Our power is our people.

The people at Minnkota Power Cooperative don’t just deliver electricity – they bring a better quality of life to residents in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

For the last 75 years, the dedication and ingenuity of Minnkota’s employees have been energizing homes, farms, schools and businesses. And the future is bright. New employees are needed to power our growing local economies and the technological advancements that are changing the way we view the world. Needless to say, when you work at Minnkota, you have an important job in an industry that will last.

Minnkota employs 380 people consisting of engineers, electrical line workers, power plant personnel, electricians, accountants and many other positions needed to manage our unique business. Corporate headquarters are located in Grand Forks, N.D. The primary source of electric generation is the Milton R. Young Station, a power plant located 35 miles northwest of Bismarck, N.D.

If you’re looking for a rewarding career that offers great pay, benefits and advancement opportunities, we invite you to visit www.minnkota.com and click on the employment tab.

Sanford Health names new leader of Imagenetics research program

Dr. Cornelius Boerkoel is joining Sanford Health as the executive director of the Sanford Imagenetics Research Center on Genomic and Molecular Medicine in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Boerkoel will use his more than 30 years of research and clinical expertise to investigate new ways of expanding Sanford Imagenetics through development of genetic and genomic medicine tools for primary care medical practice at Sanford Health.

Boerkoel most recently served as a staff clinician and directed the translational laboratory at the National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Program. He is also a co-founder of the Rare Disease Foundation.

Boerkoel received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and completed his residency at the University of Washington in Seattle. He also completed a fellowship in clinical genetics at The Hospital for Sick Children of Toronto, Ontario.

TSP names new CEO

Architect Jared Nesje has been hired as CEO of TSP in Sioux Falls, S.D. Nesje, a principal and senior architect with the group, previously guided TSP design teams as a project manager and discipline lead. Nesje is only the fifth CEO to lead the firm, and the first architect in the position since Harold T. Spitznagel founded the company in June 1930.

Nesje is a North Dakota State University graduate and a Sioux Falls native, who’s lived in his hometown nearly all his life. He set his career course at age 8 and worked as a blueprint gofer at a design firm during high school.

AE2S hires marketing coordinator

Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services Inc. (AE2S) has hired Kris Benson as a proposal and marketing coordinator in the firm’s Fargo, N.D., office. She is working on proposals, conference and event planning, sponsorships, graphic design and assisting with various other marketing initiatives.

Before joining AE2S, she was an inside sales manager at Jacobs Engineering in Oakland, Calif., where she helped develop and advance client relationships, created opportunity-specific proposals, coordinated proposal production, provided graphic design and desktop publishing services, edited copy and organized meetings.

Originally from Fargo, Benson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with an emphasis in Writing from Minnesota State University in Moorhead.

Bismarck State names vice president of advancement

Kari Knudson has been named Bismarck (N.D.) State College vice president of college advancement and interim executive director of the BSC Foundation.

Knudson joined BSC in 2007 as vice president of the National Energy Center of Excellence. She led BSC’s 12 national energy programs, the Great Plains Energy Corridor and the Training for Regional Energy in North Dakota Consortium grants worth $24.5 million from the Department of Labor.

Before joining BSC, Knudson acquired 17 years of domestic and international experience in the oil and gas and utility industries. She was vice president of finance and administration with Centennial Energy Resources, a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group Inc., and held several analytical and financial leadership positions with Conoco and ConocoPhillips from 1990 to 2003.