FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL
TWIN CITIES CHAPTER PROGRAMS
2001-2002
City of St. Paul
The Leadership Institute
U.S. Bancorp / Firstar
Regis Corporation
Naegele Communications, Inc., and
the Minnesota Wild NHL Hockey Team
Simon Delivers.com
NRG Energy, Inc.
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Norm Coleman, Mayor
Warren Bennis, Author, Professor, Lecturer
Jerry Grundhofer, CEO
Paul Finkelstein, President & CEO
Bob Naegele, Chairman
Simon Foster, Lead Delivery Boy
David Peterson, Chairman, President and CEO
Rick Roscitt, CEO
2000-2001
Lifetime Fitness
Imation
Arthur Andersen LLP
United Health Group
American Express Financial Services
Sun Country Airlines
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Mayo Clinic Medical Foundation
StarTribune
Bahram Akradi, Founder, Chairman and CEO
William T. Monohan, Chairman and CEO
Steve Samek, Managing Partner, US Operations, and coauthor of Cracking the Value Code
Jeanine Rivet, President, United Health Care
Dan Laufenberg, Chief Economist
Bob Coverick, VP and General Manager
Bill LaMacchia, Jr., President and CEO
Ed Jenkins, Chairman
Michael Wood, M.D., CEO
John Schueler, President and Publisher
1999-2000
NASDAQ
Ernst & Young Center for Business
Transformation
Goldsmith, Agio, Helms & Co.
Cargill
The Gallup Organization
Funco, Inc.
Caribou Coffee
Department 56
Stern Stewart-The Economic Value
Added Company
Al Berkley, President
Nicholas Kron, Co-Author of BLUR
Jack Helms, President and COO
Whitney MacMillan, Chairman Emeritus
Curt Coffman, Co-Author of First, Break all the Rules
David Pomije, CEO
John Puckett, Chairman, CEO and Founder
Susan Engel, CEO
Joel Stern, Chairman and CEO
1998-99
U.S. Senate / Home Value
Excelsior/Henderson
Famous Dave’s Restaurant
Best Buy
Norstan
Musicland Stores
Dain Rauscher
Carlson Companies
Federal Reserve Bank-9th District
Rudy Boschwitz, Former U.S. Senator /
CEO of Home Value
Tom Rootness, CFO
Dave Anderson, Founder and Chairman
Richard Schultz, Chairman and CEO
David Richard, CEO
Jack W. Eugster, Chairman, CEO & President
Irving Weiser, Chairman, CEO & President
Marilyn Carlson Nelson, CEO
Gary Stern, President
1997-98
Lawson Software
Reliastar Financial
Growing Healthy, Inc.
Ernst & Young
Northern States Power
Taylor Corporation / MN Timberwolves
University of MN
Pentair, Inc.
Dougherty Summit Securities
Bill Lawson, CEO
John Turner, CEO
Julia Knight, Founder, Ex CEO
Bob Hurdman, Vice Chairman
Jim Howard, Chairman, President & CEO
Glen Taylor, CEO, Chairman, Majority Owner
Mark Yudof, President
Winslow Buxton, Chairman, President & CEO
John Taft, President and CEO
1996-97
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Investment Advisors, Inc.
Shandwick, USA
First Bank System
Minnesota Twins
Goldman Sachs & Co.
United Healthcare Corp.
Toro
John E. Gherty, President and CEO
Noel Rahn, CEO
Dave Mona, Executive Vice President
John Grundhofer, Chairman, President & CEO
Jerry Bell, President
Mac Heller, Partner, Mergers & Acqusitions
Wm. W. McGuire, MD, CEO, Pres. & Chairman
Ken Melrose, Chairman & CEO
1995-96
Piper Capital Management
Pillsbury
Polaris Industries, Inc.
Green Tree Financial Corp.
Graco, Inc.
Jostens, Inc.
Northwest Airlines
State of Minnesota
Goldsmith, Agio, Helms & Co.
Ron Reuss, Chief Economist, Senior V.P.
Paul Walsh, Chief Executive Officer
Hal Wendall, President & CEO
Robert Potts, President & COO
David Koch, Chairman & CEO
Robert Buhrmaster, President and CEO
John Dasburg, President and CEO
Lt. Governor Joanne Benson
Jack Helms, President & COO
1994-95
Waldorf Corporation
Sit Investment Assoc., Inc.
Metropolitan Federal Corp.
General Mills, Inc.
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Deloitte & Touche (NY, NY)
Gage Marketing Group
Red Wing Shoe Company
Norwest Corporation
Eugene Frey, CEO
Eugene Sit, Chair, CEO & Chf. Invest. Officer
Wm. P. Bartkowski, E.VP. & Ch. Adm. Officer
Mark Willes, Vice Chairman
Ronald A. Matricaria, Pres. & CEO
J. Michael Cook, Chairman & CEO
Edwin C. Gage, Chairman & CEO
William Sweasy, President
Dr. Sung Won Sohn, Chief Economist
1993-94
TCF Financial Corp.
Russell Reynolds Assoc. (NY, NY)
International Dairy Queen
FASB
Cargill, Inc.
Ernst & Young
Medtronic, Inc.
Honeywell, Inc.
Lehman Bros. (NY, NY)
William Cooper, Chairman
Hobson Brown, Jr., President & CEO
Mike Sullivan, CEO & President
Dennis Beresford, Chairman
Heinz Hutter, President & CEO
Local Managing Partner
William George, President & CEO
Michael Bonsignore, Chairman & CEO
Robert Barbera, Chief Economist
1992-93
Firstar Corp. (Milwaukee, WI)
Norstan, Inc.
MN Supreme Court
Arthur Anderson & CO. (NY, NY)
NCR (Dayton, OH)
Piper, Jaffray, Hopwood
Mobil Oil
Korn/Ferry International
The First Boston Corp. (NY, NY)
Roger Fitzsimonds, Chairman & CEO
Evin Kann, II, President & CEO
A. M. Keith, Chief Justive
Larry Weinbeck, CEO
Gilbert Williamson, CEO
Tad Piper, Chairman & CEO
Allen Murray, CEO
Richard Ferry, Chairman & CEO
Neal Soss, Managing Director
1991-92
Northwest Airlines
Joints Chiefs of Staff
The First Boston Corp. (NY, NY)
Health One
Dorsey & Whitney
KPMG Peat Marwick (NY, NY)
The St. Paul Companies
3M
Gary Wilson, Co-Chairman
John Vessey, Retired Chairman
Jack Hennessy, Chairman
Don Wegmiller, President & CEO
Walter Mondale, Partner
Jon Modonna, Chairman
Douglas Leatherdale, Pres., Chrman & CEO
L. D. DeSimone, Chairman & CEO
1990-91
Investment Advisors, Inc.
Merrill Lynch (NY, NY)
First Bank System
Dayton Hudson Corp.
Hewlett Packard (Palo Alto, CA)
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital (NY)
Carlson Holdings, Inc.
Control Data Corporation
Korn Ferry Int’l (Dallas)
Noel P. Rahn, CEO
Donald Straszheim, Chief Economist
John Grundhofer, Chairman, President & CEO
Kenneth Macke, Chairman, President & CEO
Dean Morton, COO
Richard T. Pratt, Chairman
Marilyn C. Nelson, Director
Lawrence Perlman, President & CEO
Robert Slater, Managing Dir. of North America