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Upstate Colorado EDC Staff
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Tom Hammerschmidt
is Upstate's Office Manager, joining the organization in December of 2006. In
addition to his office duties, Tom is involved with database
management, the Enterprise Zone Program and Data Center. Tom
also coordinates Upstate's marketing and communications
materials, and maintains the organization's website.
thammerschmidt@upstatecolorado.org
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Eric Berglund
Eric serves as Upstate’s Vice President
of Finance.
Eric’s professional background includes over six years of
commercial lending experience. This employment
experience will serve him well as he assumes the
administration of the Weld/Larimer RLF and the Greely
Community Development Fund. By way of additional
background, Eric currently serves as the Chair of the
Larimer County Board of Adjustment and Vice Chair of the
City of Fort Collins CDBG Commission. He was CSU Student
Body President in ‘99/’00, and currently serves on the Board
of Directors of the CSU Alumni Association. Eric was
listed as one of the “40 Under Forty” by the Northern
Colorado Business Report.
eberglund@upstatecolorado.org
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Cathy Schulte, CEcD is Upstate's Senior
Vice President. A twenty-year employee, Cathy is very
involved with each of Upstate's program efforts, and serves
as Administrator of the Greeley/Weld Enterprise Zone. A
native and life-long resident of Colorado, Cathy is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, where she earned a
journalism degree. She is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD),
and is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute.
cschulte@upstatecolorado.org
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Larry
Burkhardt, CEcD
has
served as Upstate's President/CEO since September 2005.
Prior positions include President/CEO of the Nevada County
Economic Resource Council in Grass Valley, California; and
President/CEO of the Economic Development Association of
Longmont, Colorado. He
has published in excess of one hundred articles on economic
development; has hosted weekly radio shows on economic
development in Colorado and California; and has been
retained as a speaker on economic development for many
local, state and national audiences.
Larry
served 11 years on the Longmont, Colorado
City Council--two
years as Mayor, as well as on numerous local, state and
national boards and commissions.
lburkhardt@upstatecolorado.org
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Susan House/strong> is
Upstate's Project Manager. Susan has enjoyed an extremely varied
career; with her first job being at the Pentagon.
Subsequent positions include serving as a Probation
Assistant; an examiner for the Securities & Exchange
Commission, Office of Oil and Gas; a Trade Show Manager for
Space Imaging; and Facilities Manager for Northrop Grumman
in Boulder.
Immediately prior to taking the position of Upstate’s
Campaign Coordinator, Susan was self-employed as a
residential remodeling consultant.
shouse@upstatecolorado.org
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