Jane's Background
Jane Neumiller-Bustad is the President and Chief Marketing Officer of Creative Mind Consulting. She has almost 20 years of experience in the fields of marketing, communications, training and development, and social media.
After graduating from the University of Illinois and Air Force ROTC, Jane entered the Air Force as an Intelligence Officer. She spent her first tour of duty in Anchorage, AK supervising a 40-person intelligence collection team.
After being assigned to the San Antonio, TX area, Jane worked as an internal Air Force consultant, focusing on quality improvement, team building, train the trainer, leadership development, and group facilitation. She and three other internal consultants were responsible for designing, developing, training, and implementing a quality improvement class for over 17,000 military members and civilian employees in under one year.
After graduating from the University of Illinois and Air Force ROTC, Jane entered the Air Force as an Intelligence Officer. She spent her first tour of duty in Anchorage, AK supervising a 40-person intelligence collection team.
After being assigned to the San Antonio, TX area, Jane worked as an internal Air Force consultant, focusing on quality improvement, team building, train the trainer, leadership development, and group facilitation. She and three other internal consultants were responsible for designing, developing, training, and implementing a quality improvement class for over 17,000 military members and civilian employees in under one year.
Life after the military
After leaving the Air Force, Jane started a training and organizational development company, working with some of the leading educational and non-profit organizations in San Antonio. She and her family moved to St. Paul, MN in the late 90's. She's held positions in organizational development, training development, and marketing and social media since that time.
Developing marketing expertise
Jane's marketing and social media experience started in 2005, working for a very successful real estate business. She provided marketing strategy, collateral development, direct mail, website development, and advertising coordination for the entire team.
Her interest in the brand new world of social media led to the development of the second real estate blog in the Twin Cities. Within one month of starting, her team was on the first page of Google.
She launched Creative Mind Consulting in 2008 to bring marketing and communications services to small-to-medium sized businesses.
Her interest in the brand new world of social media led to the development of the second real estate blog in the Twin Cities. Within one month of starting, her team was on the first page of Google.
She launched Creative Mind Consulting in 2008 to bring marketing and communications services to small-to-medium sized businesses.
Serving the community
Jane's experience and 15 year commitment to the San Antonio and Twin Cities chapters of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) professional association led to her selection as the Director of Interactive Communications in 2008. She served on the board of directors for over four years. In addition, she was twice the the head of marketing and communications for the chapter's annual regional conference.
