Business People: Jennifer Lauerman to head up Canterbury Park marketing

GAMING Jennifer Lauerman Canterbury Park Racetrack and Casino Shakopee reported that Jennifer Lauerman has been named vice president of marketing and entertainment Lauerman the greater part in the last few days 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 disclosed 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 EXECUTIVE Minnesota Housing the state s housing finance agency communicated that Andy Pratt has joined as finance counsel Pratt bulk in the last few days practiced real estate law at Messerli Kramer in Minneapolis and before that was with Eckberg Lammers in Stillwater and RBC Capital Markets in Minneapolis STRENGTH CARE HealthPartners a Bloomington-based strength insurer and medical care provider broadcasted the voting process 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 disclosed 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 disclosed that attorney April E King has joined the firm MANUFACTURING Donaldson Co Inc a Bloomington-based maker of filtration systems for industry communicated the following in-house inventor award winners Emerging Innovator award Mikayla Yoder Manufacturing Excellence Jon Haag Equipment Champion Gert Willems Device Achievement Vincent Kayaerts and the Frank A Donaldson award for long-term contributions Dan Tuma In Donaldson registered new patents and at the moment has a total of working U S and international patents NONPROFITS Elder Voice Advocates a Minneapolis-based organization supporting the approach interests of older adults and their families released the hire of Josh Sande as associate director a new position effective May Preponderance in the past few days Sande served as committee administrator with the Minnesota House of Representatives leading the work of the Healthcare Finance Procedures 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 the majority in the last few days 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 informed 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 released 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 maturation agencies and deal associations with information and networking opportunities RECREATION Seagull Outfitters and Cabins a Grand Marais-based Boundary Waters outfitter and provider of cabin rentals on Seagull Lake reported 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 revealed the appointment and voting 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 SYSTEM Arctic Wolf an Eden Prairie-based provider of cybersecurity products and services for business publicized 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 Coaching Minnesota elects Monica Byron as president UnitedHealth CEO Witty resigns amid setbacks EMAIL ITEMS to businessnews pioneerpress com