This document summarizes information about TUMMA, an alliance of manufacturers in the Upper Mississippi River Region. It lists the board officers and provides the mission, vision, objectives, and rationale for why manufacturing matters for the regional economy. TUMMA aims to strengthen the manufacturing environment, create a skilled workforce, promote manufacturing careers, advance collaborative efforts, and grow partnerships between manufacturers and educational institutions. The manufacturing sector supports nearly 25,000 private sector jobs and contributes over $13.5 billion to the regional economy through wages and taxes.
1. Board Officers
CHAIR
Kurt Bear
Mid City Steel
VICE CHAIR
Mark Glendenning
Inland
TREASURER
John Funke
L.B. White
SECRETARY
Ed Johnson
NECAL Corporation
OFFICE ADDRESS
WTC Integrated
Technology Center
325 North 8th
Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Website:
www.tumma.org
TUMMA is an alliance of manufacturers in the Upper Mississippi River
Region of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
TUMMA’s vision is to have our Tri-State Area recognized as a world leader in manufacturing
capabilities and career opportunities.
TUMMA’s mission is to strengthen the regions manufacturing environment and create a
skilled and competitive workforce by combining the efforts of business, education and
support agencies.
TUMMA has four objectives:
• Promote careers in manufacturing
• Advance collaborative efforts that promote the health of area manufacturers
• Strengthen workforce development for manufacturing
• Grow partnerships for visibility and training between manufacturing and K-12 School
Districts, Technical Colleges, Universities & the media
Why TUMMA thinks manufacturing matters:
• The manufacturing sector was the leader in supporting private sector jobs with 24,690
of the 196,013 jobs in the nine county Mississippi River Region in Western Wisconsin.
• Most recent figures available for Gross Regional Product show manufacturing as the
greatest contributor to the region’s GRP with a value of $13.57 billion, producing over
$2.0 billion in earnings, property income, and taxes.
• The region’s manufacturers also pay an average earning of $55,200 per employee.
This is significantly above the $46,351 regional earning average.
• This economic wave is unique because it is created mostly from fresh capital coming
back to the manufacturers from their exports to other regions. This fresh capital then
turns into wages and supply chain purchases that go on to benefit retailing,
transportation, education, construction, restaurants, lodging, health care and may
other business sectors in the region.
Source: Economic Modeling Specialists International and Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission
TUMMA is a member organization with dues:
Dues will be collected annually from manufacturers that join TUMMA to fund its operations.
Dues will be based on the number of employees of the manufacturer. There will also be
membership opportunities for allied non-manufacturing businesses as well as government,
non-profits, education and economic development organizations.
TUMMA 2016 Work Plan:
Includes liaising with North East WI Manufacturing Alliance to learn how they doubled and in
some cases tripled the number of persons completing successful pathways to a manufacturing
career and soliciting inaugural members of TUMMA.
TUMMA is a 501 c 6 private non-profit corporation with both the State of Wisconsin and the IRS. TUMMA was formed as a result
of the Equipment and Metal Manufacturing Association understanding the need to broaden its mission and include all
manufacturers in the region.
Joel Guberud
Executive Director
PHONE
(608) 789-7890
EMAIL
jguberud@tumma.org