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Star Tribune Media Co., Minnesota’s largest media company, has announced it has named Christine Fruechte its new chair of the board of directors. Fruechte takes the reins from Mike Klingensmith, who is retiring following a 13-year tenure as publisher and CEO at the Star Tribune. ....
Copy shortlink: Days after the protests, burning buildings, boarded-up businesses and curfews, a dozen mostly white and mostly male executives at Medica met for their regular Thursday meeting with the chief executive. The global outrage over the May 25 death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police rattled them. It had been more than a year since leaders at the Minnetonka-based health insurer had pledged to make diversity a priority. Yet they still hadn t hired anyone to lead the effort. They looked at each other, and at their suburban-centric workforce, and admitted that not much had changed. It was really a wake-up call to many of us in the organization, said Geoff Bartsh, a senior vice president and 20-year veteran with the health plan. That while we were making this a focus and priority, were we really making it a focus and priority? ....