In her role with the Destination Medical Center initiative, Pam Wheelock is focused on building Rochester’s economy by attracting private investment to the city to complement the talent within the

Beardsley took the helm of what he calls “Minnesota’s world port” in May after more than a decade as its CFO. Two years ago, the Duluth-Superior Port launched a transatlantic

Keeping Duluth cool is the top job for Haley Hedstrom, who became Visit Duluth’s executive director this past August. She says she’s come on board at a turning point for

The Downtown Alliance hired Dave Higgins in early 2025 to lead redevelopment efforts in the city’s core. He took on the challenge after building urban redevelopment experience in Boston and

You don’t have to live in the metro to live well—that’s the gospel Brian Voerding wants to spread. In 2023, he was named president of the Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation,

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe started Makwa Global in 2019 to expand its federal contracting arm, providing government agencies with IT and cybersecurity support, mission advisory, and construction services,

A self-made businessman who operated his own construction company for nearly 20 years, Virgil Wind succeeded Melanie Benjamin in 2024 as CEO of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Wind

When the directorship at Launch Minnesota opened up, Rob Cimperman knew that leading the state initiative that supports entrepreneurs with capital and other aid “was exactly what I was looking

Jonathon Horne, a former investment banker in New York, is all about homegrown innovation in the Midwest. His venture capital firm, the Idea Fund of La Crosse, is exclusively targeting