Business People: Longtime NAMI Minnesota executive director to retire

ROBUSTNESS CARE Sue Abderholden NAMI Minnesota National Alliance on Mental Illness publicized that Sue Abderholden will retire as executive director effective Oct Abderholden has led NAMI Minnesota since October AIRPORTS The Metropolitan Airports Commission released it has promoted Kelly Gerads to director of reliever airports responsible for the operation and maintenance of its six general aviation airports in the Twin Cities metro area St Paul Downtown Airport Flying Cloud Airport Anoka County-Blaine Airport Crystal Airport Airlake Airport and Lake Elmo Airport Gerads was promoted from assistant director of reliever airports a position she s held since The MAC also operates Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport ATTRACTIONS Transwestern Real Estate Services revealed the planned opening of a Soar N Bounce Trampoline and Adventure Park at Aurora Village Shopping Center located at County Road West in Burnsville it s the chain s first Minnesota location CONSTRUCTION Empirehouse a Mounds View architectural glass and metal contractor communicated the retirement of General Manager James Bringle LEARNING Blaze Credit Union Falcon Heights declared it was honored with the Minnesota Credit Union Configuration s Desjardins Youth Financial Guidance Award recognizing Blaze s initiatives promoting financial wellbeing of students in St Paul Population Schools FINANCIAL SERVICES U S Bank Minneapolis informed that it has united its Global Fund Services and Global Corporate Trust teams into a single Venture Services division led by Jay Martin president of Financing Services Martin has led Global Fund Services since joining the bank in Prior to joining U S Bank he spent time at Citco where he was head of operations within the Fund Services division Merchants Financial Group Winona stated the reelection of three directors to three-year terms Molly Jungbauer Hollstadt Consulting John Killen WinCraft and James Rogers III Mayo Clinic STRENGTH CARE Nura Pain Clinics a subsidiary of the Capitol Pain Institute family of practices communicated the opening of a clinic at Bielenberg Drive Suite Woodbury Dr Larry Studt who joined Nura in will serve as the Woodbury clinic s primary provider Nura Pain Clinics also has locations in Edina and Coon Rapids HONORS The U S Small Business Administration communicated it has named ATEK Distribution of Minneapolis as SBA s Minnesota Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year The business is owned by Jeffrey Anderson who previously served as an officer in the U S Marine Corps ATEK Distribution provides wholesale electrical construction materials including wiring supplies electrical light fixtures EV charging stations light bulbs and solar and electrical power equipment Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota publicized this year s winners of BBB s Torch Awards for Ethics Category - employees T J Construction Rogers Category - employees Front Burner Accounting Services Eden Prairie Category - employees Paris Painting Brooklyn Center Category employees Coordinated Business Systems Burnsville LAW Faegre Drinker released that Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland has joined the firm s litigation practice as counsel in the Minneapolis office Birkland a native of Iceland also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and chairs the International Business Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association REAL ESTATE HomeServices of America a Minneapolis-based Berkshire Hathaway franchised real estate agency publicized the following executive appointments Alex Seavall promoted from chief financial officer to chief financial and operations officer and Candace Adams has been named executive vice president Adams has served as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties SERVICES Restaurant Technologies a Mendota Heights-based provider of cooking oil waste management to restaurants stated it has named Matthew Micowski as chief financial officer succeeding Bob Weil who has held the position since and has transitioned to a strategic adviser position within the organization DEVICE Calabrio a Minneapolis-based provider of human guidance system and services revealed it has appointed Frank Ciccone as chief revenue officer Ciccone preponderance in recent days was with Verizon where he managed a million collaboration and customer experience business Related Articles Business People Development Minnesota elects Monica Byron as president UnitedHealth CEO Witty resigns amid setbacks Business People HomeServices of America announces leadership change Business People Pakou Hang takes project post at Northwest Area Foundation Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by announcing his intention to retire at the end of the year EMAIL ITEMS to businessnews pioneerpress com