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Julie Nelson

Julie Nelson

Julie Nelson, the veteran local anchor with a calming and earnest presence, stepped into the breach during the protests after George Floyd’s killing, among the first local journalists to call
Mary Liz Holberg

Mary Liz Holberg

A former Republican member of the Minnesota House, Mary Liz Holberg was enlisted by DFL Gov. Tim Walz to chair a blue-ribbon committee on Metropolitan Council governance. The Met Council
Steve Ryan

Steve Ryan

After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1994, Steve Ryan joined Briggs & Morgan law firm. On January 1, Briggs merged into Taft, and Ryan serves as
Chris Hilger

Chris Hilger

St. Paul-based Securian Financial returned to the Fortune 500 this year driven by record sales of $6.6 billion in 2019, a robust 20.1 percent gain. Chris Hilger, who joined the
Bill Stoeri

Bill Stoeri

Maybe Bill Stoeri’s fate was cast when he served as a summer associate for Dorsey in 1981. He joined the firm in 1984 and has been there ever since, taking
Bethany Owen

Bethany Owen

Duluth-based Allete’s largest subsidiary, Minnesota Power, has been northern Minnesota’s electricity utility for more than a century. Under CEO Al Hodnik, the company expanded into wind-energy development, a business it
Melvin Tennant

Melvin Tennant

Unfailing in his optimism for the future of Minneapolis, even with stadiums shuttered, conventions canceled, and hotels and office buildings emptied, Melvin Tennant’s team at the convention and visitors association
Mike Max

Mike Max

Until the George Floyd civil uprising, most Minnesotans knew WCCO-TV’s Mike Max as the Gaylord, Minnesota, native who had all the best hunting spots in Minnesota and the Dakotas and
Mike Sullivan

Mike Sullivan

From his office in the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis, Mike Sullivan began 2020 with a strong desire to smoothly integrate Gray Plant Mooty into the larger Lathrop Gage law
Patti Soskin

Patti Soskin

Longtime Twin Cities restaurant vet Patti Soskin had a choice in mid-March: hunker down and close her two west-suburban quick-serve restaurants or lean into the headwind. People who know her
Allison Sharkey

Allison Sharkey

Allison Sharkey has led the nonprofit Lake Street Council for seven years but has lived along the corridor for more than 15 years. “It’s really my community and my home.”
Fiona McCrae

Fiona McCrae

2021, Rooted: Since she took over Graywolf in 1994, Fiona McCrae has turned the press based in Minneapolis’s North Loop into a worldwide cultural powerhouse, its books and authors snagging
Mark Nerenhausen

Mark Nerenhausen

2021, Rooted: The Hennepin Theatre Trust venues are an anchor of downtown Minneapolis, brightening hundreds of nights each year and helping to keep downtown vibrant. Attendance-based venues were knocked on
Lisa Bender

Lisa Bender

2021, Rooted: In a weak mayor system like Minneapolis’s, the city council president is powerful. Lisa Bender has been a lightning rod for aggressive advocacy of bike lanes, increased residential