Experience

Inventure

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Associate

  • May 2023 - 8 months

  St Cloud, Minnesota, United States

• Commercial Real Estate Specialist

  • Apr 2022 - 1 year 9 months

  Minnesota, United States



J. Uphoff Companies, LLC

• Owner

  • Nov 2020 - Apr 2022

• Community & Economic Development Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Mar 2022

  Minnesota, United States



Benton Economic Partnership, Inc.

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2016 - May 2020

  St. Cloud, Minnesota Area -Lead the organization's startup phase -Partnered with the Central Region MN Small Business Development Center to provide consulting services to local small business owners -Authored the designating application for St. Cloud’s Opportunity Zones -Obtained $239,000 Minnesota Investment Fund Loan for business expansion -Represented Benton County in the creation of a new joint powers authority for the St. Cloud Regional Airport -Shaped the Region 7W… Show more -Lead the organization's startup phase -Partnered with the Central Region MN Small Business Development Center to provide consulting services to local small business owners -Authored the designating application for St. Cloud’s Opportunity Zones -Obtained $239,000 Minnesota Investment Fund Loan for business expansion -Represented Benton County in the creation of a new joint powers authority for the St. Cloud Regional Airport -Shaped the Region 7W Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy -Formed the basis of support for the regional wastewater treatment plan between the cities of Foley and St. Cloud and helped obtain a $10 million state bond Show less



WSB & Associates, Inc.

• Economic Development Specialist

  • Feb 2013 - Mar 2016

  701 Xenia Avenue South, Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN -Launched and marketed the economic development business unit and successfully built out a new base of clients -Provided project management and consulting services and successfully developed and implemented economic development strategies for local units of government -Facilitated market analyses informing city staff, planning commissions, and economic development authorities