Previous Leading with Faith honorees

Editors note: The following information represents the awardee’s business position and parish at the time he or she received the Leading with Faith Award.

2002

Chuck Anderson, President and Owner
Midwest Rubber Service & Supply
Company, Plymouth
St. Raphael, Crystal

Bill O’Neill, President and CEO
William J’s Pink Commercial
Office Furniture, St. Louis Park
St. Hubert, Chanhassen

Randy Roskowiak, Owner
Randy’s Sanitation, Delano
Delano Catholic Community

Brad Schraut, CEO
Audio Video Planners, Oakdale
St. Michael, Stillwater

Dr. David Uppgaard, Dentist
Uppgaard Dental, Minneapolis
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Dr. Mark Druffner, Family Physician
Lakeview Hospital
Stillwater and Hudson Medical Center
St. Mary and St. Michael, Stillwater

Albert Eiden, Division Manager
Cenex Harvest States, St. Paul
St. Patrick, Inver Grove Heights

William Nelson,
Director of Correctional Services
Volunteers of America, Minneapolis
St. Mathias, Hampton

Guy Schoenecker, Chairman, CEO
and Chief Quality Officer
Business Incentives, Inc., Minneapolis
Pax Christi, Eden Prairie

Michael Thielen, Sales Director
PreferredOne Administrative
Services, Golden Valley
St. Michael, Stillwater

2003

John Holmboe
Financial Accounting Supervisor
RBC Dain Rauscher, Minneapolis
St. Jerome, Maplewood

ReBecca Roloff, Senior Vice President
American Express, Minneapolis
Pax Christi, Eden Prairie

Verne Elke,
Computer Systems Administrator
Select Comfort, Minneapolis
St. Bernard, Cologne

Gary Sauer, President
Tiller Corporation, Maple Grove
St. John the Evangelist, Little Canada

Jessie Nicholson
Deputy Executive Director
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul

Mark Rauenhorst, President and CEO
Opus Corporation, Minneapolis
Holy Name of Jesus, Medina

Tim McGuire, Editor
Star Tribune, Minneapolis
St. Joseph, New Hope

Eugene Mach Jr., Owner and Operator
Bud’s Standard Service, Kilkenny
St. Canice, Kilkenny

Carol McKenna, Nursing Director
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Parish Nurse
St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Paul

Joe Konrardy, Market Vice President
Metrocall, Minnetonka
Our Lady of the Lake, Mound

Ron Rygwalski, Owner
Ron’s Towing and Service, Maplewood
St. Mary, St. Paul

Bill and Mary Daugherty
President and Office Manager
Respectively, P&D Mechanical, Robbinsdale
Sacred Heart, Robbinsdale

Roger Pocta, Civil Engineer
Larson Engineering, White Bear Lake
St. Joseph the Worker, Maple Grove

2004

Laura J. Hawkins, CFO
Disciplined Growth Investors, Minneapolis
Holy Redeemer, Maplewood

Mark, John & Greg Tinucci
Owner/Operators
Tinucci’s Deli’s Catering and Banquets,
Newport and Woodbury
St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul Park
and St. Ambrose, Woodbury

Roger Vasko, Vice President/Owner
Vasko Disposal Solutions, St. Paul
St. Peter, North St. Paul

Jerry Wind, Owner/President
Home Traditions, St. Paul
Holy Spirit, St. Paul

George T. Zirnhelt, President/CEO
Power Systems Research, Eagan
St. Peter, Mendota

Edward Bohrer, Attorney
Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt,
Minneapolis
St. Luke, St. Paul

William P. DeSanto Jr.
Building Project Manager
Xcel Energy, Minneapolis
Visitation, Minneapolis

Donald B. Regan, Chairman of the Board
Premier Banks, Maplewood
St. Peter, North St. Paul

Don Schoeller
Finance Consultant/Manager
Northstar Resource Group,
St. Paul and Minneapolis
St. John the Baptist, Hugo

Harry Sweere, Chair and Owner
Ergotron, Inc., Eagan
Our Lady of Peace, Minneapolis

Lucy Albino, Business Administrator
Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Paul

Jesse Bethke-Gomez, President
CLUES, St. Paul
Guardian Angels, Oakdale

James T. McInnis, Principal
Cedarcrest Academy, Maple Grove
St. Charles Borromeo, Minneapolis

Rose M. Schaffhausen
Founder/Executive Director
Minnesota Friends of the Orphans, Minneapolis
St. John the Evangelist, Little Canada and
St. Rose of Lima, Roseville

