Members
Members of the Minnesota Business Partnership represent a broad range of business interests, political perspectives and personal philosophies. As chief executives of some of Minnesota’s largest employers, however, they are united by the belief that a diverse, vibrant economy is central to the quality of life Minnesotans enjoy.
Membership is limited to chief executives of large Minnesota employers or, in the case of companies headquartered outside the state, the highest-ranking representative in Minnesota. Active participation of chief executives differentiates the Partnership from other business organizations and is key to our success in shaping policies that impact business growth and job creation in Minnesota.
| Member | Title | Company |
| Inge Thulin | Chairman, President & CEO | 3M |
| Larry Newman | Region VP | A T & T |
| David Wilson | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Douglas Jaeger | CEO | Adolfson & Peterson, Inc. |
| Alan Hodnik | President & CEO | ALLETE |
| Walter White | President & CEO | Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America |
| James Cracchiolo | Chairman & CEO | Ameriprise Financial |
| Russ Becker | President & CEO | APi Group, Inc. |
| Joe Puishys | President & CEO | Apogee Enterprises, Inc. |
| Hubert Joly | President & CEO | Best Buy Co., Inc. |
| Michael Guyette | President & CEO | Blue Cross and Blue Shield MN |
| Pat Donovan | President & CEO | Bremer Financial Corporation |
| Sally Smith | CEO & President | Buffalo Wild Wings |
| John Wiehoff | Chairman & CEO | C.H. Robinson Worldwide |
| Kevin Gilligan | Chairman & CEO | Capella University |
| David MacLennan | President & COO | Cargill, Inc. |
| Trudy Rautio | President & CEO | Carlson |
| Joe Vortherms | Division VP, Regional Gas Operations | CenterPoint Energy |
| Duane Ring | President Midwest Region | CenturyLink |
| Stuart Harvey, Jr. | Chairman, President & CEO | Ceridian Corporation |
| Alan Goldbloom, M.D. | President & CEO | Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota |
| Carl Casale | President & CEO | CHS Inc. |
| Patrick Alexander | Chairman & CEO | Cold Spring Granite Co. |
| Ralph Burnet | Chairman | Coldwell Banker Burnet |
| John Gibbs | VP of State Government Affairs | Comcast |
| Mark Davis | Chairman | Davisco Foods International Inc. |
| Michael Walsh | President & CEO | DeCare Dental LLC |
| Jeffrey Cotton | Office Managing Partner | Deloitte Tax LLP |
| William Lentsch | Senior VP Minnesota Operations | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Lee Schram | CEO | Deluxe Corporation |
| Kathleen Dolphin | President | Dolphin Holdings |
| William Cook | Chairman, President & CEO | Donaldson Company, Inc. |
| Ken Cutler | Managing Partner | Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Douglas Baker, Jr. | Chairman & CEO | Ecolab Inc. |
| Mike Train | President Global Sales | Emerson Process Management |
| John Wilgers | Minneapolis Office Managing Partner | Ernst & Young, LLP |
| Andrew Humphrey | Managing Partner | Faegre Baker Daniels |
| Jeff Fetters | Chairman, President & CEO | Federated Insurance Companies |
| David Frauenshuh | Founder & CEO | Frauenshuh Companies |
| John Koneck | President | Fredrikson & Byron P.A. |
| Douglas Milroy | CEO | G & K Services |
| Kendall Powell | Chairman & CEO | General Mills, Inc. |
| Patrick McHale | President & CEO | Graco Inc. |
| David Saggau | President & CEO | Great River Energy |
| James Owens | President & CEO | H. B. Fuller Company |
| Mary Brainerd | President & CEO | HealthPartners |
| Ronald Erickson | CEO | Holiday Companies |
| Jeffrey Ettinger | Chairman, President & CEO | Hormel Foods Corporation |
