Speakers
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Jaime Gaard | Apr 02, 2024 |
Edina Family/tennis coaching/sports
Growing up in a family that loved competitive sports, Jaime learned to compete and set personal goals very early on in life. Her positive experience as a student-athlete sparked a passion to pursue a career in helping young people reach their personal best. What started out as summer tennis lessons through word-of-mouth marketing, Gaard Performance Academy has now become Jaime's full-time career! Jaime believes in a strengths-based, positive coaching philosophy. When working with Jaime, student-athletes will be encouraged and challenged at their particular level to keep improving, all while having fun and working toward their personal best effort and performance. She is excited to continue coaching and mentoring young people as they grow to be thriving, happy and successful in whatever they choose to do.
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Joint Meeting at EMRC with Edina Noon | Apr 16, 2024 |
Mike Speetzen: Polaris
About Michael Speetzen Speetzen joined Polaris in August 2015 as executive vice president, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Polaris, Speetzen was senior vice president and CFO of Xylem, Inc. since 2011, when the Company was formed from the spinoff of the water businesses of ITT Corporation. He joined ITT in 2009. Speetzen was responsible for the financial planning, accounting, controls, treasury, M&A activity, investor relations and strategy of Xylem Inc. Prior to joining ITT, he served as executive vice president and CFO for the StandardAero Company owned by the private equity firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. Previously, he held positions of increasing responsibility in the finance functions at Honeywell and General Electric. Speetzen currently serves on the Board of Directors of Pentair. Speetzen earned his Master of Business Administration from Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University and his bachelor’s degree in management from Purdue. |
Ray McCoy | Apr 23, 2024 |
Employer Reasonable Accommodation Fund
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Ken Huber | Apr 30, 2024 |
Archivist specialist with MN State Fair
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Feroza Mehta | May 07, 2024 |
Editor, Edina Magazine
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Steve Yoch | May 14, 2024 |
Becoming Benedict Arnold
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Jeremiah Talamantes | May 21, 2024 |
Compliiant.io Cyber Security
Jeremiah has been a CISSP for 20 years, the founder of Compliiant.io, founder of Mitigated.io, cybersecurity at Microsoft, and is the founder and former CEO of RedTeam Security -- a boutique information security firm specializing in Social Engineering, Penetration Testing, and Red Teaming. He is the author of Building Security Partner Programs, Social Engineer's Playbook, and Physical Red Team Operations. Jeremiah is a thought leader and speaker on the topic of Cyber-Physical security. |
Suzanne Kochevar | Jun 04, 2024 |
Rotary Community Core
A long-time member of the Excelsior Morning Rotary Club, Suzanne Kochevar pitched the idea of building a relationship with a business owner along Lake Street, helping them get back on their feet and sustainably grow. Her club quickly got on board — along with a number of other clubs in the district. Suzanne connected with Lake Street Council (LSC), the business organization for the area. The partnership took time to develop, but by late 2020, a diverse group of business owners raised their hands for support, and eight local Rotary clubs sprung into action, with each club assigned to partner with a different business owner. RCC@LS was born. |
Christi Andriga | Jun 11, 2024 |
High Performance Coach
Christi Andriga has extensive business and sales experience combined with a vast background in fitness provide me the skillset to present inspiring and informative wellness presentations. Infusing humor and real life experiences keeps audiences entertained and interested. Her message recognizes physical fitness as a marker of good health, but not without mental fitness. How can you intentionally bring the best version of yourself to your professional and personal life? Great people make great employees, and create environments where entire companies thrive. But it starts with the people; you. |