Business People: Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb joins UnitedHealth board

STRENGTH CARE Scott Gottlieb UnitedHealth Group an Eden Prairie-based national wellness insurer stated that Dr Scott Gottlieb has joined its board of directors Gottlieb a practicing physician is a former U S Food and Drug Administration commissioner and has held roles at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and on the Federal Wellbeing Information Hardware Initiative Committee ARCHITECTURE NewStudio Architecture St Paul declared the return of Sunny Reed to the position of director of interior design senior associate FINANCIAL SERVICES Associated Banc-Corp stated that Mike Lebens will succeed Paul Schmidt as the Twin Cities arena president effective Jan Lebens currently is senior vice president and commercial banking field leader Schmidt is executive vice president and head of commercial real estate and facilities Associated Banc-Corp is the parent company of Associated Bank based in Green Bay Wis and is the th largest bank in Minnesota by deposit area share FOOD Hormel Foods Corp an Austin Minn -based provider of grocery store prepared food brands released the appointment of Paul Kuehneman as interim chief financial officer and controller Kuehneman previously was director of internal audit vice president and chief financial officer for Jennie-O Turkey Store a Hormel division and preponderance just now vice president and controller of Hormel Foods KZ Provisioning a Minneapolis-based provider of nutrition services for sports teams disclosed the appointment of Bri Rosas as its first chief executive officer The company was founded by Minnesota-based James Beard Award-winning chefs Gavin Kaysen and Andrew Zimmern Rosas formerly was president and co-founder of Opus Sports Partners and also led the communications and broadcast departments for the NBA s Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA s Minnesota Lynx HONORS Hormel Foods Corp Austin Minn broadcasted that it was recognized by Vault as having one of the top internship programs in the nation LAW Maslon Minneapolis welcomed attorneys Dany Berbari and Ashley Patyk to the firm s Litigation Group Berbari previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable James B Loken of the U S Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Patyk served as a law clerk for the Honorable Tracy M Smith of the Minnesota Court of Appeals MANUFACTURING Graco Inc a Minneapolis-based maker of fluid handling equipment for industry communicated the appointment of Andrea Andi H Simon to its board of directors effective Dec Simon serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer at MasterBrand Inc Apogee Enterprises a Bloomington-based provider of architectural windows and related products for commercial construction reported that Independent Chair Donald A Nolan has been appointed chief executive officer effective Oct succeeding Ty R Silberhorn Nolan also will become executive chair of the board board member Patricia K Wagner has been appointed the independent lead director PUBLISHING Coffee House Press a Minneapolis-based book publisher declared the appointments of Mark Haber as director of acquisitions and marketing and Kaija Straumanis as editorial director both new positions Haber has been director of marketing for Coffee House Press for the past two and a half years Straumanis formerly was senior editor of Open Letter Books in Rochester N Y MACHINERY Clearfield a Plymouth-based communication fiber management company revealed the elections of Rebecca Seidel and Kathleen Skarvan to its board of directors effective Dec Seidel is senior vice president and president of Cardiac Ablation Solutions at Medtronic Skarvan is a former senior vice president and president of Hutchinson Tool s Disk Drive Division NetSPI a Minneapolis-based data-security company for business revealed the appointment of Sridhar Jayanthi as its interim chief product and tool officer Jayanthi previously was with McAfee now Trellix and FireEye now Mandiant and was the CEO and co-founder of PolyLogyx Related Articles Ramsey County CFO Alex Kotze named deputy county manager Business People Roxane Battle joins Women s Foundation of Minnesota Business People Fredrikson attorney Mark Vyvyan honored for pro bono work Former Irish on Grand employee buys building opens new St Paul store Business People Retired Rise CEO Lynn Noren honored for disability group work EMAIL ITEMS to businessnews pioneerpress com