About Our Consultant Trainings And Premier Consultants
Premier Consultants have worked with FFI director Tera Johnson to successfully complete a project, like a successful fundraising request, for a food, beverage or value-added agriculture business. Current Premier Consultants include:
Lois Federman, WI Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Cynthia Jaggi, Independent Consultant
Daniel Lemmer, WI Small Business Development Centers
Brock Waterman, WI Small Business Development Centers
Terri Urbanek, WI Small Business Development Centers
Zacary Smucker-Bryan, Food Finance Institute
Level 1 Training Participants were trained in current market trends in the sector, the basics of conducting market research, various business models in food (and their accompanying metrics/capital structure) as well as in-depth case studies of business model optimization.
Level 2 Training Participants were trained in the process of raising appropriate debt, strategic investments, and equity investments in food, beverage and value-added farm businesses. This included a discussion of the legal, financial and governance prerequisites to and implications of raising equity.
Lois Federman, WI Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Cynthia Jaggi, Independent Consultant
Daniel Lemmer, WI Small Business Development Centers
Brock Waterman, WI Small Business Development Centers
Terri Urbanek, WI Small Business Development Centers
Zacary Smucker-Bryan, Food Finance Institute
Level 1 Training Participants were trained in current market trends in the sector, the basics of conducting market research, various business models in food (and their accompanying metrics/capital structure) as well as in-depth case studies of business model optimization.
Level 2 Training Participants were trained in the process of raising appropriate debt, strategic investments, and equity investments in food, beverage and value-added farm businesses. This included a discussion of the legal, financial and governance prerequisites to and implications of raising equity.
| First Name | Last Name | Organization | City | State | Trainings and Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lois | Federman | Wisconsin DATCP | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Premier Consultant, Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Terri | Urbanek | Wisconsin SBDC | La Crosse | Wisconsin (WI) | Premier Consultant, Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Cynthia | Jaggi | Food 2 Market | Verona | Wisconsin (WI) | Premier Consultant, Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Daniel | Lemmer | Wisconsin SBDC | Wausau | Wisconsin (WI) | Premier Consultant, Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Brock | Waterman | Wisconsin SBDC | Platteville | Wisconsin (WI) | Premier Consultant, Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Zacary | Smucker-Bryan | Food Finance Institute | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Premier Consultant, Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Beth | LaShell | Fort Lewis College Department of Agriculture | Hesperus | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Dan | Goldhamer | Colorado State University Extension Denver County | Denver | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Martha | Sullins | Colorado State University Extension, Campus | Fort Collins | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Mary | Snow | Colorado State University Extension Jefferson County | Golden | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Patti | O'Neal | Colorado State University Extension Jefferson County | Golden | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Sari | Kimbell | Cultivate Consulting/Northern Colorado Food Cluster | Fort Collins | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Shaina | Knight | Colorado Department of Agriculture | Aurora | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Josh | Dansdill | Northeast Iowa RC&D, Inc. | Postville | Iowa (IA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Kayla | Koether | Iowa State University Extension | Ames | Iowa (IA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Brian | Tapp | Iowa State University-Extension | Ames | Iowa (IA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Kim | Bartko | Outbound Lab | Chicago | Illinois (IL) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Rebecca | Frabizio | FamilyFarmed | Chicago | Illinois (IL) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Anthony | Ndoca | Jim D. Gage Consulting | Chicago | Illinois (IL) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Barbara | Pillow Sidibeh | Chicago | Illinois (IL) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging | |
| Joel | Moyer | Fair Food Network | Cambridge | Massachusetts (MA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Barbara | Wyckoff | Creative Disruptors | Silver Spring | Maryland (MD) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Jean | Chorzyczewski | Fair Food Network | Ann Arbor | Michigan (MI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Jan | Joannides | Renewing the Countryside | Minneapolis | Minnesota (MN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Geraud | Staton | The Helius Foundation (Self-Help) | Durham | North Carolina (NC) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Kharmika | Tillery Alston | Self Help Credit Union | Durham | North Carolina (NC) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Rebecca | Dunning | North Carolina State University Center for Environmental Farming Systems | Raleigh | North Carolina (NC) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Julia | Jones | Dirt Capital Partners | Hudson | New York (NY) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Ted | LeBow | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Ann | Karlen | University of Vermont Food Hub Management Program | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Adrian | Galbraith-Paul | Heritage Farm | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Angela | Vendetti | Angela Vendetti Consulting | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Bill | Kitsch | Ephrata National Bank | Ephrata | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Elaine | Lemmon | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Jennifer | Brodsky | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Joshua | Housekeeper | Ephrata National Bank | Ephrata | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Noah | Munro | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Rachel | deVitry | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Sara | Michelsen | The Wharton School | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Jessica | Moore | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Elizabeth | Atwell | Wallace Center | Arlington | Virginia (VA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Ellie | Bomstein | Wallace Center | Arlington | Virginia (VA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Lucy | Jodlowska | Wallace Center | Arlington | Virginia (VA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Will | Gray | Wallace Center | Arlington | Virginia (VA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Eric | DeLuca | Slow Money Vermont | Montpelier | Vermont (VT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Danielle | Campeau | Wisconsin SBDC | River Falls | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Linda | Davis | Wisconsin SBDC | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Katherine | Fossler | Wisconsin SBDC | River Falls | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Jeff | Glazer | University of Wisconsin-Madison Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Vic | Grassman | Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research (CDR) | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Anne | Hlavacka | Wisconsin SBDC | La Crosse | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Andrea | Hughes | WWBIC | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Neil | Lerner | Wisconsin SBDC | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Thomas | McDermott | Wisconsin SBDC | Oshkosh | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Cheryl | Mitchell | Wisconsin SBDC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Jason | Mueller | Wisconsin SBDC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Kietra | Olson | Wisconsin DATCP | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Becky | Paris | Wisconsin DATCP | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Gene | Schriefer | University of Wisconsin Extension | Dodgeville | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| David | Stauffacher | Wisconsin SBDC | Green Bay | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Lisa | Stout | Wisconsin DATCP | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Karen | Taylor | Wisconsin SBDC | Waukesha | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Greg | Zahn | The Hub Cafe and Circle Union Farm | Plymouth | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Marti | Neustadt | Value Chain Cluster Initiative | Shepherdstown | West Virginia (WV) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Adam | Haen | FEED Kitchens | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Sarah | Larson | Food Finance Institute | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Dana | Slowiak | Jim D. Gage Consulting | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging | |
| John | Hendrix | Choctaw Fresh Produce | Philadelphia | Mississippi (MS) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Kathryn | Parker | Market Umbrella | New Orleans | Lousiana (LA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Kristine | Creveling | Propeller | New Orleans | Lousiana (LA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Niamh | Shortt | Future Harvest CASA | Cockeysville | Maryland (MD) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Patti | Miller | Chesapeake Foodshed Committee | Maryland (MD) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging | |
| Ron | Williams Jr. | Chesapeake Food Shed Committee | West Virginia (WV) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging | |
| Silvia | Cuesta | Adelanta Mujeres | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging | ||
| Tong | Thao | Asian Economic Development Association | Minnesota (MN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging | |
| John | Chiles | Ozarks Ag Accelerator and Hub | Washington (WA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained in Financial Packaging | |
| Alex | Linklow | Fair Food Fund | Cambridge | Massachusetts (MA) | Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Scott | Berrie | Grape Hollow Farm | Holmes | New York (NY) | Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Brad | Rostowfske | FaB Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Dana | Hoffmann | Summit Credit Union | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Financial Packaging |
| Amy | Lentz | Colorado State University Extension Weld County | Greeley | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Anne | Zander | Colorado State University Extension Boulder County | Longmont | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Curtis | Utley | Colorado State University Extension Jefferson County | Golden | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Danielle | Ardrey | Colorado State University Extension Arapahoe County | Centennial | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Sheila | Gains | Colorado State University Extension Arapahoe County | Centennial | Colorado (CO) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Anton | Seals | Grow Greater Englewood | Chicago | Illinois (IL) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| David | Braun | Indiana Makers | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Nancy | Braun | Indiana Makers | Kokomo | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Sherri | Dugger | Indiana Farmers Union/Dugger Family Farm | Morristown | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Daniel | Garcia | Garcia's Gardens | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Vicki | Higuera | Three Figs | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| JoAnne | Himebaugh | Mother Herb | Nashville | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Lita | Rouser | Indiana SBDC | West Lafayette | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Shellye | Suttles | City of Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Elaine | Vidal | Ball State University | Muncie | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Robert | Warner | Indiana State Department of Agriculture | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Jon | Whitesel | Circle City Farm | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Brady | Whitesel | Circle City Farm | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Kathy | Whitlow | Gene B. Glick Company | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Mimi | Zakem | Kheprw Institute | Indianapolis | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| John | Katz | Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation | Owatonna | Minnesota (MN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Lauren | Pradhan | Grow North MN | Twin Cities | Minnesota (MN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Andrew | Lutsey | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Catherine | Murray | Kitchen Table Consultants | Bala Cynwyd | Pennsylvania (PA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Jeff | Farbman | Wallace Center | Arlington | Virginia (VA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Jeremy | Beach | University of Wisconsin-Madison Renk Agribusiness Institute | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Courtney | Berner | UW Center For Cooperatives | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Mary Pat | Carlson | Sister Bay | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization | |
| Jason | Fischbach | University of Wisconsin Extension | Washburn | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Jim | Gage | Jim D. Gage Consulting | Waterloo | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Anne | Inman | Wisconsin SBDC | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Norm | Monsen | Wisconsin DATCP | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Nhi Le | Ngoc | Gener8tor | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Erin | Peot | University of Wisconsin Extension | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Lisa | Shirek | Amherst Junction | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization | |
| Claire | Strader | University of Wisconsin Extension | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Angie | Sullivan | Wisconsin DATCP | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Gabriella | Szmola | Jim D. Gage Consulting | Salem | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Jenny | Doty | Freeport | Illinois (IL) | Trained in Business Model Optimization | |
| Maggie | Fitzsimmons | Jim D. Gage Consulting | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization | |
| Linda | Halley | Jim D. Gage Consulting | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization | |
| Roberta | Crabtree | Purdue Extension | Indiana (IN) | Trained in Business Model Optimization | |
| Barnett | Sporkin-Morrison | Great Falls, Montana Development Authority | Great Falls | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained In Financial Packaging |
| Tracey | Karcher | National Women in Agriculture Association, SW Montana | Dillon | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Misty | Claerbout | STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY | Billings | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Michael | Peter | Bear Paw Development Corporation | Yellowstone Valley Food Hub | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained In Financial Packaging |
| Catie | DeMets | Community Food and Agriculture Coalition | Missoula | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained In Financial Packaging |
| Rosie | Goldich | Lake County Community Development Corporation | Ronan | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained In Financial Packaging |
| Marguerite | Jodry | Healthy by Design | Billings | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained In Financial Packaging |
| Jan | Tusick | Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center | Ronan | Montana (MT) | Trained in Business Model Optimization, Trained In Financial Packaging |
| Kate | Sheridan | Lake County Community Development Corporation | Ronan | Montana (MT) | Trained In Financial Packaging |
| Ray | York | UW-Green Bay / SBDC | Green Bay | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Amy | Bruner Zimmerman | UW - MADISON SBDC | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Tara | Carr | UWGB SBDC | Green Bay | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Maggie | Donin | Steward Lending LLC | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Jason | Schleip | Southwest WI SBDC | Verona | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Laura | West | CAP Services - Economic Development | Stevens Point | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Amina | Omari | FoodBIP | Ithaca | New York (NY) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Mary | Fischer-Tracy | Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corp | Kenosha | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Kelly | Hohneke | JBD | Lone Rock | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Layne | Cozzolino | Central Rivers Farmshed | Stevens Point | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Bartlett | Durand | LOCAL CHOICE MARKETING LLC | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Duane | Johnson | Iowa SBDC | Ames | Iowa (IA) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Penny | Molina | Windward Communications | Brooklyn | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| George | Reistad | City of Madison Mayor's Office | Madison | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Lucy | (Svetlana) Waldhuetter | Wisconsin SBDC | Waukesha | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Craig | Cerbins | Wintrust Commercial Banking | Brookfield | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Jim | Van Pelt | Compeer Financial | Sun Prarie | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |
| Kristi | Smith | Wisconsin SBDC | Monroe | Wisconsin (WI) | Trained in Business Model Optimization |