St. Charles – Minnesota
St. Charles is located 20 miles east of Rochester and 20 miles west of Winona.
St. Charles offers big city conveniences with the advantages of small-town living. Best known for being the Gateway to the Whitewater Valley.
Will Giesen
Will joined the CEDA team in January 2024 as a Community and Economic Development Specialist. In 2019, he graduated from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas with a degree in Finance and Economics. Prior to working at CEDA, he was a commercial credit analyst and loan processor at Sterling State Bank in Rochester, Minnesota. This role focused on underwriting and closing commercial real estate and equipment loans along with identifying and mitigating credit risk throughout the bank's commercial loan portfolio. In his free time, Will enjoys hunting, fishing and spending time with his wife and son.