2018-2019 REPORT

4830 Ithaca Lane North | Plymouth, 55446 | 612.432.6790 www.ecomn.org | Twitter@EconomicClubMN #OnlyatECOM Annual D.C. Reception: Champion of Free Trade Award Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, accepted the 2018 Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award. Ambassador Carla Hills, recipient of the 2015 award and member of our advisory panel, presented the award and participated in a question and answer session. The award honors the recipient’s contributions to international trade and highlights the importance of free trade for promoting economic growth, innovation, political stability, and alleviating poverty.

The purpose of the Washington, DC event is to provide opportunities for business leaders from Minnesota to visit D.C. and connect with Minnesotans who work in Congress, the Administration, various federal agencies and NGO’s.

l June 4, 2019: Omar Ishrak, Chairman & CEO, Medtronic l June 19, 2018: Brian Cornell, Chairman & CEO, Target l June 8, 2017: Doug Baker, Chairman & CEO, Ecolab l June 7, 2016: Ken Powell, Chairman & CEO, General Mills l July 23, 2015: David MacLennan, Chairman & CEO, Cargill l January 28, 2014: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of NAFTA SPONSORS Platinum Sustaining Sponsors Sustaining Sponsors Otto Bremer Trust 3M U.S. Bank Accenture Patron Sponsors Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Cargill Amplifon USA DLA Piper Bellisio Foods Ecolab Dorsey & Whitney FleishmanHillard Faegre Baker Daniels Frauenshuh Fredrickson & Byron RBC Wealth Management Flint Hills Resources Robins Kaplan LLP Great River Energy Taylor Communications Thrivent Asset Management UBS Financial Services Värde Partners Wells Fargo Winthrop & Weinstine Associate Sponsors Accredited Investors Wealth Management ® Club Sponsors Augeo AgriBank BDO USA Allianz Life CenturyLink Baird CliftonLarsonAllen Bremer Bank Ciresi Conlin LLP Briggs and Morgan Gray Plant Mooty C.H. Robinson Worldwide Hubbard Broadcasting CarVal Investors Larkin Hoffman CHS Lurie LLP CircleRock Mairs & Power Compass Capital Management Medtronic Data Recognition Corporation Norwest Equity Partners DSG Wealth Management Oxford Financial Group, Ltd. General Mills Pinnacle Direct - Print Sponsor Grant Thornton Pricewaterhouse Cooper Land O’Lakes ROC Group Padilla Sun Country Airlines Polaris Tunheim PNC Bank Two Harbors Investment Corporation Salo Willis Towers Watson Sit Investment Associates Target Corporation BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mark Kennedy, Chairman , Co-Founder President, University of Colorado President & CEO, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation Member of Congress (2001-2007) Member of Congress (1983-1995)

Steve Sanger, President David Frauenshuh, Treasurer & Founding Director Retired CEO, General Mills Founder and CEO, Frauenshuh Elliot Jaffee, Director Executive Vice President, Martha ‘Muffy’ MacMillan, Director Head of Commercial Banking, U.S. Bank Director, Cargill Foundation

Dr. Christine Cumming, Director , Director Retired First Vice President, President & CEO, Bank of Minneapolis of New York Jeannine Rivet, Director , Director Retired Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group Member of Congress (2009 - 2019) Paul Koch, Ex-Officio Director Managing Director, RBC Wealth Management Former Directors Bill Frenzel (2008 - 2014) Kate Reschenberg, Executive Director Sid Verdoorn (2008 - 2015) Alexandra Ehrich, Director of External Relations Mark Olson (2013 - 2018) Michelle Hanson, Director of Operations

2018–2019 Speakers

David Birch Steve Nelson Advisor on Fintech and Digital Financial Services CEO, UnitedHealthcare Author, Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin Food Security Summit His Excellency Ron Dermer David Beasley Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Executive Director, World Food Programme Major Garrett Dr. Beth Dunford Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Esther George Deputy Coordinator for Development, Feed the Future President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Beth Ford J. Christopher Giancarlo President & CEO, Land O’Lakes Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Jeff Harmening Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Chairman & CEO, General Mills Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 2005 - 2009 Joe Stone 2018 Recipient of Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award EVP & CRO, Cargill

