SOREDI Announces Kathy Trautman Promoted to Business Development Manager

Trautman will build community partnerships while coordinating outreach programs to help business prosper in the region.

Medford, Ore. – October 16, 2015:  – Kathy Trautman will assume responsibilities for traded-sector outreach calls in the region, and coordination of industry tours with members and education partners. Trautman will also facilitate the newly reorganized Southern Oregon Business Innovators Group (SOBIG) and their activities which include quarterly training, peer-to-peer executive level masterminds, and company learning tours.

Executive Director Ron Fox states “When you have superstar employees, you do everything you can to keep them! Kathy’s passion for small business success makes her a perfect fit for this position – and makes the internal transition at SOREDI an easy one. Her strong finance background also provides the agency with ongoing insight and assistance as we seek to refill the Loan Manager position.”

Senior Business Development Manager, Colleen Padilla states “Kathy’s professional demeanor and experience with business outreach makes her a natural; we are confident in the way she complements our overall strategy to help businesses launch, relocate, and prosper in Southern Oregon.”

About SOREDI: SOREDI is a private, membership-based, non-profit organization, governed by a 23-member board of directors. Its six-person staff is charged with local business expansion and new business recruitment efforts, financial assistance to start-up companies through its business loan fund, and management of Enterprise Zones in Jackson and Josephine Counties. The agency was formed as a regional economic development agency in 1987. Learn more at https://soredi.org.

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