PLEASE NOTE – HEALTH CARE
Open Cities Health Center, a federally licensed health center in St. Paul, announced it had appointed Mitchell Davis Jr. as chief executive officer; Davis has been the interim CEO since June.
AGRIBUSINESS
SHC inc., an agri-food cooperative based in Inver Grove Heights, announced the appointment of Kirstie foster as Senior Vice President, Marketing Communications.
ENGINEER ARCHITECT
adapt, a Plymouth-based construction engineering and architectural consulting firm, in partnership with DIRTT environmental solutions, welcomed Jennifer zeller as DIRTT champion and
Business Development Director.
EDUCATION
ECMC Group, a family of nonprofit fundraisers based in Minneapolis, announced the appointment of Bruce feist as vice president of applications and analytics.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Creative Fundraising Consultants, a St. Paul-based fundraising consultant for nonprofits, announced that Liz jellema will join the company as COO, effective January 10. ⦠Based in Indiana Former National Bank announced the promotion of Rob triplet to director of commercial banking, senior vice president for Minnesota. Old National is Minnesota’s eighth bank in terms of deposit market share. … prosperous, a Minneapolis-based diversified financial services organization, announced that Carolyn Sakstrup joins the company as executive vice president and director of growth and generosity.
LAW
Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis, announced that the lawyer Steven C. Schaefer joined the firm as counsel in the Banking & Finance and Corporate & Securities groups and this lawyer Sarah A. Horstmann has joined the Litigation, Trade Secrets and Non-competition groups as a shareholder. … Maslon, Minneapolis, announced the addition of a lawyer Dmetri culkar to the Company’s Business and Securities group. … Henson efron, Minneapolis, announced that Sarah J. Hewitt joined the firm within the Family Law group.
MANUFACTURING
Digital manufacturer Protolabs, Maple Plain, has announced that it has appointed Stacy greiner to its board of directors. Greiner is the general manager of sales and marketing in North America for Dun & Bradstreet, a provider of business intelligence data and analytics.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Medtronic announced that Ivan Fong will join the company on Feb. 1 as executive vice president, legal counsel and secretary, according to Reuters; Fong was previously at Maplewood 3M and will replace Brad lerman at Medtronic when Lerman retired at the end of January; In addition, reported Medtronic executive hires include Mira Sahney, chair, pelvic health; Harry “Jump” Kiil, president, cranial and vertebral technologies; Bob hopkins, responsible for the overall strategy; Mei Jiang, head of global digital innovation, and Dr Austin Chiang, Chief Medical Officer of the Gastrointestinal Department, a newly created post. Medtronic, a manufacturer of implantable medical devices and treatments, is based in Ireland with executive operations at Fridley.
NON-PROFIT
City and community of Mendota Heights leaders announced the formation of a Mendota Heights Community Foundation to fund community development events and activities for those who live, study or work in Mendota Heights. The members of the board are: Sandra krebsbach, President; Steve norton, vice-president; Litton field, treasurer; Marie magnuson, secretary and Liz Petschel, in general. All have held elected or appointed leadership positions in Mendota Heights City Government. ⦠The Saint-Paul and Minnesota Foundation announced the election of Michael Echols, Chris Galvin, Alex West Steinman and Tarek Tomes to its board of directors; Echols is executive vice-president, financial director and administrative director of the Carousel
Motor group; Galvin is president of the Andersen division at Andersen Corp.; Steinman is co-founder and CEO of The Coven, and Tomes is Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services and State of Minnesota responsible for information.
TECHNOLOGY
Three Minnesota companies have been nominated for Deloitte‘s North America Technology Fast 500 ranking of the fastest growing North American companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy: cybersecurity: Arctic wolf, Eden Prairie; Payroll Software : Plugged, Minneapolis; Sleep Apnea: Inspiring medical systems, Golden Valley.
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