The Minnesota Business Partnership (MBP) today announced the 2025 Community Impact Report, highlighting more than $2.2 billion in annual charitable giving and community benefit with just one third of Minnesota Business Partnership member companies reporting. The findings were shared at The Partnership Experience, MBP’s annual dinner, on September 24 at...
The Minnesota Business Partnership Names Russ Becker Board Chair
The Minnesota Business Partnership today announced that Russ Becker, president and chief executive officer of APi Group, will serve as chair of its Board of Directors for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2027. Becker will succeed Geoff Martha, chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic, who has served as MBP...
Minnesota State University Moorhead Receives 2026 Minnesota’s Future Award
Literacy Lab model expands from eight student fellows in Moorhead to teacher preparation programs across Minnesota The Minnesota Business Partnership has named Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Nibbe School of Teaching and Learning the recipient of the 2026 Minnesota’s Future Award, recognizing its leadership in a growing statewide effort to better prepare future...
Opinion | Growth is good
In a recent Minnesota Star Tribune opinion piece, MBP Interim Co-CEOs Abby Loesch and Erika Nelson make the case that economic growth must remain central to Minnesota’s future. You can read it here. The challenge isn’t convincing people Minnesota is a good place to live ― it’s making sure they...