BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has announced the following business development grants totaling $1.5 million from the Job Creation Fund: Alexandria Industries in Alexandria; MinMor Industries in Mora; Reprocessed Plastics in Garfield; Sage Electrochromics in Faribault; Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Minnetonka, and McLaughlin Gormley King Co. in Brooklyn Park.
CONSTRUCTION
Jim French, chief operating officer with LS Black Constructors, St. Paul, has
completed the Design-Build Institute of America’s education and certification testing program to achieve Design-Build Professional certification.
DEVELOPMENT
Doran Cos., Bloomington, announced the promotion of Rosanne Wolfe to controller, a new position for the company.
EDUCATION
Dan McKeown, a 1985 graduate of St. John’s University, St. Joseph, Minn., was elected chair of the SJU Board of Trustees. He has been on the board since 2013. McKeown is president and CEO of Specialty Manufacturing Co., White Bear Lake.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Alerus announced the addition of Peter Haugen as a senior financial guide at the company’s Excelsior office. … Yukon Partners, a Minneapolis-based middle market private equity firm, announced the promotion Chief Financial Officer Corey Peters to chief operating officer. Peters will remain as CFO as he concurrently assumes the new role of COO.
FITNESS
Jason Von Bank, president and chief executive officer of St. Louis Park-based Wellbeats, a virtual, on-demand fitness program, has been named a finalist for EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 Award in the Heartland.
FOOD
Calyxt, a Roseville-based food ingredient company, announced the appointment of Travis Frey as chief technology officer.
GOVERNMENT
The Dakota County Board of Commissioners appointed Michael Berndt to the Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board. Berndt will represent the public education sector.
HEALTH CARE
Allina Health, Minneapolis, announced that Helen Strike has been named president of Regina Hospital , Hastings, and River Falls Area Hospital, River Falls, Wis. … Vireo Health International, parent company of medical cannabis company Minnesota Medical Solutions, announced the addition of four new directors: Chelsea A. Grayson, True Religion Brand Jeans; Chad Martinson, ACOVA Integrated Health; Amy Langer, Salo LLC and a director at HealthPartners, and Judd Norquist, Abdo, Eick & Meyers. … Health Dimensions Group, a Minnetonka-based post-acute, long-term care, and senior living consulting and management firm, announced that Darrin W. Hull has been named executive vice president, consulting.
HONORS
Leora Maccabee, partner in Maslon LLP‘s Litigation Group has been selected as the 2019 Woman of Promise as part of the Women of Intention Awards presented by the Minneapolis Jewish Federation’s Pearl Society. Maslon LLP is based in Minneapolis. … Corporate Responsibility Magazine has named Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., to its 20th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking. … The Minnesota Chapter of National Association of Women Business Owners announced the following NAWBO Achieve! Awards, to be presented June 20: Woman Business Owner of the Year: Wendi Breuer, SeaChange Print Innovations, Plymouth; Lifetime Achievement Award: Kim Bartmann, Bartmann Group, Minneapolis; Established Woman Business Owner: Jaime Taets, Keystone Group International, Minnetonka; Founder of the Year: Julie Kimble, KimbleCo, St. Paul; Member of the Year: Whitney Emanuel, Strategic Visionaries, Minneapolis; Advocate Award: Mercedes E. Jamie, BreakThru Partners, Burnsville; Generational Award: Milissa A. Silva-Diaz, El Burrito Mercado, St. Paul; Innovation Award: Y. Elaine Rasmussen, Social Impact Strategies Group, St. Paul; Partner of the Year: Insperity. … Five HealthPartners hospitals have won top honors for their environmental sustainability work: Lakeview Hospital, Stillwater, Regions Hospital, St. Paul; Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park; Hudson Hospital & Clinic, Hudson, Wis.; and Westfields Hospital & Clinic, New Richmond, Wis., received the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award from Practice Greenhealth. … The Minnesota Timberwolves professional NBA basketball franchise, announced it won a CLIO Award silver statue for innovation and creative excellence in advertising to recognize the team’s Prince-inspired City Edition team jerseys. .. The following Minnesota companies were named to Inc. magazine’s 2019 Best Place to Work list: Beehive Strategic Communication, St. Paul; Bellmont Partners, Minneapolis; Elicit, Minneapolis; Homestead Road, St. Louis Park; Stoneridge Software, St. Louis Park; Toy’n Around, Eden Prairie, and Twelve Consulting Group, Minneapolis. … Malco Products, an Annandale, Minn., manufacturer of HVAC tools, was recognized with a Meritorious Achievement Award through the Governor’s Safety Awards for excellence in workplace safety and health by the Minnesota Safety Council.
