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Welcome! Thank you for joining us for the 
​23rd Annual Foundation Luncheon! 

Schedule

Networking

Welcome

B Kyle
President and CEO
St. Paul Area Chamber


Silent Auction and Wine Wall 
Kathleen Lohmar Exel 
Vice President of Community Advancement and Foundation Executive Director
St. Paul Area Chamber

32auctions.com/SPACFoundation2022
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Silent Auction closes at 12:30 PM
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Lunch

2021 and 2022 Chair Recognition 

Amanda Knutson
2022 Board Chair, Vice President, Growth and Operations
St. Paul Area Chamber Charitable Foundation and Launch My Health

Chair Recognition 
Rachael Reiling
, 2021 Chair, St. Paul Area Chamber Charitable Foundation Board 
Sara Swenson, 2020 Chair, St. Paul Area Chamber Charitable Foundation Board
Suchi Sairam, 2020 Chair, Leadership St. Paul (LSP) Curriculum Committee 
Cat Beltmann, 2021 Chair, 
Leadership St. Paul (LSP) Curriculum Committee 

HERBIE Award Presentation 
Individual Honoree Awards 
Ling Becker
, Director of Workforce Solutions, Ramsey County
John Regal, Vice President of Business Development, Brown & Brown
Organization Honoree Awards
Comcast

Cookie Cart

​Closing Remarks

Really Big Time Silent Auction

Bid on silent auction items throughout the event! Bidding is done online at 32auctions.com/SPACFoundation2022

If you need assistance, find a St. Paul Area Chamber staff member! 


The auction will close promptly at 12:30 PM​. You will be notified if you were a winner at the email you entered into the 32 Auctions site. Payment may be made by debit/credit card, check, or cash if you have not yet paid online. Please make checks payable to: St. Paul Area Chamber Charitable Foundation.

Auction items may picked-up at the end of the live program (or we will contact you after the event to arrange pick-up at the Chamber Foundation’s office on July 21 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM). If you cannot make that time, arrangements can be made to accommodate your schedule. Gift cards may also be mailed.
32auctions.com/SPACFoundation2022

HERBIE Award Recipients 

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Ling Becker
Ling Becker is the Director of Workforce Solutions for Ramsey County and Executive Director of the Workforce Innovation Board of Ramsey County.  Ling oversees a department of 80 staff who deliver workforce services and programs to residents and businesses of Ramsey County. Prior to that role, Ling was the Executive Director of the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation serving the NE metro connecting businesses and local governments on economic development projects and programs. In that role, Ling lead several award-winning workforce partnerships with local school district and community colleges. Ling is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Morris and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Syracuse University where she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. In 2018, she was a recipient of Minnesota Business Magazines REAL Power 50 Award for her work in helping businesses grow and expand in the NE metro area.
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John Regal
John Regal is the Vice President of Business Development for Brown & Brown where he helps advise customers and provide strategic risk management solutions while expanding new business opportunities. Prior to joining Brown & Brown, John was Senior Director of Public Affairs for Securian Financial Group and its subsidiaries including Minnesota Life Insurance Company and he had served as the Director of Risk Management, Business Continuity and Local Public Affairs during his time at Securian beginning in 1998 and for the previous ten years, John served in various capacities with the City of St. Paul Department of Finance.  John was a two-term President of the Minnesota Chapter of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), and past board member of the Minnesota Insurance and Financial Services Council (MIFSC). He was appointed to the 2018 Super Bowl Host Committee’s Risk Management Commission. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He has also earned an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and the Associate in Risk Management designation from the Insurance Institute of America.
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Comcast
Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company that connects people to moments that matter. Comcast is principally focused on broadband, aggregation, and streaming with 57 million customer relationships across the United States and Europe. They deliver broadband, wireless, and video through our Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky brands; create, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio Group, Sky Studios, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, multiple cable networks, Peacock, NBCUniversal News Group, NBC Sports, Sky News, and Sky Sports; and provide memorable experiences at Universal Parks and Resorts in the United States and Asia. Locally, Comcast Twin Cities Region serves Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Kansas.
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Cookie Cart
Cookie Cart bakes bright futures by providing a first job experience and leadership training to teens – in a bakery! What began as a cart rolling up and down the streets of North Minneapolis, after outgrowing Sister Jean Thuerauf’s kitchen, where neighborhood youth got help with schoolwork and learned how to bake cookies; it has now grown into two neighborhood bakeries on West Broadway in North Minneapolis and on Payne Avenue in St. Paul. Along the way, Sister Jean Thuerauf’s vision and legacy has remained their guide: to use cookies as a tool to provide hundreds of neighborhood teens with the job experience and leadership skills they need to have successful futures. Cookie Cart gives Twin Cities teens the opportunity to develop foundational skills and tools to be successful in education and career by combining hands-on work experience, classroom work readiness curriculum, customer service education, leadership training, and financial literacy classes.

The Cat McNerlin LSP Scholarship for Artists

Introducing the Cat McNerlin LSP Scholarship for Artists: Making Leadership St. Paul more accessible for artists
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Cat McNerlin, LSP Class of 2017
​Chamber Event Director
Among her innumerable talents, Cat was a brilliant writer, musical composer, creative event planner...artist. 

Cat's creative lens made everything and everyone she touched better. She taught us that we all benefit from the creative perspective of artists. Because of Cat, our world, our discussions, our relationships, and our events were more and remain meaningful, more creative, and more fun. 

