About the Western Alliance for Economic Development

The Western Alliance represents and partners with the cities of Greenleaf, Melba, Notus, Parma & Wilder in Canyon County and Grand View, Homedale & Marsing in Owyhee County. Our agency partners are Sage Community Resources, Idaho Department of Commerce & COSSA (Canyon Owyhee School Service Agency).

Each city has two voting seats (a city and business representative) on our Governing Board and the two counties each have one voting seat. This structure assures that all communities have both business and governmental input. Our agency partners are ex-officio members of the Board.

The following people make up our Governing Board:

Chairperson	Lori Church - Business Representative from Wilder
Vice Chairperson	Lee Belt - City Clerk of Greenleaf
Board Secretary	Noni Stapleton - Melba City Clerk

CITY PARTNERS
Grand View	Paul Spang - Mayor
Greenleaf	Lee Belt - City Clerk
Homedale	Eino Hendrickson - City Councilman
Marsing	Keith Green - Mayor
Melba	Noni Stapleton - City Clerk
Notus	Ginny Lindermann - City Clerk
Parma	Nathan Leigh - City Councilman
Wilder	John Bechtel - Mayor

BUSINESS PARTNERS
Grand View	Bob Swenson - RIS Tax Service
Greenleaf	John Runkle - Greenleaf Friends Academy
Homedale	Jonathan Demcak - River Valley Supply
Marsing	Mike Sprinkel - General Motors (Ret.)
Melba	Jeanne Myers - Initial Pointe Real Estate
Notus	Randall Taylor - Old Town Merchants Assoc.
Parma	Bobbi Flores - US Bank
Wilder	Lori Church - Hilltop Storage

COUNTY PARTNERS
Canyon County	Open
Owyhee County	George Hyer - County Commissioner

SUPPORTING AGENCY PARTNERS
Sage Community Resources	Pat Engel - Director of Business & Community Development
Idaho Department of Commerce	Hank Ebert - Economic Development Specialist
COSSA	Mark Cotner - Executive Director