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About Us

Get help to start, manage, and grow your small business in North Dakota.

You have great ideas. Our job is to use our expertise to help make your small business successful. North Dakota Small Business Development Centers (ND SBDC) business advisors have years of experience and know how to help North Dakotans to start, manage, and grow their business. Your success is our goal!

The ND SBDC network of credentialed business advisors empower North Dakota small businesses and entrepreneurs to thrive. We accelerate business growth in communities across North Dakota by providing customized guidance and resources that help owners and entrepreneurs achieve their goals at every stage of their business life cycle. For over 35 years, our network has supported small business owners and entrepreneurs across the state, including stepping up to provide an unprecedented volume of service during the pandemic. When small businesses thrive, communities thrive, North Dakota thrives.  

Fully Accredited

ASBDC Accredited Member

ND SBDC is a fully accredited member of the national Association of Small Business Development Centers, a mandatory national standard for all federal SBDC networks. Our national accreditation recognizes and affirms our high-quality small business assistance and is based on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States Department of Commerce.

The national accreditation program sets federal SBDC networks apart from other providers of small business assistance and helps to ensure the ongoing quality of our small business services and a process of continuous improvement for service delivery to clients, referral sources and other program stakeholders.

ND SBDC Staff

  Name & Title SBDC Location Center  Email
payton tivis

Payton Tivis 

Bismarck Center Director, MBA

Bismarck payton.tivis@ndsbdc.org
tyler demars

Tyler Demars

Specialty Services Director, MSL, ABI

Bismarck

tyler.demars@ndsbdc.org

 

laura weber

Laura Weber 

Business Advisor, Rural Entrepreneurship, ABI

Bowman

laura@bowmannd.com

sandy

Sandy Shively

Center Director, EDFP, CPBA

Devils Lake 

sandyncpc@gondtc.com

 

ashley louw

Ashley Louw 

Certified Business Advisor, CPBA, ABI

Devils Lake

ashleynpc@gondtc.com

 

mattew ellerkamp

Matt Ellerkamp

Business Advisor, MBA, ABI

Dickinson 

matt@ndsbdc.org 

paul s

Paul Smith 

Fargo & Southeast Center Director, MS, EDFP, CVGA, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, ABI

Fargo & Southeast Region

paul@ndsbdc.org

Chris Erwin

Chris Erwin

Fargo & Southeast Center Advisor, MBA, MSML, ABI

 

Fargo & Southeast Region

chris@ndsbdc.org

nicole e

Nicole Evans

Grand Forks Center Director, CBA®, Quickbooks Certified Trainer, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, ABI

Grand Forks 

nicole@ndsbdc.org

greg s

Greg Syrup 

Business Advisor, Cares Program Manager, MBA, Angel Fund Investing and Management, ABI

Grand Forks 

gregory.syrup@und.edu

mary v

Mary Beth Votava 

Minot Center Director, BCA,CMEA, CBA®, VCA, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, ABI

Minot 

marybeth@ndsbdc.org

keith o

Keith Olson

Williston Center Director, BCA, CVGA CEPA, CBA®, ABI, MCMEA, EDFP, CEB, APBA, PMC, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, ABI

Williston

williston@ndsbdc.org

kayCee L

KayCee Lindsey 

Certified Business Advisor, CBA®, ABI

Williston- Crosby Satellite Office 

dcjda@nd.gov

tiffany f

Tiffany Ford 

State Director, MBA

Lead Center 

tiffany.ford@ndsbdc.org

marnie s

Marnie Schuschke

Associate State Director

Lead Center 

marnie.schuschke@und.edu

danielle j

Danielle Jones 

Communications Manager, CPBA 

Lead Center 

danielle.jones.1@und.edu

The Center for Business Engagement and Development, our department within the Nistler College of Business and Public Administration, also hosts two additional national business assistance and resource programs. Each of the three programs has its own unique mission and set of services, however they routinely work together to help businesses start and thrive.

ND PTAC and VBOC of the Dakotas Staff

  Name & Title  Email 
dave k

Dave Kleppe- ND PTAC

ND PTAC Program Manager, Certified Procurement Officer, CVE, Certified Verification Assistance Counselor, Completed GSA Schedules Training  

david.kleppe@und.edu
cathy l

Cathy Lindquist- ND PTAC

ND PTAC Program Advisor, CVE, Certified Verification Assistance Counselor, CPP

 

Cathy.lindquist@und.edu
wendy k

Wendy Klug- VBOC of the Dakotas 

Veterans Business Outreach Center Director

 

wendy.klug@und.edu
Liza C

Liza Clough- VBOC of the Dakotas

Outreach Specialist for the Veterans Business Outreach Center of the Dakotas.

liza.clough@und.edu 
julie hinker

Julie Hinker - VBOC of the Dakotas

Veterans Business Specialist

 

 

leadcenter@ndsbdc.org
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293 Centennial Dr, Stop 7308
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7308

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