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 Sessions

This year, 32 business leaders from across the state will participate in the ninth annual Leadership Minnesota program. This exclusive group will have the opportunity to travel the state for five, two-day sessions touring various industries and talking with our state's business and political leaders. Click on the links below to see agendas from the completed sessions for this Leadership Minnesota year.

Session 1: Orientation, Financial Services & Manufacturing
September 17-18, 2009 / Owatonna

Session 2: Timber, Mining & Energy
October 8-9, 2009 / Northern Minnesota

Session 3: Health Care, Retail & Tourism
November 5-6, 2009 / Twin Cities

Session 4: Agriculture & Food Production
January 21-22, 2010 / Southern Minnesota

Session 5: Business' Role in Public Policy & Politics
March 4-5, 2010 / St. Paul

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