In his twin roles at the Golden Valley-based Medical Alley Association, Frank Jaskulke sees himself as a connector, linking key players in the state’s health-tech scene. Part of the work…
The TCB 100 - 2023
Meet the business leaders, trailblazers, and newsmakers poised to make an
impression in 2023.
Every summer, the editors of TCB sit down and make a list. A list of the people in and around Minnesota business likely to make news and drive change in the year ahead. Then we cut the list down to 100, and that’s no easy task, because this list includes not just business, but also government and philanthropic worlds that intersect with business. We like to think of the TCB 100 as the proverbial “little black book” of key people to watch in our coverage area. So sit back, share in the success of some old friends, and get to know some new ones. —Adam Platt
By Liz Fedor, Allison Kaplan, Winter Keefer, Stephanie March, Tina Nguyen, Dan Niepow, Adam Platt, and Gene Rebeck.
In 2017, Andrea Jenkins drew national attention as the first African American openly trans woman elected to office in the United States. A writer and artist representing Ward 8 in…
Moving 18 times before his 18th birthday solidified Eric Johnson’s drive to work in affordable housing. A former community development director for the city of Bloomington, he most recently served…
What really happens on the farm? Zach Johnson sought to answer that question with the launch of his Millennial Farmer channel on YouTube more than six years ago. What started…
In September, Rachel Johnson took charge of the Duluth-based private sector-led economic development agency APEX, which serves 10 counties in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. She’ll be leveraging the relationships…
Ben Jordan is a social guy. But back more than a decade ago, when the craft beer boom brought about beers higher and higher in alcohol, Jordan found himself looking…
2023: Neel Kashkari served in key U.S. Department of the Treasury jobs and ran for governor of California before becoming president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis…
Margaret Anderson Kelliher left a prestige job as transportation commissioner in Gov. Tim Walz’s cabinet to be on the front lines of the restructuring of Minneapolis governance in 2022, when…
Casey Kespohl was creative director at WCCO TV when he was hand-picked by owner CBS/Viacom for a newly created position, synthesizing content, branding, and marketing among all the CBS-owned TV…
Anissa Keyes is always looking for ways to provide healing. She launched Minneapolis-based Arubah in 2012 to provide holistic mental well-being services to underserved communities whom traditional talk therapy doesn’t…
An experienced global diversity and inclusion executive, Sophia Khan has led DEI initiatives in several large Minnesota companies, including 3M, Wells Fargo, Medtronic, Thomson Reuters, and, most recently, Allianz Life,…
A former standup comedian, Nick Kosevich is never at a loss for words. It served him well as a bartender at the standard-setting Town Talk Diner, and it helped him…
Kris Kowalski-Christiansen was 16 years old when her parents bought their first grocery store on Grand Avenue in St. Paul. Starting as a cashier, Kowalski-Christiansen experienced every facet of the…
“It’s important for us to be not only where the consumer is today, but also to evolve and be where the consumer is going.” That’s the philosophy guiding 199 Ventures,…
Justin Kristal started off in the music business managing a record store in Wayzata. After a stint with Sony BMG, he joined the sales team at Copycats Media in 2006.…
In September, after more than a decade at DuPont, Kimberly Kupiecki joined Boston-based biotech powerhouse Ginkgo Bioworks, a Russell 1000 company whose markets include pharma, nutrition, and agriculture. Ginkgo is…
2023: This ex-Vikings linebacker has made a bigger impression in media than on offensive linemen. His Monday Vikings takes are savvy without homerism, but his health and beauty insights are…
Beth Kieffer Leonard joined Minneapolis-based Lurie LLP in 1984 and worked her way up to the accounting firm’s managing partner in 2007. In September, she became partner-in-charge of the Minnesota…