2017–2018 Speakers David Farr Assessing & Addressing Cybersecurity Threats Chairman & CEO, Emerson Antonio Enriquez Chairman, National Association of Manufacturers Cyber Security Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Tom Friedman Michael Krause Author & Columnist, The New York Times Supervisory Special Agent, Fedeal Bureau of Investigation Omar Ishrak Michael Kearn Chairman & CEO, Medtronic Vice President - Business Information Security, U.S. Bank His Excellency Sauli Niinistö Super Bowl LII Panel President of the Republic of Finland Tod Leiweke Celebrating Finland’s 100th Anniversary of Independence COO, NFL Governor (Members & Sponsors Only Event) Mark Wilf President & CEO, Financial Services Roundtable Owner & President, Minnesota Vikings Dr. John C. Williams Alexis Glick President & CEO, CEO, GENYOUth Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (now New York) Doug Baker Chairman & CEO, Ecolab SPONSORSHIP LEVELS Registration Form 2019 - 2020 Season Platinum Sponsor: $20,000 p One seat at the Head Table for all Club Luncheons Corporate Sponsorship p All Patron Sponsor Benefits p Platinum Sponsor $ 20,000 p Invitations to Speaker Dinners p Sustaining Sponsor $ 12,500 p p Private speaker meet and greets p Patron Sponsor $ 9,500 p Club Supporter $ 6,200 p 6 podcast/whitepaper sponsorships p Club Advocate $ 3,200 p Opportunity to host YPC events p Social Media highlight p 4 YPC Memberships Individual Membership p Possible moderator/host opportunities p Executive Member $ 1,100 1 Sustaining Sponsor: $12,500 p Young Professional $ 625 p Community Leader Member $ 300 p All Patron Sponsor Benefits p 4 podcast sponsorships p 2 YPC Memberships Student Sponsorship: Patron Sponsor: $9,500 ______x $250 = $______p Complimentary table of 8 at all Club Luncheons p Corporate logo on website and printed material p Invitations to Sponsors-only events ______Name of primary contact p 1 podcast sponsorship p 1 YPC Membership ______Club Supporter: $6,200 Company p 4 complimentary seats at all Club Luncheons ______p Corporate logo on website and printed material Address p Invitations to Sponsors-only events ______Club Advocate: $3,200 p 2 complimentary seats at all Club Luncheons p Company name listed on website and printed material ______Phone

Student Sponsorship: $250 As part of ECOM’s mission to ______increase economic literacy, we offer scholarships to area college and Email graduate students to attend our events. $250 allows one student to attend ECOM luncheons for an entire season. We greatly appreciate your support for this program!

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS Method of Payment p Visa p Check Executive: $1,100 p Mastercard p p Complimentary attendance at all Club Luncheons American Express p Invitations to Members & Sponsors Only events p Invite guests at a reduced rate ______Young Professional: $625 (40 & under) Credit Card No. p All Executive Member Benefits ______p Exclusive Young Professionals Club events at $15/event Expiration Date Security Code Community Leaders: $300 (educators, non-profit leaders & public officials) ______Signature p Complimentary attendance at all Club Luncheons Credit Card Processing Fees Apply. p Invitations to 2 Members & Sponsors Only events Credit Card Information will be destroyed after registration. p Invite guests at a reduced rate Register online at www.ecomn.org or mail registration to:

Economic Club of Minnesota New members must submit an application and a letter of recommendation from a board member or current member/sponsor. Current individual 4830 Ithaca Lane North members do not need to submit these materials. All Members will be listed Plymouth, MN 55446 in our new Membership Directory. Application and recommendation forms are available from [email protected]. ENGAGING the WORLD The Economic Club of Minnesota provides a world-class, non-partisan forum for national and international leaders to discuss ideas that affect our ability to His Excellency Ron Dermer, compete in the global economy. Israel’s Ambassador to the United States

Our Mission Engaging the world. Strengthening Minnesota.

