Business People: Jennifer Lauerman to head up Canterbury Park marketing

GAMING Jennifer Lauerman Canterbury Park Racetrack and Casino Shakopee revealed that Jennifer Lauerman has been named vice president of marketing and entertainment Lauerman most of not long ago was a partner with Bold North Associates overseeing Taste of the NFL and Taste of the Draft Prior to that Lauerman was senior director of partnership marketing for the Minnesota Super Bowl Committee FINANCIAL SERVICES JNBA Financial Advisors Minneapolis stated that CEO and Chairman Richard S Brown has been named top adviser in Minnesota on the Forbes Best-in-State Top Wealth Advisors-High Net Worth list REGIME Minnesota Housing the state s housing finance agency broadcasted that Andy Pratt has joined as finance counsel Pratt the greater part in recent weeks practiced real estate law at Messerli Kramer in Minneapolis and before that was with Eckberg Lammers in Stillwater and RBC Capital Markets in Minneapolis SOUNDNESS CARE HealthPartners a Bloomington-based strength insurer and medical care provider disclosed the voting of Paul Williams as chair of its board of directors Laura Liu as vice chair and Morris Goodwin as treasurer and the addition of board members Sherri Broderius and Mary Grove LAW The Minnesota Judicial Branch communicated that the Honorable Christopher Jon Lehmann has been elected by his peers to serve as chief judge of Minnesota s First Judicial District for a two-year term beginning July and chambered in Dakota County and that the Honorable Charles Webber has been elected to serve as assistant chief judge in the First Judicial District chambered in Scott County Moss Barnett Minneapolis communicated that attorney April E King has joined the firm MANUFACTURING Donaldson Co Inc a Bloomington-based maker of filtration systems for industry declared the following in-house inventor award winners Emerging Innovator award Mikayla Yoder Manufacturing Excellence Jon Haag Device Champion Gert Willems Innovation Achievement Vincent Kayaerts and the Frank A Donaldson award for long-term contributions Dan Tuma In Donaldson registered new patents and at this time has a total of current U S and international patents NONPROFITS Elder Voice Advocates a Minneapolis-based organization supporting the approach interests of older adults and their families communicated the hire of Josh Sande as associate director a new position effective May Majority in the past few days Sande served as committee administrator with the Minnesota House of Representatives leading the work of the Strength Finance Program Committee The Minnesota Justice Research Center a Minneapolis-based organization advocating for change in the criminal justice system reported the hire of Jana Kooren as associate director Kooren largest part in recent times was with the Minnesota Freedom Fund and before that the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota OPENINGS My Salon Suite a national retail personal-care franchise revealed the opening of a location at th Ave NE Blaine The franchise owner is Brian Farrell who also owns My Salon Suite locations in Bloomington Plymouth Apple Valley Chanhassen and Rogers ORGANIZATIONS The U S Chamber of Commerce Foundation reported that Whitney Harvey senior director of workforce solutions for the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce was selected to participate in the th cohort of its Business Leads Fellowship Activity which trains and provides participants from state and local chambers economic evolution agencies and commerce associations with support and networking opportunities RECREATION Seagull Outfitters and Cabins a Grand Marais-based Boundary Waters outfitter and provider of cabin rentals on Seagull Lake revealed Grant and Christina Hopke as new owners taking over from Debbie Mark who is retiring SERVICES St Paul-based Ecolab which provides businesses with sanitary protection products and services and also runs several related subsidiaries disclosed the appointment and referendum of Marion Gross to the Ecolab board as an independent director Gross previously was executive vice president and global chief supply chain officer at McDonalds TOOL Arctic Wolf an Eden Prairie-based provider of cybersecurity products and services for business released the promotions of Chris Kraft to chief product officer and Jeff Green as chief progress officer Related Articles Darts welcomes new president with strong Dakota County ties Business People Catherine Penkert named chief of staff at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Business People Longtime NAMI Minnesota executive director to retire Business People Training Minnesota elects Monica Byron as president UnitedHealth CEO Witty resigns amid setbacks EMAIL ITEMS to businessnews pioneerpress com