Leadership Duluth Participants

More than 1,500 area professionals have completed the Leadership Duluth program since its first graduating class in 1988.

Charlene Aaseng (She/Her)
University of MN Duluth

Al Bastien
Members Cooperative Credit Union

Becca Bohlman
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company

Tracy Chaplin Meisterheim (She/Her)
Co-Nexio, Stoneweaver, The Current Collective

Cassie Ernest
North Shore Federal Credit Union

Asa Harting (He/Him)
Lagom Modular

Linsy Holst
Northwestern Mutual

Emily James
Essentia Health

Spencer Johnson
Altec
WS

Jen Kolquist
Marsh & McLennan Agency

Tim Leutgeb (He/Him)
Bent Paddle Brewing Company

Matthew McConico
KBJR-TV

Casey Nies
Essentia Health

Emily Ranta
Duluth Area Family YMCA

Katie Rohner (She/Her)
City of Duluth

Janice Solberg
Burns & McDonnell

Lisa Thomas
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center

Matthew Tusken (He/Him)
Tracy Ramsay Group – RE/MAX Results

Troy Abfalter (He/Him)
The College of St. Scholastica

Hunter Bergerson
J3 Insurance

Tiffany Bourassa (She/Her)
Architecture Advantage

Dori Decker (She/Her/Hers)
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District

Aaron Fisher
Allete, Minnesota Power

Dustin Heckman (He/Him/His)
Glensheen

Jarrid Houston
DSGW Architects

Dennis Johnson
(He/His)

Tad Johnson
Avalon Alliance Property Management
WS

Cory Kujawa
Cirrus Aircraft Corporation

Sarah Lyons (She/Her)
Lake Superior College

Todd Mell
LHB

Jordan Nikunen (She/Her)
ALLETE – Minnesota Power

Aili Ratike
North Shore Bank

Jeanine Schroer (She/Her)
UMD (PAVSA, Black Liberation Lab)

Elsie Storm
Turning Life Gold

Jerry Thoreson
Destination Duluth

Stephanie Williams (She/Her)
Entrepreneur Fund

Chris Armstrong (He/Him)
148th Fighter Wing

William Beyer
TKDA

Nick Campanario
St. Louis County

Paige Doty (She/Her)
Pizza Lucé

Hannah Grunzke (She/Her)
Duluth Workforce Development

Brett Hiemenz
U.S. Bank

David Humes
Involta

Ryan Johnson
Symphonic Financial Advisors

Crystal Kirchner
Minnesota Air National Guard – 148th Fighter Wing

Katie Lassi (She/Her)
STARBASE MN Duluth

Megan Matson
National Bank of Commerce

Bobbie Nielsen
Cirrus Aircraft

Nicole Opland (She/Her)
Udac, Inc.

Bret Reuter (He/Him)
Essentia Health

Nathan Smith (He/Him/His)
Duluth Public Schools

Whitney Sundquist
St. Luke’s Hospital

Tiffany Tomassoni
Wheeler Associates

Scott Wishart
Frontier Energy

Alumni