BPOY Award
Nominations for Business Person of the Year 2010 are CLOSED.
Nominate today a colleague for Connect Business Magazine 2010 Business Person of the Year. Your name will be kept confidential.
Nominate by Oct. 2, 2009.
Fill out the entry form below. Two important rules: You can’t nominate yourself; and the nominated person must work and live in either Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Martin, Brown, Watonwan, Waseca, Faribault, Sibley or Nicollet County.
How the winners are selected
“The College of Business at MSU, Mankato is honored to partner with Connect Business Magazine to help select the Business Person of the Year.” - Dr. Scott D. Johnson, dean, College of Business, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
For the fifth straight year, a team of MSU College of Business professors, working from Connect Business Magazine reader nominations, chose our Business Person of the Year. They based their unbiased decision on each nominated person’s business results, leadership abilities, community involvement, and character.
Previous Winners:
2009: John Finke – HickoryTech
2008: Jeff Thom – All American Foods
2007: Roxie Mell-Brandts – Jensen Transport
2006: Bob Weerts – Blue Valley Sod
2005: Milt Toratti - Riverbend Center for Enterprise Facilitation


