HEALTH CARE John Heinmiller Fairview Health Services, a Minneapolis-based metrowide operator of hospitals and clinics, announced John C. Heinmiller as chair of the Fairview board of directors. Heinmiller earlier served as the executive vice president and CFO of St. Jude Medical; he joined the Fairvi ew board in 2017. AGRICULTURE Railroad Canadian Pacific Kansas City announced it has named Elbow Lake Co-op Grain in Elbow Lake, Minn., as its U.S. grain elevator of the year for the 2023-24 crop year. Cargill Elva in Melita, Manitoba, was the railroad’s Canadian winner. Cargill Elva is affiliated with Wayzata-based Cargill. Elbow Lake Co-op Grain has won the award for the last three crop years. COFFEE Caribou Coffee, a Brooklyn Center-based international specialty coffee retailer, announced that Chief Financial Officer Scott Kennedy has been named interim chief executive officer, succeeding John Butcher, who stepped down March 14. Butcher will remain in an advisory role through the end of May. Caribou Coffee is part of Panera Brands, alongside Panera Bread and Einstein Bros. Bagels chains. FINANCIAL SERVICES Stearns Bank, St. Cloud, announced the addition of Erika Miller as chief credit officer and the promotion of Jordan Hopkins to general counsel. Miller most recently led supervision, regulation and credit operations in the large bank unit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Hopkins earlier served as an associate attorney at Eckberg Lammers. … The Berwyn Group, an Ohio-based provider of death audit services to financial institutions, benefits providers and other businesses, announced the promotion of Mike Schoonveld to general manager of the strategic accounts team, based in the Twin Cities. Schoonveld previously was national director of sales for the company and has held sales and leadership positions at CoStar Group, Thompson Reuters and Micron Technology. FOOD General Mills, Golden Valley, announced that Jon Nudi, group president, North America Pet, International, and North America Foodservice, will retire on June 30. Liz Mascolo, currently president for North America Blue Buffalo, a General Mills pet food brand, was promoted to segment president, North America Pet, and joined the senior leadership team effective March 16. HONORS Bloomington Minnesota Travel & Tourism announced that its website, BloomingtonMN.org, received the Best Destination Website award at the 2025 Explore Minnesota Tourism Conference. LAW Attorney Roxanne N. Thorelli has been named to the Association of Corporate Growth Minnesota inaugural class of Rising Stars, a cross section of early-career mergers & acquisitions professionals. Thorelli is at Fredrikson, Minneapolis, which made the announcement. MANUFACTURING CelluComp, a Scotland-based supplier of fiber-based packaging material for business, announced the opening of a U.S. commercial-scale facility in Renville, Minn., with production to begin in May. CelluComp is partnering with Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative to provide raw materials to the plant. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Minnetronix Medical, a St. Paul-based contract medical device designer and manufacturer, announced the appointment of Nicole Jung as chief financial officer. Jung previously served as vice president of finance with IDEX Corp., a medical device designer and manufacturer. … OneMedNet Corp., an Eden Prairie-based provider of imaging Real World Data to the medial science industry, announced the appointment of Dr. Kenneth Alleyne to its board of directors. Alleyne is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, and is managing partner of HartHaven Partners, a health care consultant supporting private equity and venture capital firms. OPENINGS Veterinary Dentistry Specialists announced the opening of its fifth location at 8480 Woodbury Crossing, Suite 130, Woodbury. Veterinary dentist Alexander Adrian and veterinary anesthesiologist Erin Wendt-Hornickle are co-owners of the practice, along with founder Carlos A. Rice. UTILITIES Xcel Energy, Minneapolis, announced that Timothy O’Connor, executive vice president, chief operations officer, will retire from the company this summer; Scott Sharp will be named executive vice president, chief generation officer, and Michael Lamb will be named executive vice president, chief delivery officer. Both are internal executive appointments, effective May 1.Related Articles Business | Business People: Former U.S. Bank chief Richard Davis to chair Mayo board of trustees Business | Business People: Sleep Number Corp. names Linda Findley president and CEO Business | Business People: Andrew Rosendorf to head Six Points Theater’s Wellsprings program Business | New nonprofit and its leader provide a strategy for downtown St. Paul’s revival Business | Business People: 3M CEO Bill Brown named chairman, amid other board moves EMAIL ITEMS to businessnews@pioneerpress.com. ...read more read less