2010 CORPORATION OF THE YEAR
14 outstanding corporations who have supported MEDA financially for forty consecutive years
In 1971, a group of Twin Cities executives created MEDA and gathered over 70 corporations to fund the first year of operation. Every year since then, MEDA has produced impressive results by helping the entrepreneurial spirit thrive in the Minnesota minority community. And each year, many extraordinary corporations have stepped forward to add their support to MEDA.
Many awards have been given for Corporation of the Year, but this year, in light of our 40th Anniversary, we have chosen to honor those companies that have supported our work for forty consecutive years.
Words of thanks are not enough; your support has helped us move toward our vision of thriving communities with equal economic participation for entrepreneurs of color!
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Cargill, Emery Koenig, Senior Vice President; Faegre & Benson LLP, Andrew Humphrey, Partner & Chair;
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Mary Ranum, Chair, Board of Directors; General Mills, Tim Coats, Vice President, Worldwide Sourcing;
Medtronic, James Dallas, Senior Vice President, Quality and Operations; M&I Bank, Jeanne Crain, President;
Piper Jaffray, Connie McCuskey, Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing;
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RBC Wealth Management, Mary Sumners, Director of Wealth Management Trading & Investment Services;
TCF Bank, Joseph Green, EVP, General Counsel and Secretary; Tennant Company, Kathy Lovik, Director of Corporate Communications; U.S. Bank, Tom Lutz, Chief Procurement Officer; Wells Fargo, James Prunty, Great Lakes Regional President; Xcel Energy, Dan Nygaard, Vice President, Workforce Strategy & Development; Target, Anthony Heredia, Vice President, Corporate Risk & Responsibility and MEDA Board Chair; Yvonne Cheung Ho, MEDA, President and CEO;