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Meet Our Staff
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Matt Creamer
- Executive Director/Loan Officer
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Matt Creamer joined the Idaho SBDC in 2003, after successful career assignments in the State of Utah. He has a varied background, with professional experience in Public Finance, Government, Lending, Marketing, Public Relations and Economic Development. For 15 years prior to his move to Pocatello, Matt fulfilled management positions with an energy company in Southern Utah. During that time, he was also very active on a variety of boards, including service as a City Council member for 8 years, membership on the Board and Credit Committee of one of the nation’s largest Certified Development Companies, and leadership of a multi-state tourism promotion organization. Matt received his Bachelor’s Degree from Brigham Young University in 1981, majoring in Business Management (Finance and Marketing concentrations). Matt is also Executive Director of Eastern Idaho Development Corporation, a Certified Development Company which is co-located with the Region V SBDC.
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| Tom
Maydew - Consultant/Loan
Officer
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Tom has lived in Pocatello for twenty years. He came to the SBDC with thirty years management experience in several business industries. Tom spent eight years with the K-Mart Corporation. The first four years he was involved with store management, and the last three years he worked for the Western Regional Office opening 14 new stores and remodeling 9 existing operations. Tom has also managed a department store and a restaurant and lounge. He was Washington State sales representative for a marine electronic manufacturing firm and has been a licensed insurance agent.
The past twenty years he has owned and operated a small business in Pocatello. Tom used the proceeds of a Small Business Administration 504 loan to construct his current building.
Tom has a B.A. degree in accounting from the University of Montana.
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| Samantha
Damron - Consultant/Loan
Officer
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Samantha moved from a rural Idaho community to Pocatello in 1989
to attend Idaho State University. She graduated
in 1993 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance.
Immediately after graduation, she was hired by
Citifinancial as a loan officer. She continued
to work for Citifinancial for 11 years, advancing
her way up through the ranks to the position of
Branch Manager. Her largest undertaking for them
was to manage a branch with $26 million in receivables
and five employees. Samantha joined the Idaho
SBDC in January, 2005. |
| Mike
Ditto - Portfolio
Manager
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After completing a 22-year career
in the U.S. Coast Guard, Mike attended Old Dominion
University where he attained a master’s
degree in secondary education. He then taught
high school social studies for three years in
Norfolk, Virginia, and in 1995 moved with his
family to rural Idaho. Continuing his involvement
with education in the Marsh Valley school district,
Mike was also busy as a Varsity Scout leader,
community volunteer, and outdoors man. Later,
with their two sons grown and out of the nest,
Mike and his wife Cookie moved to Pocatello in
2001 for a more “urban” lifestyle.
A change in setting presented an opportunity for
another change in profession and Mike soon found
himself as the administrative assistant for the
Idaho SBDC in Pocatello. His organizational, administrative,
and communication skills also are put to use for
the Eastern Idaho Development Corporation, a lending
institution co-situated with the Idaho SBDC. |
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