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Northeast Bank

Zach J. Neuman has been promoted to Assistant Vice President - Credit Department. Neuman was honored with Northeast Bank’s “Rookie of the Year” award in December 2011, and is located at the Minneapolis office. And Belva Rasmussen, Chair of Northeast Bank, was inducted into the inaugural Minnesota Women Business Owners Hall of Fame. The Minnesota Women Business Owners Hall of Fame honors and recognizes Minnesota’s most successful female entrepreneurs and their advocates who have made significant and enduring contributions to impact women’s entrepreneurial development in Minnesota. 

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans announced its 2012 financial results led to a fourth consecutive year of growth for the not-for-profit membership organization. The firm continued to increase its financial strength and along with its members provided more than 8.7 million volunteer hours and $165.3 million in direct support to charitable organizations, schools, congregations and communities across the country.  

CenterPoint Energy

 CenterPoint Energy was recently recognized by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a nonprofit research group based in Washington, D.C., for three of its energy efficiency programs as part of a national review designed to identify America’s leading energy efficiency programs.  The programs designated as “exemplary” were the company’s Custom Rebate Program, its Foodservice Rebate Program, and the Home Energy Squad. Minnesota currently ranks 9th on ACEEE’s state energy efficiency scorecard, which considers all aspects of state energy efficiency policies. In all, six programs submitted from Minnesota were awarded “exemplary” honors, three of those being CenterPoint Energy’s programs. Also CenterPoint Energy’s Community Partnership Grant Program, a program that awards grants to local communities to fund safety-related equipment and projects, recently surpassed $1 million in donations.  Over the past 10 years, the program has helped communities throughout the company’s service area fund more than 500 projects designed to enhance their safety initiatives. 

Corporate Technologies, LLC

Corporate Technologies LLC received recognition from two industry publications.  The company was named to CRN’s third annual list of the Tech Elite 250 and was also included on the 2013 MSPmentor 501 Global Edition list.  The MSPmentor 501 Global Edition is a distinguished list and report identifying the world’s top 501 managed service providers (MSPs). Corporate Technologies ranked number 37 on the Global Edition and number 28 in North America.

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