The Family Tree Clinic in South Minneapolis is more than treatment rooms and chairs. “It’s a clinic that serves a lot of patients who have suffered trauma, so we were…
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
As head of a holding company that owns two regional banks, Andy Schornack sees himself as an “enabler” for entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses. Flagship Bank Minnesota, where Schornack…
For Nneka Sederstrom, racial disparities in health care are, quite literally, a matter of life and death. After overseeing the clinical ethics department at Children’s Minnesota for almost five years,…
Chris Sherman says that in the current market, his challenge is to find ways to deliver to an undersupplied housing market. As president of development company Sherman Associates, his current…
Between two popular local restaurant chains, several real estate investments around town, and his own line of wine, Luke Shimp stays pretty busy. Since he launched the Red Cow burger…
In January, Brian Sikes became the 10th CEO in the 158-year history of Cargill. He joined the agribusiness giant in 1991. “The world is facing big, complex challenges, including marketplace…
In mid-2020, shortly after the murder of George Floyd and civil unrest that followed, Taylor Smrikarova was hired to focus on the real estate recovery work along Lake Street for…
As the legislative liaison for the city of Minneapolis, Suzanne Sobotka advises on infrastructure and legislative affairs for Mayor Jacob Frey. Moving into 2024, her job will include advising on…
Zack Stephenson’s District 35A includes half of Coon Rapids and all of Anoka, but he is rapidly becoming a household name in the whole state. Elected in 2018, the DFLer’s…
On Jan. 1, Dan Stoltz will become CEO of the combined SPIRE and Hiway credit unions, to be known as Blaze Credit Union. Stoltz, who has led SPIRE since 2010,…
Owatonna-based Bushel Boy Farms has been selling greenhouse-grown tomatoes for much of its more than 30 years in business. Ever since Chuck Tryon took the top spot in late 2020,…
Hmong American Ka Vang is the first in her role at Meet Minneapolis, and she plans to lean into DEI to “sell the city.” Formerly the director of community impact…
It has been a long road for chef Yia Vang, who started Union Hmong Kitchen as a series of pop-ups in 2017. While searching for the right space and funding,…
In 2023, Karla Vehrs became a member of Ballard Spahr’s national Distressed Office Buildings team, which is tasked with helping clients address underperforming office building real estate and loans. In…
Robert Vischer, inaugurated this year to the UST presidency, is only the second layperson to lead the 138-year-old Catholic university. In 2024, Vischer is looking forward to the university breaking…
Like a great many higher ed institutions, St. Cloud State has been struggling with significantly declining enrollment and the internal stresses related to that. What to do? “We have to…
Winding up 15 years in '24, Rich Wagner has overseen a transformation. “Dunwoody has been evolving. Orgs get myopic over time,” he says. “We wanted to reposition for the future…
Shelley Carthen Watson came to the YWCA from the University of Minnesota general counsel’s office and has faced more than her share of challenges. The local YW is 132 years…