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As the first plant he designed, the Tri-County Water Treatment Plant is particularly special. Vein was also instrumental in the development of the Grand Forks Traill Water District’s Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant.

“Charlie is a wonderful mentor who went into the engineering field to improve people’s lives by improving their drinking water. I can say without a doubt, Charlie made a difference in the lives of thousands and thousands of people – from the residents of large and small communities across the eight states where AE2S has offices to the people he’s helped through his charitable work,” said AE2S CEO Grant Meyer.

Over the course of his career, Vein received a number of awards and accolades from industry water organizations and has volunteered with a number of organizations.

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After serving as Altru Health System’s CEO for over a decade, Dave Molmen thought he retired, but a pandemic had other plans. When the Altru board asked him to return to help navigate the challenges of COVID-19, he was glad to lend a hand as Interim CEO.

“It’s one small way that I can show gratitude to the community that’s given me my whole career,” he said.

Dave Molmen CEO of Altru Health System Grand Forks,

Molmen’s tenure at Altru spans more than four decades and many roles, but through it all, he’s been a catalyst for positive change. He played a significant role in the creation of the Health System, shaping a decade-long series of integrations culminating in the merger of the regional hospital and clinic systems. He oversaw an era of rapid transformation and helped to cement a ground-breaking affiliation between Altru and Mayo Clinic, the first of its kind in Mayo’s history.

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Eric Hardmeyer began his career at Bank of North Dakota in 1985 working for Joe Lamb as an administrative assistant. Sixteen years later, he succeeded John Hoeven as president when Hoeven won the gubernatorial election.

Molmen believes that service and opportunity go hand-inhand. Over the years he’s supported causes he cares deeply about, including the Grand Cities Children’s Choir, United Way, City Youth Committee, Altru Health Foundation, Valley Senior Living, Sharon Lutheran Church, North Dakota Museum of Art, and UND Research Foundation.

Molmen chaired the Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce through a historic merger with the East Grand Forks Chamber. Molmen served on the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association, North Dakota Hospital Association, North Dakota Chamber of Commerce, AHA Regional Policy Board, and VHA Upper Midwest. As chair of the UND School of Medicine Advisory Council, he played a key role in securing funding for the State’s $120 million medical school building. He’s been a mentor and preceptor to scores of leadership learners. Additionally, Molmen and his wife, Karen, established a scholarship for children of Altru employees.

Molmen’s leadership has earned him recognition as recipient of the UND President’s Medal, Medical School Dean’s Award, CVIC Peacemaker Award, Minnesota Volunteers Senior Leader Award, Friend of Medicine Award, North Dakota Grassroots Champion Award, and the Nelson-Miller Award for Volunteerism.

Molmen and Karen are the parents of two grown daughters and a son-in-law who live in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

As the 10th of 12 children born to Ted and Lorraine, Hardmeyer learned the value of service early. His father, Ted, was a Marquette graduate who served on every committee possible in Mott, N.D., in addition to being a business owner, entrepreneur, mayor and state legislator. Hardmeyer graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1985 with degrees in economics and political science, followed by a master’s degree from University of Mary.

Today, Hardmeyer is viewed as a politically astute man with strong vision and leadership for the Bank. He is the longest serving president who navigated times of great economic change with oil booms and busts, drought and natural disasters to ensure the Bank remains relevant and plays a critical role for the residents of North Dakota.

Under Hardmeyer’s leadership, BND’s assets grew from $1.81 billion to $7.74 billion and the loan portfolio increased from $1.16 billion to $4.75 billion. There were 16 consecutive years of record profits that began in 2004.

In addition to its strong financial position, numerous accomplishments are credited to Hardmeyer. He worked closely with the North Dakota legislature to build a new headquarters, which opened in 2008. His belief in helping families pay for postsecondary education led him to bring College SAVE, the state’s 529 plan, and North Dakota Dollars for Scholars to the Bank, rounding out the education financing options to include saving, scholarships, and student loans. Relationships with local financial institutions strengthened while he was president.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Family Wellness Center and the Missouri Valley YMCA. He was a member of the Federal Reserve Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, and is past Chairman of the North Dakota Bankers Association. Hardmeyer and his wife, Laura, have four children and four grandchildren.

Kathy Meagher was born in Rugby, N.D., and developed a passion for sports and athletics at an early age. As part of her upbringing, she was taught that hard work, dedication, and good values would lead to positive change in the world.

Meagher’s journey with the Special Olympics began in 1980 as a student intern while attending NDSU. Roger Kerns, the founder of Special Olympics North Dakota (SOND) and her faculty advisor, encouraged her involvement. Flash forward to 2018, when Meagher was recognized by the North American Special Olympics Professionals as being the world’s longest serving Special Olympics CEO.

When she started in her professional role with SOND in 1981, there were fewer than 500 athletes throughout the state participating in four sport programs.

