Past Laureates
Established in 2005 to honor leaders from the Minnesota business community and share their stories as a tool to inspire and prepare local students to succeed in the global economy. The JAUM Business Hall of Fame honors Laureates for innovative business acumen and community mindedness.
Hall of Fame Honorees 2005 – 2019, by year:
2019 (view videos)
Jeanne Crain
President & CEO, Bremer Bank
Kenneth Holmen, M.D.
President/CEO, CentraCare
Hubert Joly
Executive Chairman, Best Buy
John and Nancy Lindahl
Norwest Equity Partners; Community Leaders
Alan C. Page
Retired Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
Barbara Butts Williams
Dean Emerita, School of Business, Capella University
2018 (view videos)
Russ Becker
API Group, Inc.
David Mortenson
Chairman, M. A. Mortenson Company
Kate Mortenson
President & CEO, Minneapolis Local Organizing Committee, 2019 Final Four
John Noseworthy, M.D.
President & CEO, Mayo Clinic
Kevin Warren
Chief Operating Officer, Minnesota Vikings
Sri Zaheer
Dean, Elmer L. Andersen Chair in Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Carlson School of Management
2017 (view videos)
Ray Barton
Great Clips, Inc.
Chris Policinski
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Penny Wheeler
Allina Health
Rodney A. Young
Delta Dental of Minnesota
2016 (view videos)
Richard Copeland
THOR Construction
Elise Hernandez
Ideal System Solutions
Bill Popp
POPP Communications
Inge Thulin
3M
Scott Wine
Polaris Industries
2015 (view videos)
Douglas M. Baker, Jr.
Ecolab
Judith S. Corson
Custom Research Inc.
Ronald Offutt
R.D. Offutt Company; RDO Equipment Co.
Gregory R. Page
Cargill
Prince and Sandra Wallace
Independent Packing Services, Inc.
2014 (view videos)
William A. Cooper
TCF Financial Corporation
Frank Donaldson, Jr.
Donaldson Company, Inc.
Mike Fiterman
Liberty Diversified
Richard M. Schulze
Best Buy
Andy Wells
Wells Technology
2013 (view videos)
Mark Davis
Davisco Foods
Ken Melrose
The Toro Company
Ken Powell
General Mills
Tom Rosen
Rosen’s Diversified
Jim Ryan
Ryan Companies
2012 (view videos)
Dave Anderson
Famous Dave’s
Bill Austin
Starkey Hearing Technologies
Pinky McNamara
Activar
Steve Rothschild
Twin Cities RISE!
Bob Senkler
Securian Financial Group
Glen Taylor
Taylor Corporation
2011 (view videos)
Al Annexstad
Federated Insurance
Lynn Casey
Padilla Speer Beardsley
Richard Davis
US Bancorp
Randall Hogan
Pentair, Inc.
Jim Humphrey
Andersen Corporation
M.A. Mortenson, Jr.
M.A. Mortenson Company
2010 (view videos)
Mary Brainerd
HealthPartners
Gene Frey
Waldorf Corporation
Bruce Nicholson
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Gene Sit
Sit Investment Associates
Bill Sweasy
Red Wing Shoe Company
2009 (view videos)
Duane Benson
Minnesota Early Learning Foundation
Esperanza Guerro-Anderson
Milestone Growth Fund
George Hormel
Hormel Foods
Tom Moe
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Bob Ulrich
Target Corporation
2008 (view videos)
Otto Bremer
Otto Bremer Foundation and Bremer Banks
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Carlson Companies
Stephen W. Sanger
General Mills, Inc.
Hugh Schilling
Horton Holding, Inc.
Warren Staley
Cargill
2007 (view videos)
Stanley S. Hubbard
Hubbard Broadcasting
Bill Marvin
Marvin Windows and Doors
Dale R. Olseth
Surmodics
Dave Koch
Graco
Mike Wright
SuperValu, Inc.
2006 (view videos)
Brad Anderson
Best Buy Co., Inc.
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
W. Harry Davis, Sr.
Civil rights activist; businessman
Ebba C. Hoffman
Smead Manufacturing, Inc.
Bill George
Medtronic, Inc.
Dick McFarland
RBC Dain Rauscher
2005 (view videos)
Elmer Andersen
Governor of Minnesota; ECM Publishers
Reatha Clark King
General Mills Foundation; Metropolitan State University
Jim Campbell
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota
Carl Pohlad
Marquette Financial Cos.; Minnesota Twins
L.D. (Desi) DeSimone
3M
Paul A. Schilling
Waldorf Paper Products
Luella G. Goldberg
Corporate Director; Civic Leader