Daniel M. Siebenaler, Police Chief
City of Farmington
St. John the Baptist, Vermillion

2005

David T. Dinger, Owner
CLT Floor Coverings, South St. Paul
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Thomas B. Kosel, Campus President
Herzing College, Crystal
Holy Family, St. Louis Park

Paul J. Wagner, President & CEO
Minnesota Wire & Cable, St. Paul
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Jim Waldvogel, General Manager
Crown Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

J. Michael Dady, Founding Partner
Dady & Garner, P.A., Minneapolis
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis

Deacon Richard Heineman, Owner
Fabric Supply, Minneapolis
St. Bridget, Minneapolis

Corrine Kaminski
Director of Administration
CRESA Partners, Minneapolis
St. Olaf, St. Edward & Pax Christi

Michael Wise, Funeral Director
Ellis-Wise Funeral Home, Hastings
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Hastings

Theresa Carr, Executive Director
American Indian Neighborhood
Development Corp., Minneapolis
Our Lady of Grace, Edina

John P. Kingrey, Executive Director
Minnesota County Attorneys Association,
St. Paul
St. Paul, Nativity of Our Lord, St Paul

Cy Laurent, Executive Director
The Laboure Foundation, St. Paul
St. John Neumann, Eagan

Ed Lucas, Chief Operating Officer
Urban Ventures, Minneapolis
St. Hubert, Chanhassen

2006

Mark Boll, Risk Manager
Apogee Enterprises, Minneapolis
St. Joseph the Worker, Maple Grove

Rick Casper, Owner/Operator
Cherokee Sirloin Room,
West St. Paul/Eagan and
Hankerings, Blaine
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Sara Gavin, President
Weber Shandwick Worldwide, Minneapolis
St. Peter, Mendota

Jim Oricchio, CEO and President
Coordinated Business Systems, Burnsville
St. Peter, Mendota

Jim Burt, Owner and CEO
Reclaim Center Inc., St. Paul
Holy Spirit, St. Paul

John M. Hunt, Treasurer
Billman-Hunt Funeral Home, Minneapolis
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

John Jelinek, Founder and President
Jelinek, Metz, McDonald, LTD and
Hopkins Financial Advisors, Hopkins
St. Joseph, Hopkins

Michael B. Smeby
VP/Commercial Loan Officer
University National Bank, St. Paul
St. John Vianney, South St. Paul

Thomas A. Dooher
President and Staff Representative
Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers
St. Gerard, Brooklyn Park

Thomas J. Green
Director of Special Projects
& Employment Ministry
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis,
St. Olaf, Minneapolis

Pat McHale, Nurse Manager
North Side Life Care Center, Minneapolis
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Tom Simonson, Assistant City Manager/
Community Development Director
City of Shoreview
St. Odilia, Shoreview

2007

John Duffy, President & Owner
Duffy Development Company, Inc/
Northstar Residential, LLC, Minnetonka
St. Joseph the Worker, Maple Grove

Joseph Kueppers, Attorney/Shareholder
Kueppers, Hackel and Kueppers P.A., St. Paul
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Christopher Kelly Schneeman
Principal & CEO
Seven Hills Benefit Partners, Inc., Bloomington
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Bruce Wolf, President
Bank of New Prague, New Prague
St. Wenceslaus, New Prague

Steve Hayes, Senior Vice President
Director of Client Services
BBDO Minneapolis
Holy Name of Jesus, Medina

Tom Merrill, President
Faribault Transportation Company, Inc.
Divine Mercy, Faribault

Patrick Regan
President/Owner/Entrepreneur
Minnesota Coaches, Inc. dba Hastings Bus, Minneapolis, St. Paul
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Hastings

Jim Ryan, CEO
Ryan Companies US, Inc, Minneapolis.
St. Therese, Deephaven
St. Olaf & Basilica, Minneapolis

Patrick Croke, Vice President
Administration Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet, St. Paul Province
St. Joseph, Rosemount

Michael McGovern
President & Chairman of the Board
Catholic Aid Association, St. Paul
St. Dominic, Northfield

Carol Oldowski
Parish Nurse/Psychotherapist
Nativity of Mary, Bloomington

Ramona de Rosales, Founder/Director
Cesar Chavez Charter School, St. Paul
Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, St. Paul

2008

Roger Green, Vice President of Strategy
Policy & Communications
HealthEast Care System, St. Paul
Transfiguration, Oakdale

