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Business people
Edco Products, Hopkins, named Eric Lindquist president. Lindquist was president for Entropy Solutions and former sales and marketing executive with Polaris and Nike. Former president Joe Connaker will be retiring in December after 45 years of service at Edco.
SeaChange Print Innovations, Plymouth, named Wendi Breuer president. Breuer joined the company in 2014 and was the vice president of sales and marketing.
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Plekkenpol Builders, Bloomington, named Monte Mraz project manager. Mraz was a manager of building services and special projects for Nor-Son and worked for Cote Family Cos. at Grandview Lodge. He was a president of the Builders Association of Minnesota and a life director at the National Association of Home Builders.
Briggs and Morgan, Minneapolis, named Steven Kirsch and Anissa Mediger shareholders. Kirsch previously practiced at Murnane Brandt for almost 40 years and was appointed as one of the three special masters of the I-35W Survivor Compensation Fund in 2008. Mediger was a shareholder for Murnane Brandt.
Faegre Baker Daniels named Jana Ott counsel in the firm's real estate practice. Ott was senior counsel for Target Corp. and worked for Faegre Baker Daniels from 2002 to 2007.
Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis, named Lisa Agrimonti shareholder in the energy, condemnation and eminent domain, transmission and real estate litigation groups. Agrimonti was a shareholder for Briggs and Morgan.
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis named John Maloy chief financial officer. Maloy worked for Thomson Reuters, Bausch & Lomb and Kraft/General Foods.
TCI Business Capital, Burnsville, named Tim O'Hara vice president, business development for the Twin Cities area. O'Hara led partner relationship development for G&K Services and worked for Pro Sports Jersey, Intermedia Communications and Brooks Fiber Communications.
Gage, Plymouth, named Joe Woitas senior developer for marketing bridge. Woitas was a contractor for the firm and a programmer at Fiskars.
honors
American Institute of Floral Designers gave Richard Milteer the Award of Distinguished Service to the Floral Industry. Milteer is the creative design director for Koehler & Dramm Wholesale Florist in Minneapolis.
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