Business Resource Referrals
Local Area/Region
UW-Extension Washburn County
Beverly Stencel, Community Resource Development Specialist
850 W. Beaverbrook Avenue, Suite 1
Spooner, WI 54801
Office: 715-635-4444
Fx: 715-635-4450
Email: Beverly.stencel@ces.uwex.edu
Northwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
Myron Schuster, Executive Director
1400 S. River Street
Spooner, WI 54801
Office: 715-635-2197
Fx: 715-635-7262
TF: 800-891-3042
Email: mschuster@nwrpc.com
Small Business Development Center
Julianne Raymond, Director
UW-Superior Small Business Development Center
305 C Erlanson
P.O. Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880
Office: 715-394-8352
Fx: 715-394-8408
Email: Jraymond@uwsuper.edu
Web: http://www.uwsuper.edu/sbdc
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
Bob Meyer, President
WITC Administrative Office
505 Pine Ridge Drive
Shell Lake, WI 54871
Office: 715-468-2815, ext. 2227
Fx: 715-468-2599
TF: 800-243-9482
Email: bob.meyer@witc.edu
Assistance for Manufacturers
Northwest Wisconsin Manufacturing Outreach Center
Frank Borg, Marketing/Public Relations
UW-Stout 278 Jarvis hall
Menomonie, WI 54751
Office: 715-232-1548
Fx: 715-232-1105
Main: 715-829-0080
Email: borg@uwstout.edu
Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Mike Klonsinski, Executive Director
2601 Crossroad Drive, Suite 145
Madison, WI 53718-7923
Office: 608-240-1740
TF: 877-856-8588
Email: klonsinski@wmep.org
Doing Business with the Government
Wisconsin Procurement Center
Jason Rathsack, Executive Assistant
756 N. Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Office: 414-270-3607
Fx: 414-270-3610
Email: jasonr@wispro.org
Business Procurement Assistance Center
Charles Wallschlaeger, Government Contract Specialist
3591 Anderson Street, suite 100
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, WI 53704
Office: 608-243-4495
Fx: 608-243-4486
Email: cwallsclaeger@matc.edu
Assistance on Business Development from Local Utilities
XCEL Energy
Vern R. Kenas, Senior Energy Conservation Consultant
1414 West Hamilton Drive, P.O. Box 8
Eau Claire, WI 54702-0008
Office: 715-737-2570
Fx: 715-737-5323
Cell: 715-577-9347
Email: vern.r.kenas@xcelenergy.com
Barron Electric Co-operative
Jennifer Beaudette, Marketing and Economic Development Spec.
P.O. Box 40
Barron, WI 54812
Office: 715-537-3171
Fx: 715-637-4267
TF: 800-322-1008
Email: jbeaudette@barronelectric.com
Wisconsin Gas Company (WE Energy)
Rich Bilodeau, Commercial Specialist
104 W. South Street
Rice Lake, WI 54868
Office: 715-234-2104
Fx: 715-234-6810
TF: 800-236-2104
Business Loan Finance
Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation
Mike Dieckman, VP Loan Officer
610 Oakwood Mall Drive, Suite 201
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Office: 715-834-9474, ext.2
Fx: 715-834-9482
Cell: 715-456-0143
Email: mdiekman@wbd.org
Entrepreneur Technical Assistance
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network (WEN)
Pat Dillon, Northwest Regional Director
210 Water Street
Eau Claire, WI 54702
Office: 715-836-5056
Email: Dillon@uwec.edu