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Executive Director
Ottumwa Economic
Development Corporation (OEDC)
Jonathan Krebs has over 25 years of economic development
and management experience. He came to Ottumwa, Iowa to set up a new
economic development corporation in 2005 after six years as Executive
Director for the Sitka Economic Development Association (SEDA) and the
Sawmill Cove Industrial Park in Alaska.
He has already assisted a variety of companies to expand
in Wapello County, Iowa.
His prior experience includes:
- CEO / Executive Director for the Port of Astoria,
Oregon
- Governor's Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Economic
Development, New Mexico Economic Development Department, Santa Fe NM
- Manager of the Economic Development Department of
Southwestern Public Services Company
His business sector experience includes:
- Electronics - chip manufacturing and component
assembly
- Food Processing - meat packing, cattle feeding,
farming, corn flour, Mexican food, cheese, dairy, fish processing, bottled
water, bulk water, chocolate, peanut production
- Internet - e-commerce, ISP service, broadband
service, microwave systems, web site design and operation
- Tourism - cruise ship industry,
- Front and Back Office operations - back office
accounting, reservation centers, corporate headquarters
- General Manufacturing - transportation, marine
fabrication, oil field fabrication, leather tanneries, amusement rides,
Christmas ornaments
- Transportation - marine barge, marine ship,
truck, rail, river systems, airports and airlines
- Overseas - Indonesia, Russia, Korea, Japan,
Pakistan, India, Mexico, Colombia
Professional Certification and Affiliations
CEcD - Certified Economic Development Professional - 1984,
IEDC
Member - IEDC - International Economic Development Council
Member - Professional Developers of Iowa
Academic Background
MBA - 1979 - with a marketing emphasis
Eastern New Mexico University
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Contact Information:
Jonathan Krebs, CEcD*
Executive Director
Ottumwa Economic
Development Corporation (OEDC)
217 East Main
Street (P.O. Box 1288)
Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
Phone :
(641)682-3465
Cell :
(641)799-1203
Home :
(641)683-6017
Fax :
(641)682-3466
e-mail :
jkrebs@OttumwaIowa.com
*C.Ec.D. is a
professional certification for economic
development by IEDC.
Website :
www.ottumwadevelopment.org
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