2026 Leaders Lab participant profiles

Leaders Lab is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to engage Minnesota’s developing business leaders. It will enhance your personal and professional growth, connect you with business leaders statewide, and provide understanding into what drives Minnesota’s economy and how policy affects the success of business in our state. To learn more about Leaders Lab, click here. 

Check back to this page as more of our wonderful 2026 Leaders Lab participants are profiled!  

Profiled on April 24

Tell us a piece of good news that happened this past year.
My family were able to enjoy a norshore escape to Lutsen Mountains with 0/3 kids on ski training leashes.

What is your favorite thing made in Minnesota?    
The timeless creativity and funky jams of Prince.

Where did you grow up and what was special about your town or home?  
Minnetonka/Hopkins - able to bike from friend's house to friend's house using only landlines to check in with my parents.  

What piece of advice has most impacted you so far in your leadership journey?    
Learned from the solitude of the BWCA and woven into my career culture is to leave the campsite better than I found it.

Tell us something super interesting about yourself.
I have swum in Lake Superior 125 consecutive months.