at the top
Wenck Construction, Bloomington, named Todd Christopherson president. Christopherson was a partner, regional manager and senior consultant at Brierley Associates and a president for Amcon. He is a former president of the Minnesota chapter of the Construction Management Association of America and served on the Minnesota Valley YMCA board.
Digital River, Minnetonka, named Hayden Reed senior vice president and general manager for Digital River World Payments. Reed was senior vice president and group head of emerging payments product for credential management at MasterCard Worldwide. He held leadership positions at First Data, Electronic Commerce Payments, CheckFree Corp. and Ernst & Young.
moving up
Kraus-Anderson Construction, Minneapolis, named Rick Lund general superintendent. Lund joined the company in 1989 and most recently was a project superintendent.
Beehive PR, St. Paul, named Nicki Gibbs senior vice president, strategy. Gibbs joined the firm in 2005 as a group director and most recently was vice president, strategy.
Solution Builders, Bloomington, named Tim Malzahn vice president of service delivery. Malzahn joined the company in 2009 and most recently was manager of technical and service delivery.
on the move
U.S. Bank Wealth Management, Minneapolis, named Bryan Polley wealth management adviser for the private client reserve. Polley was a senior investment consultant at Allodium Investments and worked for Focus Financial.
University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts named Michael Kim director of the School of Music effective July 31. Kim was a dean and professor at the Brandon University School of Music in Manitoba, Canada. .
Encompass, Eden Prairie, named Craig Kuske senior project engineer. Kuske was a senior structural engineer for special projects at Target and worked for American Engineering Testing, Opus Architects & Engineers and Ellerbe Becket. Encompass also named Thomas Sarbaugh senior project architect. Sarbaugh worked for Mead & Hunt and A. Epstein and Sons International.
on the board
The Minneapolis Foundation named Gary Cunningham and Tonya Hampton to the board. Cunningham is president and chief executive for the Metropolitan Economic Development Association and Hampton is the senior director of diversity, inclusion and engagement at HealthPartners.
BioSig Technologies, Golden Valley, named David Weild to its board as audit committee chairman. Weild is the chairman and chief executive of Weild & Co. and a former vice chairman of Nasdaq.
Bolder Options, Minneapolis, named Mark Sheffert board chairman. Sheffert is chairman and chief executive of Manchester Cos.