We accomplish this in four ways:

3 Putting MN on the Global Map J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman, Introduce national and international U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission leaders to Minnesota.

3 Thought Leadership Engage the public on national and international economic issues.

3 Networking Provide opportunities for business and policy leaders, as well as young professionals, to build relationships with each other and global leaders. Esther George, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 3 Student Engagement Strengthen students’ economic literacy and retain our competitive edge by helping students network to find jobs in Minnesota. strengthening

MINNESOTA Major Garrett, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News 2016–2017 Speakers

Richard Anderson 2017 Recipients of the Retired Executive Chairman, Delta Air Lines Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award The Honorable Kevin Brady (R-TX) The Honorable Ángel Gurría Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee Secretary-General, Richard Davis Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Chairman & CEO, U.S. Bancorp Ambassador Robert Zoellick Dr. Loretta Mester Former U.S. Trade Representative, 2001 - 2005 President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Members & Sponsors Only Events Stephen Moore Mark Kennedy Senior Economic Advisor, President-Elect Trump’s Campaign Author, Shapeholders: Business Success in the Age Dr. John Noseworthy of Activism President & CEO, Mayo Clinic The Honorable Jun-ichiro Kuroda Amy Walter Minister for Economy, Trade, Industry & Energy National Editor, The Cook Political Report Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.

2015–2016 Season

Dr. Ian Bremmer Ambassador Michael Froman President & Founder, Eurasia Group United States Trade Representative (USTR) (2013-2017) Brian Cornell 2016 Recipient of Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award Chairman & CEO, Target Corporation Ben Heineman (Members & Sponsors Only Event) Food Security Summit Former General Counsel, General Electric Doug Baker, CEO, Ecolab Neel Kashkari Jeffrey Ettinger, CEO, Hormel Foods President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Jeff Harmening, COO, General Mills Matt Rose David MacLennan, CEO, Cargill Executive Chairman, BNSF Railway James O’Rourke, CEO, Mosaic Karl Rove Greg Page, Executive Director, Cargill Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to Chris Policinski, CEO, Land O’Lakes President George W. Bush Sally Smith, CEO, Buffalo Wild Wings Dr. John Taylor Professor of Economics, Stanford University

2014-2015 Season Doug Baker Jay Timmons CEO & Chairman, Ecolab President & CEO, Nat’l Assn. of Manufacturers Dr. William Dudley Release of Risky Business Project’s Midwest Report President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Ambassador Carla Hills Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury United States Trade Representative (USTR) (1989-1993) Greg Page 2015 Recipient of Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award Chairman, Cargill The Honorable Haruhiko Kuroda Post-Election Analysis with: Governor, Bank of Japan Mark Penn His Excellency The Right Honorable David Johnston Former Pollster for President Bill Clinton Governor General of Canada Dr. Jan van Lohuizen John Watson Former Pollster for President George W. Bush Chairman & CEO, Chevron

ECOM’s Young Professional Club engages Minnesota’s rising business leaders through events that encouage thought-leadership, strengthen economic literacy, and provide excellent networking opportunities.

Entrepreneur Panel Margaret Murphy Dr. Angie Eilers, Founder & CEO, UR TURN Founder & CEO, Bold Orange Corey Koskie, Former MN Twins player & Founder, Linklete Jeannine Rivet Lonny Stormo, Co-founder & CEO, POPS! Diabetes Care Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group Ping Yeh, Co-founder & CEO, StemoniX Tim Penny Angie Zavoral Conley, Founder, President & CEO, AbiliTech Medical Former Member of Congress & President, Southern MN Initiative Ryan Hanson, Co-founder & CRO, Dispatch Amy Langer Kyle Coolbroth Co-founder, SALO Founder & CEO, Fueled Collective Mike Fernandez Troy Kopischke CEO, Llorenta & Cuenca Co-founder & Co-CEO, Invenshure, LLC