Faculty

Julie Cross, Marketing Instructor

Email: jcross@cvtc.edu
Office Phone: 715-833-6395

Work Experience:
2 years, Marketing Manager, Langer Construction, St. Paul, MN
2 years, Marketing Manager, UW-River Falls, River Falls, WI
5 years, Marketing/Project/Account Manager, American Express Financial Advisors, Minneapolis, MN
2 years, Sales Associate, West Publishing Corporation, Eagan, MN
Telly International Award Winner, Platinum Award for video, REAL TAL(k)tm. Profit Sharing Council of America's "First Place Award" for client communications campaign

Teaching Experience:
Adjunct Marketing Communications Instructor, UW-River Falls, River Falls, WI
Corporate Trainer, American Express Financial Advisors, Minneapolis, MN
Full-time faculty-CVTC

Degrees/College:
Master of Business Communications, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN Degree Emphasis: Marketing, May 1998
Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
Comprehensive Major: Marketing, May 1992

Favorite Business Quote:
"Choose a job that you like and you will never have to work a day in your life."

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Jean Husby, Marketing Instructor

Email: jhusby@cvtc.edu
Office Phone: 715-858-1854

Work Experience: 
GMR Marketing Promotion Coordination Client: Kraft Foods 
4 years, Newspaper Advertising Manager 
10+ years, Marketing Management experience
 
Teaching Experience: 
CVTC - Marketing Instructor 
Wisconsin Marketing and Management Association (WMMA) 
4 years, UW-Stout 
Department of General Business Administration 
American Advertising Federation Advisor 

Degrees/College: 
Master of Science Degree (MS), Vocational Education, UW-Stout 
Bachelor of Science Degree (BS), Marketing Education, UW-Stout 
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Marketing, WWTC-LaCrosse, WI
 
Favorite Business Quote:
"Tell me I forget, Show me I remember, Involve me I understand" - Chinese Proverb  

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John Kleven, Marketing Instructor

Email: jkleven4@cvtc.edu
Phone: 715-830-5581 

Work Experience:
Instructor CVTC Marketing Instructor 2006 - present
1 year, Wayzata High School Plymouth, MN (Marketing/DECA Advisory)
2005 - present, Business owner - Synch Track Music for Videography 
4 years, General Manager - hot tub/swimming pool retail store
2 months, Car Sales - (Ask me about it)
2 years, Computer software/hardware support nation wide call center
9 years, Retail Sales and service - swimming pool and hot tub retail store
1 1/2 years, Real Estate Sales and investments Kleven Realtors

Teaching Experience:
2006 Present, CVTC Marketing Instructor
2005 - 2006, Wayzata High School - Marketing/Business Teacher, School Store Advisor, DECA Advisor 

Degrees/College: 
Bachelors of Science UW-Stout in Marketing Education/Business Administration Minor Spring 2005
Associate Degree in Marketing - CVTC 1995
Pursuing Masters Degree in Career and Technical Education (UW-Stout)

Favorite Business Quotes:
"My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them." - Bono

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year." - John Foster Dulles

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Cathi Lafontaine, Marketing Instructor

Email: clafontaine@cvtc.edu
Office Phone: 715-852-1383

Work Experience:
3 years, Assistant to Financial Aid: UW-Stout
8 years, Retail Manager: Fieldcrest Cannon, Carters Children's Wear, G.H. Bass, and Russell Athletics
2 years, Sales Agent: Manitowoc Ovens

Teaching Experience: 
1 year Adjunct Marketing Instructor at CVTC
4 years Full-time Marketing Instructor at CVTC

Degrees/College: 
Associate Degree of Science Marketing (Fox Valley Technical College)
Bachelors Degree of Science Marketing Education with Certification in Business Education (UW-Stout)
Masters Degree in Career and Technical Education (UW-Stout)

Favorite Business Quote:
"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes destiny."
- Frank Outlaw

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Ric Messner, Marketing Instructor

Email: rmessner@cvtc.edu
Office phone: 833-6408

Work Experience:
10 years, Restaurant Equipment & Supply Business

Teaching Experience:
4 years, D.C. Everest High School
18 years, Chippewa Valley Technical College

Degrees/College:
B.S. UW-Stout
Associate Degree-Madison Area Technical College

Favorite Business Quote:
"The primary purpose of a business is not to earn a profit; instead it is to create and keep a customer!"

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Carol Robarge, Marketing Instructor, Department Chair

Email: crobarge@cvtc.edu
Office phone: 715-833-6495

Work Experience:
10 years, Sears, Eau Claire, WI Area Sales Manager
2 years, Sears Regional Office, Minneapolis, MN - Regional Buyer

Teaching Experience:
10 years, Altoona High School-Marketing Education, DECA Advisor, School-to-Work Coordinator 
Adjunct faculty at UW-Stout
Full-time faculty-CVTC

Degrees/College:
Master's of Science Degree, Vocational Education-UW-Stout
Bachelor's of Science Degree, Marketing Education-UW-Stout
Account Clerk Degree-CVTC
Currently pursuing: Educational Specialist Degree, Marketing, UW-Stout

Favorite Business Quote:
"If it's worth having, it's worth working for."

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Dave Rowe, Marketing Instructor

Email: drowe@cvtc.edu
Office phone: 715-833-6390

Work Experience:
Management and Sales SS Kresge
Management - YMCA Camp Manitou

Teaching Experience:
4 years, high school marketing at Brookfield High School
30+ years at Chippewa Valley Technical College

Degrees/College:
UW-Eau Claire - Bachelors - Comprehensive Business Management
UW-Eau Claire - Masters in teaching
UW - Stout - Educational Specialist Degree

Favorite Business Quote:
"It's not just doing it right. It's doing the right thing."

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