Deputies
Members are encouraged to designate “deputies” to enhance communications and responsiveness between the member and the organization. Deputies are typically — though not exclusively — senior government relations or public affairs executives. They provide a vital link between Partnership members and staff.
| Deputy | Company |
| Jeff Rageth | 3M |
| Doug Stang | 3M |
| Richard Birhanzel | Accenture |
| Peter Hutchinson | Accenture |
| Scott Weicht | Adolfson & Peterson, Inc. |
| Steve Garvey | ALLETE |
| Margaret Hodnik | ALLETE |
| Margaret Robare | ALLETE |
| Bernadette Berger | Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America |
| Vanessa Ramirez | Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America |
| Brian Pietsch | Ameriprise |
| Paul Weirtz | AT&T |
| Jim Porter | Apogee Enterprises, Inc. |
| Laura Bishop | Best Buy Co., Inc. |
| Lin Nelson | Blue Cross and Blue Shield MN |
| Scott Keefer | Blue Cross and Blue Shield MN |
| Dave Langefels | Buffalo Wild Wings |
| Angie Freeman | C.H. Robinson Worldwide |
| Christine Fuglestad | Capella University |
| Chris Bonnell | Capella University |
| Don Brown | Cargill, Inc. |
| Jake Hamlin | Cargill, Inc. |
| Tammy Lee Stanoch | Carlson |
| Susan Turbes | CenterPoint Energy |
| Andy Schriner | CenturyLink |
| Lois Martin | Ceridian Corporation |
| Anna Youngerman | Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota |
| Patrick Kluempke | CHS Inc. |
| John Engelen | CHS Inc. |
| Sharon Jensen | Cold Spring Granite Co. |
| Joe Reis | Coldwell Banker Burnet |
| Allyson Hartle | Comcast |
| Jim Ward | Davisco Foods International Inc. |
| Joe Lally | DeCare Dental LLC |
| Jeff Radunz | Deloitte Tax |
| Jeff Davidman | Delta Airlines, Inc. |
| Cindy Brooks | Dolphin Holdings |
| Norm Linnell | Donaldson Company, Inc. |
| Mike Ahern | Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Teresa Lynch | Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Jason Grev | Ecolab Inc. |
| Daniel Thibault | Ernst & Young LLP |
| Dave Dederichs | Express Scripts, Inc. |
| Richard Forschler | Faegre Baker Daniels |
| Mary Edwards | Fairview Health Services |
| Pat Cooper | Federated Insurance |
| Kevin Goodno | Fredrikson & Byron |
| Jeffrey Cotter | G & K Services |
| Lee Anderson | General Mills, Inc. |
| Tom Forsythe | General Mills, Inc. |
| Mark Sheahan | Graco |
| Robert Ambrose | Great River Energy |
| Stacey Fujii | Great River Energy |
| Tim Keenan | H.B. Fuller |
| Barbara Cox | HealthPartners |
| Donna Zimmerman | HealthPartners |
| Lynn Anderson | Holiday Companies |
| Joe Swedberg | Hormel Foods Corporation |
| Harold Crump | Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Valerie Pace | IBM Corporation |
| John Breedlove | Imation |
| Beverly Lohs | IWCO Direct |
| Cindy Trousdale | Kemps LLC |
| Matthew Lemke | Koch Companies Public Sector LLC |
| Laura Newinski | KPMG LLP |
| Daryn McBeth | Land O’Lakes, Inc. |
| Steven Krikava | Land O’Lakes, Inc. | Dan Zdon | Liberty Diversified International |
| Steven Suckow | Lifetouch Inc. |
| Wallace Hilke | Lindquist & Vennum PLLP |
| Joseph Humke | Lindquist & Vennum PLLP |
| Holly Rome | Mall of America |
| Patricia Simmons, M. D. | Mayo Clinic |
| Erin Sexton | Mayo Clinic |
| Greg Munson | McGough Construction Co., Inc. |
| Geoff Bartsh | Medica |
| Jim Jacobson | Medica |
| Mike Hagenson | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Michael Dougherty | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities |
| Lesley Zaun | Northern Tier Energy |
| Charles Manzoni | Nuveen Asset Management |
| Margaret Murphy | Olson |
| Scott Cheney | Olson |
| Tom Shaver | Opus Development Corporation |
| Loren Laugtug | Otter Tail Corporation |
| Diana Solomon | Pentair, Ltd. |
| Stacy Bogart | Polaris Industries |
| Ellen Valde | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| Aaron Rodriguez | Prime Therapeutics |
| Carrie Heimer | Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. |
| Patrick Mandile | Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP |
| Steve Shonka | Rosemount Inc. |
| Rob Hovde | Rosen’s Diversified Inc. |
| Todd Paulson | RTP Company |
| Gary Christensen | Securian |
| Mark Kimball | Select Comfort Corporation |
| Don Zurbay | St. Jude Medical, Inc. |
| Greg Mazanec | St. Paul Pioneer Press |
| Randy Lebedoff | Star Tribune |
| Mike Erlandson | SUPERVALU, INC. |
| Timothy Baer | Target Corporation |
| Thad Hellman | Target Corporation |
| Tom Dybsky | Tennant Company |
| Heidi Wilson | Tennant Company |
| Mark Kaplan | The Mosaic Company |
| Alan Poff | The Schwan Food Company |
| Timothy Dordell | The Toro Company |
| Mark Goldman | The Valspar Company |
| Michele Engdahl | Thomson Reuters Legal |
| Sharon Sayles-Belton | Thomson Reuters Legal |
| Bob McFarlin | Twin Metals Minnesota |
| Rick Kleven | Thrivent Financial for Lutherans |
| Deborah Burke | U.S. Bancorp |
| Jodie Tierney | UnitedHealth Group |
| Jason Rohloff | University of Minnesota |
| Rich Faber | Vision-Ease Lens |
| Steve Johnson | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
| Tom Carman | Wenger Corporation |
| David Sparby | Xcel Energy Inc. |