Liz Fedor

Minneapolis, Saint Paul

Trending Editor at Twin Cities Business

Senior editor for Twin Cities Business, former Star Tribune airlines reporter and foundation program officer.

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Six Minnesotans Win EY Heartland Awards

1 week ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

Six leaders from five Minnesota-based companies have won Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Heartland Awards from Ernst & Young, or EY.
Shooting Victim Mark Hortman Was a Technical Leader at nVent

1 week ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

The political world and Minnesotans from all walks of life were stunned when they learned that DFL Rep. Melissa Hortman, Minnesota House speaker emerita, and her husband, Mark, were shot to death early Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home. In announcing the tragic news, Gov. Tim Walz characterized the slayings as what seemed to be “a politically motivated assassination.” Mark Hortman was known as a supportive political spouse.
New Tariffs Thrust C.H. Robinson Into a Big Problem-Solver Role

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

Just two years after he left Ford Motor Co. to turn around C.H. Robinson, CEO Dave Bozeman finds himself dealing with a volatile U.S. tariff policy that has upended global trade. As a huge logistics provider, C.H. Robinson’s 83,000 customers look to the Eden Prairie-based corporation for solutions. “This is not the first time the industry has seen disruption, and it won’t be the last,” Bozeman says in a May TCB interview.
How Trump's Tariffs Are Impacting Minnesota Businesses

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

It took President Trump almost six weeks to reduce the high tariffs on China that he announced with much fanfare April 2 in a Rose Garden ceremony. By the time Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed May 12 that the U.S. and China had agreed to de-escalate their trade war, the China tariffs—and those imposed on nations around the world—had rocked the global economy.
Fortune 500 List Contains Some Warnings for Minnesota

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

The Fortune 500 list, often cited by Minnesota leaders to tout the state’s economic vitality, includes some worrisome financial data about several of the state’s biggest private companies. For people looking to attract workers to Minnesota, they can still boast that the state is home to 17 Fortune 500 companies. Fortune announced its 2025 list Monday of the 500 largest companies in the United States ranked by revenue for fiscal 2024.
Women Politicians and Hockey Players Take Center Stage in St. Paul

1 month ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

The new book “Perpich: A Minnesota Original” recounts DFL Gov. Rudy Perpich’s thought process for appointing the first woman to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1977. Author Ben Schierer reports that “Rudy was looking for humanity and compassion.”Perpich found those qualities in Rosalie Wahl, a divorced mother with the grit required to juggle attending law school and caring for her children.
C-Suite Leaders Want to Move Beyond ‘Managing in the Moment’

2 months ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

Short-term, crisis management becomes the focus of executives when their companies face external threats, but it isn’t the type of work that attracts them to the chief executive’s job. Most CEOs want to shape and execute long-term business strategies that support a company’s clear vision.
New Salary Posting State Law Boosts Job Applications

2 months ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

Jenna Estlick, Versique’s president of human resources solutions, is carefully watching how Minnesota job seekers are responding to a new state law that requires employers to include salary ranges in job postings. Designed by the Minnesota Legislature to put more power in the hands of job applicants, the new law took effect on Jan. 1 for employers who have 30 or more employees. In the first three months of 2025, Estlick said some early trends already are emerging.
Thrivent CEO's Quest to Build Financial Security for Millions of People

2 months ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor |TCB Insights

When a catastrophe strikes, Thrivent president and CEO Terry Rasmussen is known for acting quickly, calmly, and decisively. That’s what Paul Johnston observed on Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed airplanes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Johnston was on his second day of a new job as vice president and group counsel with American Express, and Rasmussen was his new boss.
Wild Owner Envisions Championship Runs Led by Superstar Kaprizov

2 months ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

When the Minnesota Wild discovered Kirill Kaprizov in Russia, he was a teenager who had caught the attention of fans and coaches in his native country. But Kaprizov’s potential within the National Hockey League wasn’t widely known, which allowed the Wild to sign him in the fifth round of the 2015 NHL draft. Kaprizov played his first game for the Wild on Jan. 14, 2021, and he immediately demonstrated his value by scoring an overtime goal to beat the Los Angeles Kings.