Legislative leaders shared their views at Session Priorities: (from left) Senate Majority Leader David Senjem, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV, House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk. Involta broke ground in September for a $10.5 million data center in Duluth:(from left) Lonnie Bloomquist of Involta; Nancy Norr of Minnesota Power; Senator Roger Reinert; Involta CEO Bruce Lehrman; DEED Commissioner Mark Phillips; County Commissioner Steve O'Neil; David Ross of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Don Ness. Joe Swedberg (left), vice president of legislative affairs at Hormel Foods Corporation in Austin, visits with Dr. Zigang Dong, executive director of The Hormel Institute, during a tour by Leadership Minnesota. Bob Anderson (left), who recently retired from Boise Paper at International Falls, receives the Spirit of Minnesota Award from Jon Campbell, chair of the Minnesota Chamber Board. Current Minnesota Chamber board members Jan Kruchoski and Sanjay Kuba, and former member Russ Nelson, had a personal audience with Governor Mark Dayton at Session Priorities. Jay Timmons, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Manufacturers, addresses the Minnesota Manufacturers Summit.


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2011 - 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Officers
Chair of the Board
Jon Campbell
EVP and Director of Social Responsibility Group
Wells Fargo Bank
 Chair-elect
Joe Maher
General Manager
UPM-Kymmene Blandin Paper Company
Secretary/Treasurer
Jeff DeYoung
Regional Managing Partner
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
 

Directors

Jenny Andersen-Martinez
Human Resources Director
JBS

Dave Baker
Owner
Baker Hospitalities Inc.

Mike Bamonti
President/General Manager
J.J. Taylor Distributing of MN

Barbara Baumann
Senior Officer and 2nd Vice President
Securian

Bill Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
LHB, Inc.

Jason Bernick
Director of Corporate Affairs
Bernick’s Beverages & Vending

Stacy Bogart
Vice President, Gen.l Counsel. & Secretary
Polaris Industries

Bill Corby
President
Hutchinson Area Chamber of Commerce
MCCE Representative

Marty Davis
President & CEO
Cambria

Liz Diedrich
President & CEO
IW Research

Rich Forschler
Partner/Attorney
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

Doug Fulton
Partner
Cushman & Wakefield of Minnesota

LaTisha Gietzen
V.P. Environmental, Governmental and Public Affairs
PolyMet Mining

Hal Henderson
Principal/Vice President
HGA Architects & Engineers 

Brian Ingulsrud
Vice President of Administration
American Crystal Sugar Company

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

Jan Kruchoski
Principal
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Sanjay Kuba
President
GSS Infotech

Katy Lawrence
Manager, Government Affairs
United States Steel Corporation

Bill Lentsch
Senior Vice President, MN Operations
Delta Air Lines

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

Steve McCulloch
President
Linsk Flowers

Tommy Merickel
Vice President
Taylor Corporation

Jerry Morris
Vice President and Chief Tax Officer
General Mills

Bill Morrissey
President
Morrissey Hospitality Group

David Murphy
President
Red Wing Shoe Company

Bob O’Rourke
Group Vice President
Target Corporation

David Olson
President
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce

Todd Paulson
Vice President & CFO
RTP Company

Judy Poferl
President & CEO, NSP
Minnesota  Xcel Energy

Alan Poff
Director, Govnm’t & Community Affairs
The Schwan Food Company

Randy Reinke
President, CEO
Custom Products of Litchfield

John Rivisto
President, Polished Concrete Images
Vice President, Business Development
K Johnson Construction, PCI Floors

Tom Schabel
Chief Executive Officer
Alexandria Extrusion Company

Diane Schmidt
Vice President, State Government Affairs
Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC

Bill Schmitt
Plant Manager
USG Interiors Inc.

Dr. Patricia Simmons
Executive Medical Director for Health Policy 
Mayo Clinic

Doug Stang
Government Relations
3M

Taunia Suckert
Director of Accounting & IT
SJE-Rhombus

Joe Swedberg
Vice President, Legislative Affairs
Hormel Foods Corporation

Joan Thompson
Executive Vice President/CFO
Minnesota Wire

Mel Towle
General Manager
Grand Casino – Hinckley

Rick Trontvet
Vice President, Human Resources
Digi-Key Corporation

Jim Westerhaus
Vice President Government Relations
Ecolab

  

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