From VP of Talent to Pizza Farm CEO: Meet Alpha and Omega Farm Owners, Kim and Brad Hayes
Kim and Brad Hayes of Alpha Omega Farm Alpha & Omega Farm Owners, Kim and Brad Hayes “My passion is people and bringing them together,” says Kim Hayes, MLCV’s VP of Talent. As you arrive at Alpha and Omega Farm in small-town Princeton, Minnesota, that’s precisely what you will see, hear, and feel. Kim and […]
Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures Hires Danielle Kristensen as Vice President of Technology
Danielle Kristensen, VP of Technology at MLCV Onamia, Minn. — Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures (MLCV) has announced that Danielle Kristensen (formerly Parsons) will be joining the MLCV team as VP of Technology. Danielle will lead MLCV’s IT team, focusing on the following areas: ongoing support, infrastructure, cyber security, casino and marketing technology, and other innovations […]
Interview Behind the Interview: Planting the Seeds
L to R: Beth Gruber, Dustin Goslin, & Joe Nayquonabe. Photography by John Linn with The Initiative Foundation. Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures (MLCV) was recently featured in the Initiative Foundation’s quarterly publication – IQ Magazine. The article highlighted MLCV’s work to build a homegrown economy for the region. During the height of the COVID pandemic, […]
A Letter from MLCV’s CEO — April 2021
Joe Nayquonabe, the Mille Lacs Band Commissioner of Corporate Affairs, and MLCV CEO If you were connected to any media source in March – you would have learned about the Suez Canal 2021 crisis. It’s a story that caught my immediate attention. Egypt’s Suez Canal is located 75 miles east of Cairo and it links […]
A Letter from MLCV’s CEO — October 2020
Summer is officially over, the leaves are turning, and the weather is changing which can only mean one thing – Election season is officially here. At the time I’m writing this memo, November 3 is less than 40 days away, which means, we all have time to ensure that we have our voting plans in […]
A Letter from Our CEO — July 2020
On June 3, my wife, Chris and I brought our kids — Bella, Dalylah, Phoenix-Rose, and Xiana — to 38th & Chicago. We wanted to mourn, reflect and protest the murder of George Floyd and so many others. Chris and I have been lifelong activists — delivering supplies to Standing Rock, participating in #notyourmascot protests, […]
A Letter from Our CEO — August 2020
August is one of the months I usually look forward to each year. Visiting my wife’s family in Arizona and attending the Mille Lacs Band traditional powwow top my list. By the time you will read this memo, the annual weekend that we usually hold our traditional powwow will have passed, and as you know […]
Employers Can Help Solve Housing Shortages
Ariel View of Lady Luck Estates By Zach Atherton-Ely, VP of Strategic Growth Initiatives Housing shortages across the state of Minnesota, as well as in many areas of the country, have hit historic levels and show signs of worsening. As this crisis escalates, Baby Boomers continue to age out of the workforce; deepening labor shortages […]