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Kyndell Harkness // Head of Culture and Community
Kyndell Harkness is the first Head of Culture and Community at the Minnesota Star Tribune. Her cultural transformation work started in the newsroom after the murder of George Floyd and is now moving to a company-wide effort.
Before this new role, Harkness helped to coordinate visual on-the-ground coverage of the George Floyd protests as well as ensuring that picture selection kept community impact in mind. Because of that work, she was awarded the Jim Gordon Editor of the Year award and Newspaper Editor of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association as well as being a part of the Star Tribune team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.
Harkness has worked as a photo editor for more than five years, coordinating coverage of the Ryder Cup, two Olympics, a Super Bowl, Final Four and breaking news such as Prince’s death. Before that Kyndell spent more than two decades as a photojournalist, working 15 years at the Star Tribune covering communities across the state. She has also taught as a photo instructor at a high school journalism camp called J Camp for 16 years that champions diversity of voices.
Management Team
Steve Grove
CEO, Publisher and Board Member
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Suki Dardarian
Editor and Senior Vice President
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Laura Burkholder
VP, Consumer Marketing
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Jason Cole
VP, Advertising Sales
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Chase Davis
Head of Transformation, Strategy and VP
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David Diegnau
Senior Vice President, Operations
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Scott Gillespie
Editor, Editorial Pages
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Kyndell Harkness
Head of Culture and Community
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Chris Iles
VP, Communication and Brand Marketing
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Paul Kasbohm
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
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Brian Kennett
VP, Head of Digital Advertising and Agency Services
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Randy Lebedoff
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
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Michelle Mueller
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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Stephanie Ness
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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Aron Pilhofer
Chief Product Officer
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Maria Reeve
Managing Editor and VP
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Harpreet Kaur Sandhawalia
VP, Product
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Jeff Sebesta
VP, Subscription Operations
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Raul Vazquez
Vice President, Production Operations
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Chad Wagner
VP, Engineering
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Eric Wieffering
Managing Editor and VP
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Mary Mayer
SVP, Consumer Growth
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Board of Directors
Steve Grove
CEO, Publisher and Board Member
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Christine Fruechte
CEO, Colle McVoy, Board Chair
Glen Taylor
Chairman and Founder, Taylor Corp., Board Member
Leigh Hart
Vice President, Corporate Development, Taylor Corporation, Board Member
Channon Lemon
Vice President, Economic Development, St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
Scott Burns
CEO and Co-Founder, Structural, Board Member
David Kristal
Founder and CEO, Augeo, Board Member