Daniel Warner Lewis, President
Dalco Roofing, New Brighton
Epiphany, Coon Rapids

Tom Tierney, President/CEO
Tierney Brothers, Inc., St. Paul
St. Olaf, Minneapolis and St. Michael, Stillwater

Mark Chronister, Office Managing Partner
Twin Cities Office
PricewaterhouseCoopers (retired), Minneapolis
St. Bonaventure Church
Bloomington/Pax Christi, Eden Prairie

Beverly Aplikowski, Owner CEO/CFO
Lakeside Homes, Inc, New Brighton.
St. John the Baptist, New Brighton

Thomas Bengtson, Owner CEO
NFR Communications, Minneapolis
Holy Family, St. Louis Park

Greg and Kay Wacek
President & Secretary/Treasurer
HOSSNPAT Construction, St. Louis Park
Holy Name of Jesus, Wayzata

Mary Ann Kuharski, President
Prolife Across America, Roseville
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Jill M. Reilly, President
Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
and Risen Savior, Burnsville

Lisa Shaughnessy
Director of Advancement
Convent of the Visitation School, Mendota Heights
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis

2009

Bruce Koehn, General Manager
Brownsworth, Inc., Plymouth
Pax Christi, Eden Prairie

Larry Lawinger, CEO/Owner
Lawinger Consulting, LCI, St. Paul
St. Vincent de Paul, Osseo

Jean Delaney Nelson, SVP/CIO
Securian Financial Group, Inc., St. Paul
St. Michael, Stillwater

Ted Brausen, President
Brausen Enterprises, Inc., Roseville
St. Joseph, Lino Lakes

Thomas C. Frazer, Owner/Manager
Frazer Automotive Service, White Bear Lake
St. Mary of the Lake, White Bear Lake

James D. Hegland
Financial Representative
Foster, Klima and Company, LLC, Minneapolis
Holy Family, St. Louis Park

Deanna and Jeff Lichtscheidl
Owners/Managers
Forest Lake Cycle and Skate, Forest Lake
St. Peter, Forest Lake

Steve Long, Manager/Master Electrician
Kilian Electric Co., St. Michael
St. Michael, St. Michael

Allison Boisvert, Social Justice Minister
Pax Christi Catholic Community, Eden Prairie
Pax Christi & Kateri Tekakwitha, Eden Prairie

Joe Cavanaugh, CEO
Youth Frontiers, Inc., Minneapolis
St. Joan of Arc, Minneapolis

Anne Marie Hansen, President & Founder
Gianna Homes, Plymouth & Minnetonka
Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul

Joyce Renee Norals, VP & Chief
Human Resources Office,
Lutheran Social Services, St. Paul
St. Olaf, Minneapolis

Dave and Mary Standing
Outreach Coordinator/Resource Coordinator
PROLIFE Across America, Roseville
“The Billboard People”
St. Charles Borromeo, NE Minneapolis

2010

Jim Cahill, Founder and President
Marketing Roundtables, Inc., Burnsville
St. Bonaventure, Bloomington

Edward and Kathy Gorman
Owners/Operators
Gorman’s Restaurant, Lake Elmo
Blessed Sacrament, St. Paul

Dr. Thomas Keane Jr. DDS, Oral Surgeon
Esthesia Oral Surgery Care, Bloomington
Pax Christi, Eden Prairie

Paul Piazza Sr., President/Owner
Minnesota Produce, Inc., Minneapolis
Our Lady of Lourdes, Minneapolis

John Kelly, Vice President Tax
UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Emery Koenig, Senior Vice President
Cargill, Wayzata
St. Joseph, Waconia

Patricia Washatka, VP Control Services
Prudential Insurance
St. Michael, St Michael

Margaret Ahles, Administrative Assistant
St. Jerome, St. Paul
Church of St. Jerome, Maplewood

Dr. Marilou Eldred PhD, President
Catholic Community Foundation, St. Paul
Assumption, St. Paul

Phyllis Novitskie RN, Executive Lead/
Associate Administrator
St. Joseph Hospital/HealthEast Care System St. Paul
Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul

Robert Wills, Manager Teen Center, Sharing and
Caring Hands and Mary’s Place, Minneapolis
St. Vincent de Paul, Brooklyn Park

2011

Bob Balk, Owner
St. George Catholic Books & Gifts, Blaine
St. Paul, Ham Lake

William S. Bojan, Jr., Founder and CEO
Integrated Governance Solutions, Bloomington
St. Hubert, Chanhassen

