After 18 years running crisis communications for Mall of America, preceded by 25 years in public relations and fundraising, colleagues might have expected Dan Jasper to hang it up. Instead,…
The TCB 100 - 2024
The TCB 100 is the “little black book” of people in and around Minnesota business likely to make news and drive change in the year ahead. Meet those on the the 2024 list below. (Then watch the TCB 100 “Reveal” video).
By Liz Fedor, Allison Kaplan, Winter Keefer, Stephanie March, Tina Nguyen, Dan Niepow, Adam Platt, and Gene Rebeck
A strategic leader who has moved between nonprofit and corporate roles, the pandemic found Ethelind Kaba asking herself how she could “meet the moment.” That search led her to the…
Abdirahman Kahin has had a big year as the Small Business Administration Business Person of the Year in 2023. He plans to open a fifth Afro Deli (well, fifth and…
Lesley Kandaras has her work cut out for her. She was named to lead Metro Transit in July, following three years when ridership was devastated by the pandemic, crime, and…
It’s been a year of transition for Morgan Kennedy, who left Target after nearly 15 years to join Atomic Data, where she’s putting her background in finance and marketing to…
Ackerberg Group is a national real estate investment firm of 60-plus years that builds and owns in all niches, managing or controlling over $5 billion in assets in 16 states…
For the first time since 2015, Hempel Real Estate entered downtown Minneapolis through its purchase of LaSalle Plaza. It also bought the parking garage directly across from the building, enabling…
Visana Health started out as a digital health coach startup for complex women’s health conditions such as endometriosis. After witnessing traditional providers dismiss his mother’s extreme pain, in 2020 Joe…
Partnership is at the core of Patria Lawton’s work. Lawton serves as the business director for the Defense Alliance, an industry group that accelerates commercialization for technology products and services…
Peter Leggett has been a close aide to St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter since 2018. After four years as communications director, he became chief of staff in 2022. Following the…
At a time of extreme national polarization, Jake Loesch is bringing Minnesotans together to grapple with public challenges and help them shape policy solutions. In a nutshell, he says, he…
Scott Longval stepped in as Intricon’s first non-founder CEO in 2020, during a time of evolution for the Arden Hills-based manufacturer of micro medical technology. As CEO, his first hire…
Going into 2024, Karin Lucas says she’s excited to see the continued rejuvenation of downtown. This includes everything from where people live to where they eat to where they work.…
Andy Luger didn’t spend his first tour of duty as the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota (under Barack Obama) chasing carjackers, so to speak, but second time around has been…
Longtime local musicians Brad Lokkesmoe and Maren Macosko founded Cloudland Theater, a new 150-person music venue on East Lake Street. Both musicians, they are no strangers to the magic of…
UCare—you’ve seen its TV ads—is a Minnesota insurer that works exclusively in the Medicare, Medicaid, and MNsure insurance markets, the third-largest such plan in the country. Founded as a demonstration…
After founding r.Cup in 2017 to provide a reuse option for cups at event venues, Michael Martin reimagined the company as r.World in 2023 to develop the “infrastructure and the…
A retired U.S. magistrate judge and lawyer, Janie Mayeron leads the Board of Regents as members search for the university’s 18th president. Her priorities include affordable tuition, renovating aging buildings,…