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NEWSREEL Updates from the Chamber member community
New Executive Director Neela Mollgaard , the current director of Launch Minnesota at the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), has been appointed the agency’s new Executive Director of Small Business Development. In her new position, Mollgaard will lead DEED initiatives to serve Minnesota’s small business sector, including entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses.
Workforce Well-Being Award The American Heart Association has awarded Southeast Service Cooperative (SSC) national Gold level recognition for its commit- ments to employee health and well-being as measured in the Association’s 2022 Workforce Well-being Scorecard™. SSC was one of just three small employers in the nation to be awarded Gold level status.
Expanded Showroom Schmidt Goodman recently com- pleted a major showroom remod- el support the insights of the new work experience and the hybrid work model. Today’s workplaces need to be resilient and flexible in order to be responsive to the changing needs of businesses and their employees. The workplace is changing into a place of commu- nity. The new showroom provides on opportunity to see how the workplace is evolving.
Promotion to Project Executive Knutson Construction has promoted Keane McWaters to project executive. McWaters has over 10 years of construction experience, working primarily in the K-12 market sector from the start of referendums through project completion, and initially started with Knutson as an intern before working his way up.
LGR Graduate Promotion Knutson Construction has promoted Josh Cooper to project executive. Cooper has extensive experience in the healthcare and K-12 education markets, primarily across southern Minnesota, and has been part of the Knutson team since 2018. He recently graduated from Leadership Greater Rochester in 2022.
Certified Women’s Business Enterprise
Schmidt Goodman Office Prod - ucts, Inc. is proud to announce that they are certified as a Wom - en’s Business Enterprise through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the nation’s leading third-party certifier of business owned and operated by women.
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May 2023
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