involve:

Helping different voices be heard in order to strengthen decision making

Discovering and leveraging what is of value in a place or organization

Uncovering options, weighing trade-offs

Acknowledging limitations and finding or building knowledge and skills

Miller lives with her family in Wallowa County, Oregon where she and her husband own and operate several small businesses.

Jeff Moss, Fiscal Officer and Outreach Specialist

jeffmoss@neoedd.org

 

Jeff Moss started in October 2010 as NEOEDD's new Fiscal Officer and Outreach Specialist.  Jeff has worked in a variety of administrative and teaching jobs in his home state of West Virginia and in Idaho, as well as at positions in Russia and Hungary.  He is excited to be part of the Northeast Oregon community and helping with the services that NEOEDD provides to this region.

Joshua Russell, Food Systems Specialist

joshuarussell@neoedd.org

Joshua Russell is serving as the food systems specialist with NEOEDD.  He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Ghana ’08-’10), during which time he worked on projects ranging from community food security initiatives to alternative livelihood development.  Prior to joining the Peace Corps, Joshua worked as a chef and restaurant development consultant in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Now Joshua has arrived in Enterprise and looks forward to applying his skills and passion for food and community development here in Northeast Oregon.   

 

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