Moving up
Securian Financial Group, St. Paul, named Sid Gandhi chief strategy and enterprise technology officer. Gandhi was chief strategy and customer engagement officer and serves on the board for Visit St. Paul.
Kraus-Anderson Insurance, Burnsville, named Kathy Dircz vice president of surety. Dircz was manager of surety, a department she created in 1992. Kraus-Anderson Insurance also named Amy Burns manager. Burns was vice president of surety for Wells Fargo.
On the move
Newmark Knight Frank named Brent Erickson senior managing director and Erik Ordway associate director. Erickson and Ordway worked for Cushman & Wakefield/Northmarq.
PreferredOne, Golden Valley, named Stacy Mays chief operating officer. Mays was transformation executive for the University of North Carolina Health System. PreferredOne also named Pete Roverud vice president of strategy and development. Roverud joined PreferredOne in 2011 as director of competitive intelligence and was promoted to director of market strategy in 2012.
Padilla, Minneapolis, named Mike Garrison vice president, insights and strategy. Garrison was vice president and lead consumer strategist for Iconoculture and was senior manager of brand research and consumer insights for Nickelodeon.
Knutson Construction, St. Louis Park, named Doug McCoy project executive. McCoy was a project manager and senior project manager for Mortenson. Knutson Construction also named Dan Anderson assistant project manager.
Friends of St. Paul College Foundation named David Kline executive director. Kline was development and communication director for the International Wolf Center and worked for Intellectual Takeout, Dunwoody College of Technology, Northern Star Council and Target Corp.
Honors
Construction Lawyers Society of America named Janet Stellpflug a fellow. Stellpflug is an attorney at DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore in Minneapolis.
![Gas was $2.39 at the BP gas station ay 46th Street at Lyndale in South Minneapolis. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Friday September 4, 2015 Pre-Labor Day gas prices in the U.S. are the lowest in 11 years, and under $2 per gallon in many states, though Minnesota's average is nearly 40 cents higher. Just one station, in Brainerd, was selling at $1.99. Checking on whether that is a promotion. Costco and Sams Clubs, usually the low price leaders, were 15 cents more. With some motorists' tho](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/4U372WPXFGGQGQHPL2CTC4SFUY.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)