Chamber Ambassadors

TwinWest Contact: Laura Roehl, Director of Member Relations, (763) 450-2229, laura@twinwest.com

Being involved in the TwinWest Chamber Champions Program offers you a unique opportunity. You will be able to meet with Chamber members on a professional basis while increasing membership engagement. Through your Ambassador, Member Mentor, and/or The REACH Team experience, you will gain numerous business connections and share a special fellowship with other members and business leaders.

Business Councils

TwinWest Contact: Shannon Full, President/CEO, (763) 450-2222, shannon@twinwest.com

Business Councils offer members an opportunity to meet and discuss issues and events specific to a community.  Some business councils meet regularly, others on an ad-hoc basis. 

For more information on Business Council meeting schedules, visit events calendar for more information.

Gala Committee

TwinWest Contact: Moe Beyer, Director of Events & Programming, (763) 204-6964, moe@twinwest.com

Help plan this special annual signature event! Proceeds from this event benefit TwinWest Chamber of Commerce initiatives and the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce Foundation scholarship fund. Support your business community through participation in the Gala!

Meeting Times: Twice monthly, March through September

Government Affairs Committee

TwinWest Contact: Shannon Full, President, (763) 450-2222, shannon@twinwest.com
Member Chair: Carl Robertson, Sjoquist Architects, (612) 379-9233, crobertson@sjoquist.com

Collection of business leaders who are current members of TwinWest that advise on policy and help develop our legislative agenda each year.

Meeting Times: Third Wednesday of each month from 7:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.
Location: TwinWest Chamber Boardroom

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Executive Sounding Board

TwinWest Contact: Laura Roehl, VP of Marketing & Member Relations, (763) 450-2229, laura@twinwest.com

The Executive Sounding Board provides a structured and confidential environment for CEO/Owners to share best practices and resolve their business challenges and issues. Participants can expect to make better decisions, improve communication skills and build valuable relationships.

Each roundtable consists of 8-12 peers with at least one employee in non-competing businesses. Meetings are held monthly, usually over breakfast, at a participant's business, private club, restaurant or other designated location decided by the member host of the meeting. Each facilitated roundtable prioritizes issues to be discussed and develops its own agenda. A typical meeting could include discussion on managing growth, finding and retaining top talent, enhancing compensation programs, health care costs or retirement plans.

Result Drivers

TwinWest Contact: Laura Roehl, VP of Marketing & Member Relations, (763) 450-2229, Laura@twinwest.com
Member President: Jay Burian, Ray Smith Insurance Agency, (763) 259-0101, jay@raysmithins.com

Result Drivers is a networking program that helps members exchange business leads, provides business advice and builds relationships. Groups of non-competing TwinWest members meet to develop professional networking relationships and exchange business referrals.

Result Drivers Roster

Business Awards Task Force

TwinWest Contact: Katie Martell, Director of Events & Programming, (763) 204-6964, katie@twinwest.com

The Committee selects the Entrepreneur of the Year, Young Professional of the Year, Small Business of the Year and Large Business of the Year Awards by reviewing nominees, conducting interviews and, ultimately, selecting the award winners!

Meeting Times: Monthly, January-April

TwinWest Board of Directors

TwinWest Contact: Shannon Full, President, (763) 450-2222, shannon@twinwest.com
Member Chair of Board: Nate Brandenburg, Fafinski Mark & Johnson, P.A, (952) 224-9180, nathan.brandenburg@fmjlaw.com

TwinWest Chamber Board of Directors nominations are accepted from the membership annually.

Board of Directors Roster

TwinWest Foundation Board of Directors

TwinWest Contact: Mandy Janssen, Vice President of Talent & Workforce, (763) 450-2224, mandy@twinwest.com
Member Chair of Board: Mark Spanton, CenterPoint Energy, (612) 321-4572, mark.spanton@centerpointenergy.com

TwinWest Foundation Board of Directors are recruited by current board members annually in May and must be approved by the TwinWest Chamber Board of Directors.

Foundation Board of Directors Roster

TwinWest Political Action Committee Board of Directors

TwinWest Contact: Shannon Full, President/CEO, (763) 450-2222, shannon@twinwest.com
Member Chair: Matt Schadow, AmeriStar Agency, Inc., (763) 542-8377, mschadow@ameristaragency.com

Engaged in election process, candidate endorsement, and fundraising. Board members are selected and approved by the TwinWest Board of Directors annually in May.

Political Action Commitee Board of Directors Roster