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 |
| Robert Kearley | 3M |
| Accenture | |
| Geoff Michel | Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America |
| Angela Hollan | Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America |
| Kerri Gordon | Allina Health |
| Brian Pietsch | Ameriprise Financial |
| Susan Roeder | Andersen Corporation |
| Kevin Krumm | APi Group, Inc. |
| Curtis Dobler | Apogee Enterprises, Inc. |
| Nisheet Gupta | Apogee Enterprises, Inc. |
| Mike Hiltner | Best Buy Co., Inc. |
| Scott Keefer | Blue Cross and Blue Shield Minnesota |
| Lin Nelson | Blue Cross and Blue Shield Minnesota |
| Scott Olson | Boston Scientific |
| Erin Dady | Bremer Financial Corporation |
| Ben Campbell | C.H. Robinson Worldwide |
| Jason Craig | C.H. Robinson Worldwide |
| Mike Campbell | Cambria |
| Don Brown | Cargill |
| Natalie Volin Lehr | Carlson |
| Susan Turbes | CenterPoint Energy |
| Santo Cruz | CentraCare Health |
| Children’s Minnesota | |
| Jim Zappa | CHS, Inc. |
| Allyson Hartle | Comcast |
| Jim Ward | Davis Family Holdings |
| Kurt Schmid | Deloitte |
| Jeff Davidman | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Joe Lally | Delta Dental of Minnesota |
| Cindy Brooks | Dolphin Group Companies |
| Amy Becker | Donaldson Company, Inc. |
| Molly Sigel | Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Mike Ahern | Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Christine Fugelstad | ECMC Group |
| Sean Keefer | Ecolab |
| Andrew Askew | Essentia Health |
| Bill Miller | EY |
| David Johnson | Faegre Drinker |
| Mary Edwards | Fairview Health Services |
| Chris Wall | Federated Insurance |
| Matthew Lemke | Flint Hills Resources |
| Dean Williamson | Frauenshuh Inc. |
| Kevin Goodno | Fredrikson & Byron P.A. |
| Melissa Rahn | Fredrikson & Byron P.A. |
| Lee Anderson | General Mills, Inc. |
| Marnie Falk | Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare |
| Stacey Fujii | Great River Energy |
| Tim Keenan | H.B. Fuller Company |
| Barbara Cox | HealthPartners |
| Donna Zimmerman | HealthPartners |
| Jeff Grev | Hormel Foods Corporation |
| Joseph Johnston | Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Jason Whalen | The Huntington National Bank |
| Andrew Lanik | KPMG |
| Matt Wohlman | Land O’Lakes, Inc. |
| Mike McFadden | Lazard Middle Market |
| Daniel Johnson | M.A. Mortenson Company |
| Mall of America | |
| Rick Trontvet | Marvin |
| Kate Johansen | Mayo Clinic |
| Amy Thompson | McGough Construction Co., LLC |
| David Ellenbogen | Medica |
| Jay McLaren | Medica |
| Mike Hagenson | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Kristina Pisanelli | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Jaime Simonsen | Minnesota State |
| Clare Sanford | New Horizon Academy |
| Bette Zerwas | North Memorial Health Care |
| Mariah Jacobsen | Northern Tool + Equipment |
| Sara Zawoyski | nVent |
| Mark Bring | Otter Tail Corporation |
| Peter Swenson | Park Dental |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | |
| Bob Fishman | Pentair |
| John Geelan | Piper Sandler |
| Ellen McCarthy | Polaris Industries Inc. |
| LaTisha Gietzen | PolyMet Mining |
| Jill Bollettieri | Post Consumer Brands |
| Rob Lahammer | Presbyterian Homes & Services |
| Daniel Schumacher | Protolabs, Inc. |
| Jeff Bjustrom | PwC |
| Cory Hoeppner | RBC Wealth Management |
| Craig Shaver | RBC Wealth Management |
| Mike Noonan | Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. |
| Christopher Larus | Robins Kaplan LLP |
| Dominick Driano, Jr. | Rosen’s Diversified Inc. |
| Todd Paulson | RTP Company |
| Alan Poff | Schwan’s Company |
| Renee Montz | Securian Financial Group |
| Sam Hellfeld | Sleep Number |
| Lynn Myhran | SPS Commerce, Inc. |
| Randy Lebedoff | Star Tribune Media Company LLC |
| Paul Cassidy | Stinson |
| Anne Cotter | Stinson |
| Breanna Schafer | Target Corporation |
| Tommy Merickel | Taylor Corporation |
| Kristin Stokes | Tennant Company |
| Michele Engdahl | Thomson Reuters |
| Karen Himle | Thrivent Financial |
| Amy Dahl | The Toro Company |
| Julie Padilla | Twin Metals Minnesota |
| Stacie Holden | U.S. Bancorp |
| Jim Horn | Ultieg |
| Karla Ashenhurst | UnitedHealth Group |
| J.D. Burton | University of Minnesota |
| Amy McDonough | University of St. Thomas |
| Robert Butterbrodt | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
| Brenda DeVinny | Wenger Corporation |
| Stacy Bogart | Winnebago, Ind. |
| Rick Evans | Xcel Energy, Inc. |