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 |
| Michael Roman | CEO | 3M |
| Traci Egly | Managing Director | Accenture |
| Walter White | President & CEO | Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America |
| Penny Wheeler, M.D. | President & CEO | Allina Health |
| James Cracchiolo | Chairman & CEO | Ameriprise Financial |
| Jay Lund | Chairman & CEO | Andersen Corporation |
| Russ Becker | President & CEO | APi Group, Inc. |
| Joe Puishys | CEO | Apogee Enterprises, Inc. |
| Hubert Joly | Chairman & CEO | Best Buy Co., Inc. |
| Chuck Kummeth | President & CEO | Bio-Techne |
| Craig Samitt, M.D. | President & CEO | Blue Cross and Blue Shield Minnesota |
| Jeanne Crain | President & CEO | Bremer Financial Corporation |
| John Wiehoff | Chairman & CEO | C.H. Robinson Worldwide |
| Marty Davis | President & CEO | Cambria |
| David MacLennan | Chairman & CEO | Cargill |
| John Butcher | President | Caribou Coffee |
| Kurt Ekert | President & CEO | Carlson WagonLit Travel |
| Brad Tutunjian | Division VP, Regional Operations | CenterPoint Energy |
| Ken Holmen, M.D. | President & CEO | CentraCare Health |
| CenturyLink | ||
| Marc Gorelick, M.D. | President & CEO | Children’s Minnesota |
| Jay Debertin | President & CEO | CHS, Inc. |
| John Gibbs | Senior VP of State Government Affairs | Comcast |
| Mark Davis | Chairman | Davis Family Holdings |
| Jeffrey Cotton | Office Managing Partner | Deloitte |
| Bill Lentsch | SVP Delta Connection & Delta Global Services | Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
| Rodney Young | President & CEO | Delta Dental of Minnesota |
| Lee Schram | CEO | Deluxe Corporation |
| Kathleen Dolphin | CEO | Dolphin Group Companies |
| Tod Carpenter | Chairman, President & CEO | Donaldson Company, Inc. |
| Ken Cutler | Managing Partner | Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Douglas Baker, Jr. | Chairman & CEO | Ecolab |
| David Herman, M.D. | CEO | Essentia Health |
| Mike O’Leary | Minneapolis Office Managing Partner | EY |
| Andrew Humphrey | Partner and Chair Emeritus | Faegre Baker Daniels LLP |
| James Hereford | President & CEO | Fairview Health Services |
| Jeff Fetters | Chairman & CEO | Federated Insurance Companies |
| David Frauenshuh | Founder & CEO | Frauenshuh, Inc. |
| John Koneck | President | Fredrikson & Byron P.A. |
| Jeff Harmening | President & CEO | General Mills, Inc. |
| Barbara Walczyk Joers | President & CEO | Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare |
| Patrick McHale | President & CEO | Graco Inc. |
| Steve Hockett | CEO | Great Clips |
| David Saggau | President & CEO | Great River Energy |
| James Owens | President & CEO | H. B. Fuller Company |
| Andrea Walsh | President & CEO | HealthPartners |
| James Snee | Chairman, President & CEO | Hormel Foods Corporation |
| Stanley Hubbard | Chairman & CEO | Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. |
| James Andersen | CEO | IWCO Direct |
| Greg Kurr | President & CEO | Kemps LLC |
| Geoff Glasrud | Vice President of Operations, Flint Hills Resources | Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC |
| George Kehl | Managing Partner | KPMG LLP |
| Beth Ford | President & CEO | Land O’Lakes, Inc. |
| Mike McFadden | Senior Advisor | Lazard |
| Michael Fiterman | Chairman | Liberty Diversified International |
| Russell T. Lund III (Tres) | Chairman, President & CEO | Lunds & Byerlys |
| David Mortenson | Chairman | M.A. Mortenson Company |
| Kurt Hagen | Executive VP | Mall of America |
| John Noseworthy, M.D. | President & CEO | Mayo Clinic |
| Thomas McGough, Jr. | President & CEO | McGough Construction Co., LLC |
| John Naylor | President & CEO | Medica |
| Omar Ishrak | Chairman & CEO | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Devinder Malhotra | Chancellor | Minnesota State |
| Chad Dunkley | CEO | New Horizon Academy |
| J. Kevin Croston, M.D. | CEO | North Memorial Health Care |
| Tony Rodriguez | Managing Director, Co-Head of Fixed Income | Nuveen Investments |
| Beth Wozniak | CEO | nVent |
| Tim Murnane | President & CEO | The Opus Group |
| Chuck MacFarlane | President & CEO | Otter Tail Corporation |
| John Gulon, D.D.S. | President & CEO | Park Dental |
| Mark Walchirk | President & CEO | Patterson Companies, Inc. |
| John Stauch | President & CEO | Pentair |
| Chad Abraham | CEO | Piper Jaffray |
| Scott Wine | Chairman & CEO | Polaris Industries Inc. |
| Jon Cherry | President & CEO | PolyMet Mining |
| Daniel Lindh | President & CEO | Presbyterian Homes & Services |
| Jim DuCharme | President & CEO | Prime Therapeutics |
| Vicki Holt | President & CEO | Proto Labs, Inc. |
| Eric Mercer | OfficeManaging Partner | PwC |
| Michael Armstrong | CEO | RBC Wealth Management-U.S. |
| Mark Urdahl | President & CEO | Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. |
| Martin Lueck | Chairman, Executive Board | Robins Kaplan LLP |
| Thomas Rosen | CEO | Rosen’s Diversified Inc. |
| Hugh Miller | President & CEO | RTP Company |
| Patrick Ryan | Chairman of the Board | Ryan Companies US, Inc. |
| Dimitrios Smyrnios | CEO | Schwan’s Company |
| Christopher Hilger | President & CEO | Securian Financial Group |
| Chuck Runyon | CEO & Co-Founder | Self Esteem Brands |
| Shelly Ibach | President & CEO | Sleep Number |
| Archie Black | President & CEO | SPS Commerce, Inc. |
| Michael Klingensmith | Publisher & CEO | Star Tribune Media Company LLC |
| Matt Steele | Vice President | State Farm Insurance |
| Todd Noteboom | Chair of National Client Strategies | Stinson Leonard Street LLP |
| Jeff Rowe | President Global Seeds, North America and China | Syngenta |
| Brian Cornell | Board Chairman & CEO | Target Corporation |
| Deb Taylor | CEO | Taylor Corporation |
| Craig Dahl | Chairman & CEO | TCF Financial Corporation |
| H. Chris Killingstad | President & CEO | Tennant Company |
| Rick King | Executive Vice President, Operations | Thomson Reuters |
| Bradford Hewitt | CEO | Thrivent Financial |
| Rick Olson | Chairman, President & CEO | The Toro Company |
| Kelly Osborne | CEO | Twin Metals |
| Andrew Cecere | Chairman, President & CEO | U.S. Bancorp |
| Marianne Short | Office of the Chief Executive, Executive VP, Chief Legal Officer | UnitedHealth Group |
| Eric Kaler | President | University of Minnesota |
| Julie Sullivan | President | University of St. Thomas |
| Laurie Nordquist | CEO – Minnesota | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
| Michael Happe | President & CEO | Winnebago, Ind. |
| Chris Simpson | President & CEO | Wenger Corporation |
| Ben Fowke | Chairman, President & CEO | Xcel Energy, Inc. |