Meagher’s unwavering determination to enrich the lives of this underserved population has resulted in the successful management of a non-profit that today has an annual average of 1,500 athletes who participate in 15 different sports, and offers several Healthy Athlete and unified sports programs that collectively in the last eight years has conducted 560 sports competitions.

On an annual basis, a minimum of 5,000 volunteers are recruited and trained to implement community and school-based programs. These programs offer exposure to positive and meaningful life experiences to those with intellectual disabilities.

Meagher worked extensively through the international program to organize hosttown experiences for Special Olympics athletes from North Dakota and the US, and she has attended 16 world events. She also brought a Special Olympics North American tournament to the state and led the process to secure a bid with North Dakota to be one of the finalists to host the 2018 National Games.

“Kathy is a leader that has pushed the entire movement forward,” said Dr. Timothy P. Shriver, chairman of the Board of Special Olympics International. She has done this by “unleashing the potential of people with intellectual disabilities, and by demonstrating to all the importance of social inclusion and the promise that all North Dakotans can achieve anything when we trust in the best of the human spirit.”

Architect Kevin Donnay has been the president of Widseth since 2013 with a focus on cultivating the firm’s sustainable growth, building a strong firm identity and culture, and nurturing staff development. Donnay joined Widseth in 1996 and has seen many changes over the years. With this perspective, he is respectful of the firm’s distinguished history but also mindful of its necessary evolution.

Kevin Donnay President of Widseth Baxter, Minn.

Donnay has overseen several initiatives that have strengthened the firm, including opening two new offices in strategic markets, Forest Lake and Mankato, Minn.; acquiring an aerial mapping firm that added a new service line to Widseth’s subsidiaries; the complete rebrand of an outdated corporate identity; and an overhaul of the firm’s strategic planning process.

Chief among his recent executive achievements is steering the firm through the tumultuous COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout, Donnay has displayed his characteristic even-keeled approach to the unstable and unknowable economy, workforce, and local, state, and national guidelines and Executive Orders. Donnay guided the firm’s Board of Directors through solid decision-making, and, as a result, while many businesses were hard-hit by pandemic-induced setbacks, Widseth’s 2020 gross earnings were only slightly lower than the previous year. Prior to 2020, Widseth had achieved year-over-year revenue growth throughout Kevin’s tenure as president.

While Widseth suffered losses during the past year – business and personal – there were silver linings. And because of his optimistic forward-thinking, the firm is poised to do better this fiscal year than the last pre-pandemic year.

Donnay dedicates considerable time to city commissions, community organizations, and strategic planning efforts. He is tapped into his community through his considerable involvement in professional and service organizations, on the board of directors for multiple non-profits, and his active involvement in his profession.

Under Donnay, the firm has twice earned the distinction of being one of Prairie Business’s 50 Best Places to Work. The firm maintains nine offices in Minnesota and North Dakota and employs more than 220 people representing a wide range of disciplines, including architecture, engineering, land surveying, environmental services, and associated fields.

Pete Fullerton progressed from being a regional bank trainee to leading regional bank teams and then to leading Cornerstone Bank as CEO, the position from which he recently retired.

Throughout his career, Fullerton provided leadership in a wide variety of roles including opening and operating a de novo bank as well as leading Cornerstone Bank through a merger, which brought together three banks of equal size (Cornerstone Bank, Lakeside State Bank, and McKenzie County Bank), and was like no other in North Dakota.

He also saw Cornerstone Bank through additional growth, including expansion into new markets. Fullerton has mentored many bankers across the region and has had a positive effect on numerous careers.

He also has been active in the community, often in leadership roles. He served as Board Chair and community campaign chair for the United Way of Cass/ Clay, as well as board chair of the Cass/Clay YMCA. He played a key leadership role in creating a coalition of private investors, economic development organizations and the United Way to create a New American workforce development initiative.

Fullerton currently serves as board chair for the YMCA Endowment Fund and as treasurer for the Northern Waters Land Trust.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa and holds a degree from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Dr. Richard Vetter is a family practice physician and the chief medical officer at Essentia Health in Fargo, N.D.

Dr. Vetter grew up in Linton, N.D., on a family farm. He attended college at North Dakota State University and obtained his medical degree and completed his family medicine residency at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He has practiced at Essentia Health in Fargo for 30 years and was named chief medical officer in 2019.

Richard Vetter, MD Chief Medical Officer of Essentia Health Fargo, N.D.

Dr. Vetter has experience in integrated health system operations, rural health care, multi-specialty group practice management, physician compensation, strategic planning, organizational governance, foundation development/fundraising and public advocacy. He is a clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and serves as volunteer medical director for the First Choice Clinic in Fargo.

Dr. Vetter has served as president for the North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians and for the North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.

Additionally, he has served as past chair on the Dakota Medical Foundation Board of Directors and currently serves as a director on the board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota. In 2009, Dr. Vetter was named North Dakota Family Physician of the Year. He also was named Best of the Valley Family Health Physician in both 2013 and 2014.

Dr. Vetter and his wife, Sharmae, are the proud parents of nine daughters.