The Minnesota District Export Council provides export assistance and exporter information.The MNDEC is a private, nonprofit organization of experienced international business people
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Minnesota District Export Council

The Minnesota District Export Council is a private, non-profit organization that brings together experienced international business people who provide guidance and assistance in international markets.

Mission: The Minnesota District Export Council encourages and supports:

  • Exports that strengthen individual companies, stimulate U.S. economic growth, and create jobs;
  • Export expansion activities by working with the US & FCS domestic offices; and
  • Opportunities to promote greater export activity at the local level by developing a trade assistance network.

Through

  • Counseling of local businesses;
  • Identifying export financing sources for businesses;
  • Creating greater export awareness in their local business communities;
  • Identifying issues that affect export trade and implementation of constructive suggestions or improvement;
  • Supporting programs and services of US & FCS domestic offices;
  • Building local export assistance partnerships with other organizations; and
  • Promoting international education at the community level


CHAIRMAN

Edward Hayward, Partner
Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly
45 S. 7th Street, Suite 3400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612/607-7280
Fax: 612/607-7100
Ehayward@oppenheimer.com

VICE CHAIR

Sandra L. Renner, President
Global Resource Associates, Inc.
26 E. Exchange Street, Suite 405
St. Paul, MN 55101
651/222-4206
Fax: 651/222-5263
Slr@fastrack-global.com

TREASURER

Russell Johnson
6132 Blake Ridge Road
Edina, MN 554366
952/922-9292
rjohnson5@comcast.net

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Ryan Kanne, Director
U. S. Department of Commerce
Butler Square
Suite 210-C
100 N. 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612/348-1638
Fax: 612/348-1650
Ryan.Kanne@mail.doc.gov

Frank Baeumler, Vice President Marketing
Mate Precision Tooling
1295 Lund Blvd.
Anoka, MN 55303
763/576-3478
Fax: 763/576-3721
frank.baeumler@mate.com

Clifford Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Crown Iron Works Company
2500 West Cty. Rd. C
Roseville, MN 55113
651/638-5441
Fax: 651/639-8051
canderson@crowniron.com

Ralph W. Beha, Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Carlson Companies, Inc.
701 Carlson Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55459
763/212-8029
Fax: 763/212-8543
Rbeha@carlson.com

Poldi E. Gerard, Vice President
LEMNA International
2445 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612/253-1962
Fax: 612/253-2003
Pgerard@lemna.com

Curtis L. Hanson, Principal
Trade Acceptance Group, Ltd.
7400 Metro Boulevard, Suite 414
Edina, MN 55439
952/830-9030
Fax: 952/830-9054
Curt@tradeacceptance.com

Patricia K. Japs, International Sales Coordinator
Cat Pumps International Group
1681 94th Lane NE
Minneapolis, MN 55449
763/780-5440
Fax: 763-785-4329
intlsales@catpumps.com
pjaps@crowniron.com

Chi Li, Director of Sales, Asia Pacific
Banner Engineering
9714 10th Ave. North
Minneapolis, MN 55441
763/417-7459
zj11_5113@yahoo.com

Nancy J. Libersky, Regional Manager
International Trade Programs
U. S. Small Business Administration
45 S. 7th Street, Suite 2240
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612/348-1642
Fax: 612/348-1650
Nancy.Libersky@sba.gov

Carmen McMeen, Senior International Account Executive
FedEx Services
2825 Cargo Road
Minneapolis, MN 55450
952/334-0363
carmen.mcmeen@fedex.com

Subhash Mehta, International Sales Manager
Health and Safety Instruments
TSI Incorporated
500 Cardigan Road
Shoreview, MN 55126
651/765-3714
Fax: 651/490-2704
Smehta@tsi.com

James Ness, Vice President, International
Meter-Man, Inc.
2 South Main Street
Winnebago, MN 56098-1010
507/893-4806
Fax: 507/893-3517
jn@meter-man.com

David Noah, President
InterMart, Inc.
PO Box 22267
Eagan, MN 55122
651/905-1727
Fax: 651/-905-1827
daven@intermart-inc.com

Mohamed Nouri, President
AMEX, Inc.
2724 Summer Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612/331-3618
Fax: 612/331-3180
mnouri@mnouri.com

Global Trade & Finance
U.S. Bank
International Building
800 Nicollet Mall, 20th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612/973-0411

Brooks Pavilack, Manager, Global Logistics, Trade Compliance Polaris Industries, Inc.
5395 Pineview Lane North
Plymouth, MN 55442
763/847-8165
Fax: 763/542-0526
brooks.pavilack@polarisnd.com

Catherine J. Petersen, President
CJ Petersen & Associates
1450 Stanford Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
651/690-4324
Fax: 651/699-8453
cjpassoc@earthlink.net

Jim Thomas, Principal
Dynamic Development Associates, LLC
6820 Kingston Circle North
Golden Valley, MN 55427
763/544-5155
Fax: 763./544-5355
jimthomasintl@comcast.net

Shyamal (Sam) Roy, Vice President – Global Sales & Marketing
Condux International, Inc.
P.O. Box 247
145 Kingswood Road
Mankato, MN 56001
507/387-8054
Fax: 507/387-1442
samr@condux.com

Albert L. Scheideler, President/CEO
McNally Industries
216 Pine Street
Grantsburg, WI 54840
715/463-5311
Fax: 715/463-5261
Mii@win.bright.net

Thomas J. Sinning, Director of International Sales & Marketing
Marvin Windows & Doors
P.O. Box 100
Warroad, MN 56308
218/386-1430
Fax: 320/763-0343
tomsinning@marvin.com