The Board
The Board
The Pend Oreille County EDC provides a forum for community, government and business representatives to work together to promote economic development. The Board of Directors includes a wide array of people from throughout the county who meet the third Wednesday of every month from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., rotating between Newport, Cusick and Ione.
EDC Mission: To support economic development activities that foster a healthy environment for existing and new business, improve employee skills and wages, and encourage infrastructure development, while honoring the values, history, cultural diversity and natural beauty of the area and its people.
Bob Shanklin
Bob Spencer
Karen Snyder
Jenny Smith - Vice Chair
Foundation/Marketing Director Newport Hospital & Health Services
714 W Pine St., Newport, WA 99156
Lonnie Johnson
Retired Generation Supervisor, Seattle City Light
P.O. Box 915 Ione, WA 99139
Melannie Jones, Treasurer
Mike Manus, Secretary
Ray Pierre, Chair
Rick Larson
Sonya Scauflaire
Steve Shumski
Greater Newport/Oldtown Chamber of Commerce
325 W. 4th Newport, WA 99156