| Stanley Hubbard | Chairman & CEO | Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Walt Ling | VP, Minnesota Senior State Executive | IBM Corporation |
| Mark Lucas | President & CEO | Imation Corp. |
| James Andersen | CEO | IWCO Direct |
| Tim Larson | CEO | Jostens, Inc. |
| James Green | President & CEO | Kemps LLC |
| Diane Schmidt | VP, State Government Affairs | Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC |
| George Kehl | Office Managing Partner | KPMG LLP |
| Chris Policinski | President & CEO | Land O’Lakes, Inc. |
| Michael McFadden | Co-CEO | Lazard Middle Market |
| Michael Fiterman | Chairman & CEO | Liberty Diversified International |
| Paul Harmel | Chairman & CEO | Lifetouch Inc. |
| Dennis O’Malley | Managing Partner | Lindquist & Vennum PLLP |
| M.A. Mortenson, Jr. | Chairman | M.A. Mortenson Company |
| Maureen Bausch | Executive VP | Mall of America |
| John Noseworthy, M.D. | President & CEO | Mayo Clinic |
| Thomas McGough, Jr. | President & CEO | McGough Construction Co., Inc. |
| David Tilford | President & CEO | Medica |
| Omar Ishrak | Chairman & CEO | Medtronic, Inc. |
| James Dwyer | President & CEO | Michael Foods, Inc. |
| Steven Rosenstone | Chancellor | Minnesota State Colleges and Universities |
| Chris Neugent | CEO | MOM Brands |
| Hank Kuchta | CEO | Northern Tier Energy, LLC |
| Tom Schreier, Jr. | Vice Chairman, Nuveen Investments Chairman, Nuveen Asset Management |
Nuveen Investments |
| John Partilla | CEO | Olson |
| Tim Murnane | President & CEO | The Opus Group |
| Edward McIntyre | CEO | Otter Tail Corporation |
| Scott Anderson | President & CEO | Patterson Companies, Inc. |
| Randall Hogan | Chairman & CEO | Pentair, Ltd. |
| Scott Wine | Chairman & CEO | Polaris Industries Inc. |
| James Kolar | Market Managing Partner | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| Eric Elliott | President & CEO | Prime Therapeutics |
| John Taft | Co-Chairman, Head of US Wealth Management | RBC Wealth Management |
| David Murphy | President & CEO | Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. |
| Martin Lueck | Chairman, Executive Board | Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP |
| Thomas Rosen | CEO | Rosen’s Diversified Inc. |
| Hugh Miller | President & CEO | RTP Company |
| Patrick Ryan | CEO & President | Ryan Companies US, Inc. |
| Robert Senkler | Chairman & CEO | Securian Financial Group |
| Shelly Ibach | President & CEO | Select Comfort Corporation |
| Daniel Starks | Chairman, President & CEO | St. Jude Medical, Inc. |
| Guy Gilmore | Publisher/President | St. Paul Pioneer Press |
| Michael Sweeney | Chairman of the Board | Star Tribune Media Company LLC |
| John Fredericksen | Interim President & CEO | Sun Country Airlines |
| Sam Duncan | President & CEO | SUPERVALU INC. |
| Gregg Steinhafel | Chairman, President & CEO | Target Corporation |
| H. Chris Killingstad | President & CEO | Tennant Company |
| James Prokopanko | President & CEO | The Mosaic Company |
| Greg Flack | President, CEO & COO | The Schwan Food Company |
| Michael Hoffman | Chairman & CEO | The Toro Company |
| Gary Hendrickson | President & CEO | The Valspar Corporation |
| Rick King | COO Technology | Thomson Reuters |
| Bradford Hewitt | CEO & President | Thrivent Financial for Lutherans |
| Andres Morel | CEO | Twin Metals Minnesota |
| Richard Davis | Chairman, President & CEO | U.S. Bancorp |
| Jeannine Rivet | Executive VP | UnitedHealth Group |
| Eric Kaler | President | University of Minnesota |
| Douglas Hepper | President & CEO | Vision-Ease Lens |
| David Kvamme | Regional President | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
| Chris Simpson | President & CEO | Wenger Corporation |
| Ben Fowke | Chairman, President & CEO | Xcel Energy |