LAW
Kathryn Davis Messerich has been re-elected to a second consecutive two-year term as chief judge of Minnesota’s First Judicial District. … Henson Efron, Minneapolis, announced that attorney and shareholder Alan Eidsness has received the 2019 HCBA Family Law Section Professionalism Award.
MANUFACTURING
Donaldson Co., Inc., a maker of filtration products for industry, announced the groundbreaking of a $15 million Material Research Center at its corporate headquarters in Bloomington.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Precision Therapeutics Inc., an Eagan-based company focused on applying artificial intelligence to personalized medicine and drug discovery, announced that it has changed its corporate name to Predictive Oncology Inc. … VentureMed Group Inc. announced it is relocating from Toledo, Ohio, to Minneapolis. … NightWare Inc., a Minneapolis-based digital therapeutics mental health company, has received Breakthrough Status designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its lead product, NightWare, which measures and treats nightmares in people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
NONPROFITS
Nexus, a national nonprofit based in Plymouth, has welcomed the following new board members: Linda Barnhart, HealthEast (retired); Kevin Wayne Johnson, independent life coach, author, teacher, and speaker with the John Maxwell Team; Cynthia Lesher, retired president and CEO of Northern States Power Co.–Minnesota, an Xcel subsidiary; James Leste, Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, and Mette McLoughlin, American Public Media Group. Nexus provides community-based mental health services, foster care and adoption, and residential treatment programs to children and families.
ORGANIZATIONS
Paul Hoffman has been elected president of the Investment Recovery Association, a multi-industry trade organization promoting the professional management of surplus assets. Hoffman currently leads Xcel Energy’s investment recovery program in St. Paul. … The Minneapolis District Dental Society, Minneapolis, elected the following officers at their Annual Meeting: Kirby C. Johnson, Edina, president; Ian A. Park, Minnetonka, president-elect; Benjamin R. Bowling, Edina, vice president; Herbert W. Schulte, Edina, secretary/treasurer, and Teresa L. Fong, Fridley, trustee. … Pam Bednarz, Siemens Industry, Minnetonka, has been elected president of the North Central Electrical Manufacturers Club. The following NCEMC board members were named: Vice President: Mike Skovran, EMS Partners, Lakeville; Secretary: Joe Shallbetter, States Electric Manufacturing, Minneapolis; Treasurer: Randy Kuzel, AJB Sales, Minneapolis; Past President: Scott St. Marie, Mlazgar Associates, Eden Prairie; Directors: Chris Lee, MRL Co., Minneapolis; Keith Severson, Mlazgar Associates; Wendy Anderson, Rouzer Group, St. Louis Park; Al Palmer, Core4 Technologies, Bloomington; Travis Olson, Grissinger-Johnson Sales, Plymouth and Gary Wilcox, Electrotech, Minneapolis.
PRINTING
Flexographic Tech, a Minneapolis-based print technology training program, announced that it received the Gold award for the College Student Category in the Flexographic Technical Association’s 2019 Excellence in Flexography Awards; students Nicholas Baldwin, Lithomedia Printers Ltd.; Chase Latvaaho, AWT Labels & Packaging; Ong Moua, Meyers, and Andy Suman, Lofton Label, produced the award-winning entry.
PUBLISHING
Forum Communications, Fargo, N.D., announced an agreement to acquire the Rochester Post Bulletin, Rochester, Minn., from Small Newspaper Group.
REAL ESTATE
John Boich has been promoted to managing director of property management for the CBRE Minneapolis market.
RETAIL
Chuck & Don’s, a Mahtomedi-based pet-supplies retailer, announced its newest store at 8022 Den Road, Eden Prairie.
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