Governor Tim Pawlenty addresses nearly 1,600 business leaders and policy-makers at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event, the largest legislative gathering of its kind. Michele Engdahl with Thomson Reuters, Eagan, receives an up-close look at a hog-producing facility – Baarsch Farms-Next Generation Pork, Inc. near Austin – as part of Leadership Minnesota. The Minnesota Chamber program is an exclusive look at the state’s changing economy and the issues that will shape its future. Grow Minnesota! events help businesses prepare for the economic recovery. Sharing their perspectives on how the recession has changed the job market were (from left) Simon Foster of SpencerStuart, Minneapolis; Sue Metcalf of Ecolab, St. Paul; and Jan Erickson of Medtronic, Inc., Fridley. Dee Schutte, executive director of the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce, visits with House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers at the Session Priorities event. Governor Tim Pawlenty congratulates John M. Rivisto, president and CEO of Wells Concrete Company, on its new facility in Sartell. The plant has created 50 jobs in central Minnesota and will add another 100 jobs over the next five years. Minnesota legislative leaders share their priorities at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event: (from left) House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV Eyewitness News; Senate Minority Leader David Senjem; Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller.

2009 - 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Officers
Chair of the Board
Dave McMillan
Executive Vice President
Minnesota Power
Duluth
Chair-elect
Andrea Walsh
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
HealthPartners
Minneapolis
Past Chair
Ginny Morris
President
Hubbard Radio
Minneapolis
Secretary/Treasurer
Dave Beito
President
Northern State Bank
Thief River Falls

Directors

Bob Anderson
Public Affairs Manager
Boise, Inc.
International Falls

Barbara Baumann
Senior Officer and
2nd Vice President
Securian
St. Paul

Russ Bennett
President
Bennett Office Technologies, Inc.
Willmar

Jason Bernick
Director of Corporate Affairs
Bernick’s Beverages & Vending
St. Cloud

Lawton Cain
President
Central Research Laboratories
Red Wing

Jon Campbell
CEO, Minnesota Region
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Minneapolis

Rob Clark
Senior Director,
State Government Affairs
Medtronic, Inc.
Fridley

Jim Cron
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Reservations & Distribution
Delta Air Lines
Eagan

Marty Davis
President & CEO
Cambria
Le Sueur

Jeff DeYoung
Regional Managing Partner
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
Minneapolis

Liz Diedrich
CEO
IW Research
Maplewood

Laura Ekholm
Executive Vice President
L&M Radiator
Hibbing

Jennifer Engh
Director, Government Relations/Corporate Affairs
Cargill
Wayzata

John Erickson
President and CEO
Otter Tail Corporation
Fergus Falls

Rich Forschler
Partner/Attorney
Faegre & Benson
Minneapolis

Jim Fries
Principal
Mercer
Minneapolis

Doug Fulton
Senior Director
Cushman & Wakefield of Minnesota
Eden Prairie

Tracy Gardner
Vice President, Enterprise Operations
Allianz Life Insurance Co
Minneapolis

Nate Garvis
Vice President, Government Affairs
Target Corporation
Minneapolis

Hal Henderson
Principal/Vice President
Hammel, Green and
Abrahamson, Inc.
Rochester

Elliot Jaffee
President, Twin Cities Market
U.S. Bank
Minneapolis

Sanjay Kuba
President
GCI Systems
Shoreview

Katy Lawrence
Manager, Government Affairs
United States Steel Corporation
Granite City, IL

Joe Maher
Senior Vice President/
General Mgr.
Blandin Paper Company
Grand Rapids

Bob Mars III
CEO/President
W.P. & R.S. Mars Co.
Bloomington

Steve McCulloch
President
Linsk Flowers
St. Louis Park

Tommy Merickel
Vice President
Taylor Corporation     
White Bear Lake

Monte Mitchell
Senior Vice President
Viracon
Owatonna

Bill Morrissey
President
Morrissey Hospitality Group
St. Paul

Marty Nanne
Principal
The KNW Group
Minnetonka

Russ Nelson
President/Principal
Nelson, Tietz & Hoye
Minneapolis

David Olson
President
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
St. Paul

Lori Peterson
Agency Field Executive
State Farm Companies
Mendota Heights

Judy Poferl
President & CEO, NSP
Minnesota Xcel Energy
Minneapolis

Paula Prahl
Vice President, Public Affairs
& Corporate Responsibility
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Richfield

Randy Reinke
President, CEO
Custom Products of Litchfield
Litchfield

John Rivisto
President/CEO
Wells Concrete Company
Albany

Brian Sattler
Executive Vice President
of Administration
and General Counsel
The Schwan Food Company
Marshall

Chris Sawyer
President
College City Beverage
Dundas

Tom Schabel
Chief Executive Officer
Alexandria Extrusion Company
Alexandria

Bill Schmitt
Plant Manager
USG Interiors Inc.
Cloquet

Dee Schutte
Litchfield Chamber of Commerce
Litchfield

Doug Stang
Government Relations
3M
St. Paul

Mel Towle
General Manager
Grand Casino – Hinckley
Hinckley

Kathy Tunheim
Chief Executive Officer
Tunheim Partners, Inc.
Minneapolis

Jim Westerhaus
Vice President Government Relations
Ecolab
St. Paul

 

 

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