ANNUAL VHEDC DINNER AND BUSINESS AWARDS
THANK YOU , SPONSORS !
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The 2016 Annual Dinner and Business Awards was the VHEDC ’ s first sold out affair ! Investors were excited to celebrate another successful year with each other , to honor several organizations for their contributions and success , and to hear the keynote speech , “ Authentic Leadership ,” by Bill George : author of four best-selling books and former chairman and CEO of Medtronic . After the event , George autographed 300 copies of his best-seller “ Discover Your True North ,” which were made available to all attendees by :
BOOK SPONSOR
Formerly Central Bank , located in White Bear Lake
GOLD SPONSORS
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Recently relocated to Vadnais Heights from Maplewood
Serving businesses in the Northeast Metro area
Located in Vadnais Heights City Center
1 ) Brian Glad , VHEDC videographer , with Carrie Hobrough , CBIZ area manager 2 ) Keynote Speaker Bill George , author of
“ True North ” 3 ) Barb and Kevin Whelan , Peoples Bank
Midwest president ; 4 ) John Ledy , Innovize CEO 5 ) Du Fresne Manufacturing : VP of Operations Mike Rosenthal , and Operations Manager Kevin Riedemann
6 ) Jerry Hromatka , Northeast Youth & Family Services CEO
7 ) Ling Becker , VHEDC Executive Director
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Benefitting Century College
SILVER SPONSORS
Vadnais Heights Area Community Foundation American Family Insurance Wings North
BRONZE SPONSORS
City of Vadnais Heights Children ’ s Discovery Academy
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