Jackie Jacobs Gibney
President and co-owner
Jacobs Marketing, Minneapolis
St. Therese, Deephaven

Jim Reinhardt, Owner
Minnesota Rehabilitation Services, Burnsville
Holy Family, St. Louis Park

Robert J. Strachota, President
Shenehon Company, Minneapolis
Our Lady of Grace, Edina

Martin D. Schutz, Attorney and Partner
Flower and Schutz, New Brighton
St. John the Baptist, New Brighton

Paul Leighton, Partner
North Star Financial, Minneapolis
St. John Neumann, Eagan

Larry LeJeune, Chairman and CEO
LeJeune Investment, Minneapolis
St. Bartholomew, Wayzata

Mark Dienhart, Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer,
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
Nativity of Our Lord, St. Paul

Richard R. Engler, President/principal
Cretin-Derham Hall High School, St. Paul
St. John Neumann, Eagan

Gay L. Jacobson, Operations Director
Metro Cable Network, Minneapolis
Immaculate Conception, Columbia Heights

John LeBlanc, Director of development,
marketing and communications
St. Therese of New Hope and Oxbow Lake, New Hope Christ the King, Minneapolis

2012

Dr. Stephen Dalseth, Owner
Dalseth Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, Apple Valley
Church of the Risen Savior, Burnsville

Angela Mannella-Hoffman, Owner/Artistic
Director Moore Than Dance, Fridley
St Charles Borromeo, St Anthony

William Schroeder, Co-owner,
Marketing and Dealer Contact
SuperMax Tools, Eagan, Minneapolis
Holy Family, St. Louis Park

Warren Weber, Co-owner,
Product Development / Tech Support
SuperMax Tools, Eagan, Minneapolis
Corpus Christi, Roseville

Yvonne Houle-Gillard
Consumer/Office I.T. Manager,
3M, St. Paul
St Peter, Mendota

Kenneth M. Schaefer
Senior Vice President/
Chief Lending Officer
University National Bank, St. Paul
Nativity of Our Lord, St Paul

Joe Clubb, Group Director
Mental Health/Addiction Services
HealthEast, St Joseph Hospital, St. Paul
St Leonard of Port Maurice, Minneapolis

Steven E. Koop, M.D.
Medical Director/Physician
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul
St Rita, Cottage Grove

Paul Martodam, CEO (retired)
Catholic Charities, St Paul & Minneapolis
St. John Neumann, Eagan

Charlotte (Cappy) Moore
Social Justice Coordinator
St. Patrick, Edina

2013

Jeff Berg, President/Owner
Integrated Wealth Advisors, Edina
Holy Family, St Louis Park

Rick DesLauriers, Founder /President
Recruiters of Minnesota, Minnetonka
St. Therese, Deephaven

Dan & Barb Massman, Station Owners
KDWA Radio, Hastings
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Hastings

Christopher Zeman
Vice President/Co-owner
Zeman Construction Co. Inc., Golden Valley
St. Joseph, New Hope

Jim & Debbie Hannigan, Owners
J & J Distributing, St. Paul
Assumption, St. Paul

Tim Rethlake, Sales Training Vice President
Hearth & Home Technologies, Minneapolis & St. Paul
All Saints, Lakeville

Marguerite Dummer
Dean of Health Sciences Hennepin Technical
College, Brooklyn Park & Eden Prairie
St. Joseph, Waconia

Mike Haasl
Global Solidarity Coordinator Mission Office,
Archdiocese of St Paul & Minneapolis
St. Gerard Magella, Brooklyn Park

Tom Redman
Director of Parks & Recreation, City of Chaska
Guardian Angels, Chaska

Rosemary Rockwell, Vice President
Birthright of Minneapolis
St. Richard, Richfield

2014

John E. Cleveland, Partner
The Cleveland Company, Bloomington
St .Therese, Deephaven

Linda Harmon, Financial Advisor/Co-owner
Harmon & Hartmon Financial Group, LLC, St. Paul
St. John the Baptist, New Brighton

Roger & Karen Millner
President & Vice President
M & M Bus Service, Inc., Annandale
St. Ignatius, Annandale

Robley Evans, Director of Business Affairs
St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Jeremy Stanbary
Founder/Executive Director
Epiphany Studio Productions/
Open Window Theatre, Inver Grove Heights
St .Joseph, West St. Paul

John Barrett, COO
Davanni’s, St. Paul
Holy Spirit, St .Paul

Dr. Peter Daly, Medical Director
Summit Orthopedics, Woodbury
Lumen Christi , St. Paul

