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Anchor Bank

Andersen Corporation

Association of Fundraising Professionals

Association of Legal Administrators, Minnesota

 

Bay West

Beckman Coulter

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BMO Harris

Boston Scientific Corporation

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Buhler

Bush Foundation

 

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Connect Computer Company

Consortium of Twin Cities Medical Technologies Programs

Cooperative Communicators Association

Custom Research Inc.

 

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Dorsey & Whitney

 

Enterprise Technology

 

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Fallon

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Fredrikson & Byron

 

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Guidant Corporation

 

Hall & Partners

Hamline University’s Graduate Public Administration Program

Health One Corporation

HealthPartners

Hennepin County

Hennepin County Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education

Hennepin County Community Health

 

Independent School District 196

International Association of Administrative Professionals

 

Jeffrey Slocum & Associates

John Ryan

 

Kansas City Association of Legal Administrators

Katun Corporation

 

Lean Project Consulting

LifeSource

Lindquist & Vennum

 

Management Association, Minnesota Chapter

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McKnight Foundation

Medtronic

Messerli & Kramer

Metropolitan Airport Commission,

Metropolitan Council

Microsoft Technology Program

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Minnesota Association for Financial Professionals

Minnesota Association of Government Communicators

Minnesota Council on Foundations

Minnesota County Highway Engineers Association

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Minnesota Department of Finance

Minnesota Department of Health

Minnesota Department of Human Services

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota Department of Rural Health and Primary Care

Minnesota Department of Transportation

Minnesota Management and Budget

Minnesota Municipal Clerks Institute

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Minnesota Public Defender’s Office

Minnesota State Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education

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Minnesota Supreme Court Continuing Education Program, Annual Conference of Judges

MoneyGram International

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Natural Resources Research Institute in Duluth

NCS Pearson

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North Dakota Professional Communicators

NorthMarq

Norwest Bank

 

Office of the Legislative Auditor

Opus Group

Oregon State Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education

 

Padilla Speer Beardsley

Partner’s Consulting Group

Pennsylvania Bar Institute

Piper Jaffray

Priority Publications

Prime Therapeutics

Princeton School District (in Minnesota)

 

Rayonier

Ryan Companies

 

Saint Louis County

Saint Mary’s University, Faculty Development

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

 

TCF

Thomson Reuters

Thorp Reed Armstrong

Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association

 

Unemployment Insurance Minnesota

United HealthCare Corporation

United Properties

University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management’s MBA program

University of Minnesota’s Communicators’ Forum

University of Minnesota’s Community of Scholars

University of Minnesota’s Graduate School, Dissertation Workshop

University of Minnesota’s Master of Science in Software Engineering

University of Minnesota’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center’s Summer Research Program

University of Minnesota’s Multicultural Teacher Development Project

University of Minnesota’s McNair Scholars Program

University of Minnesota’s Office of International Programs

University of Minnesota’s Office of the President

University of Minnesota’s Technological Leadership Institute’s Management of Technology program

University of Minnesota’s Undergraduate Research Experience

University Legal Services, Washington, D.C.

Upsher-Smith Laboratories

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Minnesota                           

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

Washington County Public Works

Wells Fargo

Wilder Foundation

Xcel Energy

 

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