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Board of Directors

Norfolk Area Economic Development Council

The Norfolk Area Economic Development Council is a Nebraska nonprofit corporation. The agency serves as a collaborative resource to serve economic development needs in Madison County, Nebraska.

 

Board of Directors

OFFICERS

President: Stephen Sunderman

County Appointed At-Large

 

Vice President: Mike Sousek

Action Council Representative

 

Secretary/Treasurer: Jim Bradford Jr.

Greater Norfolk Economic Development Foundation Appointed At-Large

Past President: Russ Wilcox

City of Norfolk Appointed At-Large

DIRECTORS

Josh Moenning

Mayor of Norfolk

 

Ron Schmidt

Madison County Commissioner

 

Mike Flood

Greater Norfolk Economic Development Foundation Appointed At-Large

Tim Tighe

Action Council Representative

Dan Spray

Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce Representative

EX-OFFICIO/NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Austen Hagood, President & CEO

Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce

 

Andrew Colvin, City Administrator

City of Norfolk 

Candice Alder

Director of Economic Development

City of Norfolk 

Dr. Leah Barrett, President

Northeast Community College

Angie Stenger, Executive Director

Northeast Nebraska Growing Together

Thomas L. Higginbotham, Jr.

Executive Director 

Northeast Nebraska Economic 

Development District

City of Norfolk - City Council denoting

Economic Development Subcommittee

 

The Mayor and City Council have the following subcommittees:  Public Works, Public Safety, Planning and Community Development, Culture and Recreation,

and Economic Development.

Mayor Josh Moenning*
Councilman Corey Granquist, Ward 1*

Councilman Kory Hildebrand, Ward 1

Councilman Frank Arens, Ward 2

Councilman Shane Clausen, Ward 2*

Councilman Rob Merrill, Ward 3*

Councilman Gary L. Jackson, Ward 3

Councilman Andrew McCarthyWard 4

Councilman Thad Murren, Ward 4*

* Economic Development Subcommittee

Greater Norfolk Economic

Development Foundation (GNEDF)
The mission of the Greater Norfolk Economic Development Foundation (GNEDF) is to create, facilitate and support partnerships to develop quality economic growth in the region. The GNEDF partners with the City of Norfolk and the Norfolk Area Economic Development Council to facilitate economic development projects in the Norfolk area. 

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