Jeff Wertz, Senior VP &
National Sales Manager
TCF Equipment Finance, Minnetonka
St. Bartholomew, Wayzata

2015

Paul Archambault, Owner
Stinson Electric, Inc., New Brighton
St. Olaf, Minneapolis

Cary Becker, Owner
Becker Building & Remodeling LLC,
New Brighton
St. John the Baptist, New Brighton

Robert Du Fresne, President & CEO
Du Fresne Manufacturing Company,
Vadnais Heights
St. Genevieve, Centerville

Jose Angel Martinez, Branch Manager
US Bank, St. Paul
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Mark Mischke, Registered Representative
Mischke – Mischke & Associates, Eagan
Lumen Christi, St. Paul

William (Bill) Sonntag, Owner
Abbey Suburban Floor Covering, White Bear Lake
St. Pius X, White Bear Lake & St. Peter,
North St. Paul

James (Jim) Zenk, President & Owner
SYNERGY HomeCare, Woodbury
Nativity of Our Lord, St. Paul

2016

Steven M. Arndorfer, Owner
SMA Construction, Inc., Hugo
St. John the Baptist, New Brighton
Roger Bona, Owner/President
St. Anthony Mobil (recently retired), St. Anthony
Immaculate Conception, Columbia Heights

Father Marty Fleming
Founder & Chairman Emeritus
Trinity Sober Homes, St. Paul
St. Olaf, Minneapolis

LaDonna Hoy
Executive Director & Founder
Interfaith Outreach &
Community Partners (IOCP), Plymouth
St. Bartholomew, Wayzata

Kathleen Groh, Regional Director
Ignatian Volunteer Corps
St. Jude of the Lake, Mahtomedi

Dan Moran
Senior Financial Advisor
Managing Director, Wealth Management,
Merrill Lynch, Bloomington
Our Lady of Grace, Edina

Robert Murphy, Chairman
Japs-Olson Co., Minneapolis
St. Olaf, Minneapolis

2017

Julie & Tom Hurley, President & Co-owner,
Preferred Management, St. Paul
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Kieran McNulty, PhD, Professor
University of Minnesota
St. Michael, Stillwater

John Norris, President/CEO
Atscott Manufacturing
& Tower Solutions, Pine City
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Rosemarie Reger-Rumsey
Executive Director, Listening House, St. Paul
Assumption, St. Paul

Matt Saxe, Owner
Saxe Chevrolet Buick, Belle Plaine
Our Lady of the Prairie, Belle Plaine

Robert Stefani
Wealth Management Advisor,
Northwestern Mutual, Minneapolis
Holy Trinity, South St. Paul

David Tucci
Executive Director, Owner/Operator,
Consolidated Sales Network
Dunn Brothers Coffee, New Brighton
St. John the Baptist, New Brighton

2018

Mike Bangasser, President-Owner
Best Technology Inc., Plymouth
Holy Name of Jesus, Wayzata

Luke Cahill, Managing Principal
REAL Insight Inc., Minneapolis
St. John the Baptist, Savage

Timothy Mezzenga, Owner
Tracy Printing, Minneapolis
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Michael Naughton, Director
Center for Catholic Studies
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
Holy Spirit, St. Paul

Mary Paquette, MD, Physician
AALFA Family Clinic, White Bear Lake
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Joe Seidel, Teacher
St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights
St. Thomas More, St. Paul

Joe Stanislav, President/CEO
Our Lady of Peace, St. Paul
Transfiguration, Oakdale

2019

Emily & Elliot Benincasa, Owners (retired)
Emily’s F&M Café, Minneapolis
St. Joseph the Worker, Maple Grove
and St. Bridget, Minneapolis

Steve Blum, Chief Financial Officer
Star Bank, Eden Prairie
St. John the Baptist, New Brighton

Dr. Richard Endris, Chiropractor/Doctor
Endris Chiropractic, St. Paul
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Vicky Iacarella, Creative Director
Target Corp., Minneapolis
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel,
Minneapolis and St. Olaf, Minneapolis

Mark Novitzki, President
Premier Banks, St. Paul
St. Charles Borromeo,
St. Anthony

Michael G. Richie, MD
Owner and Medical Director,
Richie Eye Clinic and Crossroads
Surgery Center, Faribault
Divine Mercy, Faribault

John E. Trojack, JD, Owner/Attorney
Trojack Law Office, P.A., St. Paul
St. Agnes, St. Paul