Lauren Mehler Pradhan turns passion into action. With a broad mission of improving the food system—and making sure Minnesota leads the charge—she spearheaded the Twin Cities’ inaugural Food, Ag, Ideas…
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Love Your Melon’s new high-profile North Loop studio is the latest big idea from co-founder Zachary Quinn, a risk-taker born of the social media age, in which you’ve got to…
Longtime Sunrise Banks CEO David Reiling has plenty of bona fides as a socially conscious entrepreneur: Under his direction, for example, Sunrise became the first Minnesota bank certified as a…
Mike Rolih was an all-state high school athlete in Chicago who later played minor-league baseball, then coached and scouted for a couple of professional baseball teams. Along the way, he…
2021, Alumni: Quick to recognize 3M’s ability to play a key role in combating Covid-19, Michael Roman directed his team to double global production of N95 masks, while expanding production…
BCBS of Minnesota is a nonprofit, and it’s a big one: For 2018, the health plan provider had revenue of $13.1 billion. Dr. Craig Samitt arrived at its Eagan headquarters…
After 20 years as CEO of the St. Paul Riverfront Corp., which drove the revitalization of the capital city’s central business district, Patrick Seeb is helping make over another downtown.…
Dan Seeman helped birth now-dominant radio juggernaut KFAN, then moved to Hubbard radio to manage a powerhouse signal (KS95) and two afterthoughts, the innovative female-driven FM 107 and legacy flagship…
2021, Builder: As the pandemic has changed how customers shop, Jeremy Segal’s St. Paul-based e-commerce retailer has been reaping the benefits with record sales, up 50 percent from 2019. To…
For the last 14 years, Derek Sharrer has been providing the day-to-day leadership for the St. Paul Saints, a remarkable period during which they have consistently emerged as the most…
Deepinder Singh can turn a building into a smart building using software, sensors, and a central control unit. The system drives desired conditions in each room, plus energy management and…
Andy Slavitt’s presence helps to shine a national spotlight on Minnesota, and not only because he tweets about local politics and companies. Since returning from Washington, where he served as…
Bo Thao-Urabe’s position at the Center for Asian American Leaders brings with it numerous speaking engagements, advisory roles, and opportunities to promote the voices and perspectives of Asian Americans. She…
He’s the man behind the nearly two dozen new brands that have bolstered Target sales and shifted the retailer’s focus from limited-edition, celebrity-driven partnerships to sustainable owned labels. Mark Tritton…
Starting as a college student inspired to connect people to nature through everyday products made of sustainably sourced wood, Ben VandenWymelenberg has become a serial entrepreneur with interests in commercial…
2025: Matt Varilek was president of the regional Initiative Foundation in central Minnesota when he joined DEED in mid-2023. Amid a statewide worker shortage, Varilek notes that DEED uses its…
The husband-and-wife team of real estate developers John and Patricia Wall spent years trying to figure out how best to reuse their 20-acre property around the iconically graffitied “United Crushers”…
In late 2017, Lee Wallace became Peace Coffee’s owner, after enlisting the help of an outside financer and buying it from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. In Wallace’s…