To honor her spirit, creativity, and impact, the St. Paul Area Chamber and Chamber Charitable Foundation have established the Cat McNerlin Leadership St. Paul Scholarship for Artists to continue to bring creativity and diversity of thought to next "Best Class Ever" and every class in our future. In Cat's name, we hope to welcome playwriters, authors, musicians, visual artists, poets, and the creative minds that will enrich our Leadership St. Paul experience and our community.
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Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.

Really Big Time Silent Auction Items

32auctions.com/SPACFoundation2022
The Really Big Time Silent Auction ends at 12:30 PM
#5  Travel with Delta
Value $750 | Donated by Delta Air Lines

#6  Wine Tasting Class for 20
Value $500 | Donated by Total Wine & More

#7  (4) Gopher Men's Basketball Tickets - Two Games
Value $360 | Donated by Kathleen Lohmar Exel

#8  St. Paul Saints Club Level Experience for 4
Value $520 | Donated by St. Paul Saints

#9  $50 Gift Card - Cafe Latte
Value $50 | Donated by Cafe Latte

#10  Waldmann Tour & Tasting for 6
​Value $350 | Donated by Waldmann Brewery

#11  Minnesota State Fair Family Fun Pack for 4
Value $93 | Donated by Minnesota State Fair

#12  Framed Photographic Art
Value $125 | Donated by Spangler and de Stefano PLLP

#13  St. Paul Saints for 4 & Saint Dinette
Value $150 | Donated by Ideal Printers

#14  Travel with Delta
Value $750 | Donated by Delta Airlines

#15  Butter for a Year
Value $72 | Donated by Land O'Lakes

#16  Can Can Wonderland Fun
Value $150 | Donated by Can Can Wonderland

#17  Nothing Bundt Cakes Party Package
Value $150 | Donated by Nothing Bundt Cakes

#18  Science Museum of Minnesota Tickets & Swag
Value $140 | Donated by Science Museum of Minnesota

#19  St. Paul Saints for 4 - July 29 Game
Value $80 | Donated by Ever-Green Energy

#20  Surly SACK
​Value $70 |
Donated by Surly Brewing

#21  Weekend Getaway - Close to Home
Value $70 | Donated by Best Western Plus White Bear Country Inn and Rudy's Redeye Grill

#22  Wine Tasting Class for 20
Value $500 | Donated by Total Wine & More

#23  $100 Gift Card - Buca di Beppo
Value $100 | Donated by Buca di Beppo

#24  Dinner for 6 at Herbie's On The Park
Value $400 | Donated by Herbie's On The Park

#25  Whiskey Tour & Tasting for 10
Value $400 | Donated by Studio Distilling

#26  St. Paul Saints for 4 - July 28 Game
​Value $100 |
 Donated by Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union​

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#27  90 Minute Massage for 2
​Value $240 |
 Donated by EnhanceMD Body & Skin Clinic
#28  Tony Oliva Signed Baseball and Minnesota Twins for 2
​Value $400 |
 Donated by SPIRE Credit Union

#29  $200 for The St. Paul Grill
​Value $200 |
 Donated by Morrissey Hospitality

#30  Wild Tickets for 2
​Value $500 |
 Donated by Nicki Donlon

#31  Crocheted Blanket made by Kathleen Lomar Exel
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Donated by Kathleen Lomar Exel

#32  Outdoor Fun Package
​Value $185 |
 Donated by Flint Hills Resources

#33  Dunkin Basket
​Value $65 |
 Donated by Hiway Credit Union

#34  Children's Books by Indie Authors and Backpack 
​Value $105 |
 Donated by Kala Vandanam

#35  $200 for Stockyards Tavern & Chophouse
​Value $200 |
 Donated by Morrissey Hospitality

#36  Science Museum of Minnesota Tickets and Swag
​Value $140 |
 Donated by Science Museum of Minnesota

#37  Kendall's Tavern & Chophouse
​Value $200 |
 Donated by Morrissey Hospitality

#38  Minnesota Twins Game for 2
​Value $100 |
 Donated by Victoria Ford

#39  Mojito Basket
​Value $75 |
 Donated by St. Paul Area Chamber Foundation Board

#40  Tech Basket
​Value $270 |
 Donated by Target

#41  Cooking Basket
​Value $220 |
 Donated by Land O'Lakes and Target

#42  Baking Basket
​Value $175 |
 Donated by Land O'Lakes and Target

#43  Charcuterie Basket
​Value $115 |
 Donated by Target

#44  Mall of America Goodies
​Value $575 |
 Donated by Mall of America

#45  Fido Basket
​Value $110 |
 Donated by Target

#46  Spa Basket
​Value $65 |
 Donated by Target

#47  Kiddo and Family Fun Package
​Value $125 |
 Donated by Target

#48  $200 for Momento Restaurant + Bar
​Value $200 |
 Donated by Morrissey Hospitality

#49  The Island is Calling - Dine and Stay Package
​Value $390 |
 Donated by Treasure Island Resort & Casino

Get involved!

  • Nominate a nonprofit to become a LSP Nonprofit Engagement Program Partner
  • Nominate someone for LSP 2023, the next Best Class Ever!
  • Sign-up for the DEI Collaborative​
  • Support the St. Paul Area Charitable Foundation by making a donation

Thank you for joining us today and
​thank you to our sponsors!

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