1st Tuesday

April 7, 2020

This event has been canceled and the speaker will be rescheduled. 

Teresa (Terry) Rasmussen is president and CEO of Thrivent, a diversified financial services organization that helps people achieve financial clarity, enabling lives of meaning and gratitude. She is a member of Thrivent’s Board of Directors and serves on its Governance and Executive committees.

Terry leads the organization at a time of significant change in the financial services industry.  Under Terry’s leadership, Thrivent is transforming into a more customer-centric organization equipped to meet the needs of current and future generations.

Before her current role, Terry was president of Thrivent’s core life, health and annuities business after serving 10 years as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Terry is a member of the American Council of Life Insurers Board of Directors and serves on its Steering Committee on Consumer Issues. She is also on the board of the Walker Art Center.

She received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Minnesota State University at Moorhead. After passing the CPA exam, Terry earned her juris doctor degree from the University of North Dakota.

A Fortune 500 organization, Thrivent had $152 billion in assets under management and advisement as of Dec. 31, 2019. Thrivent was recently named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the ninth year in a row.

May 5, 2020

This event has been canceled and the speaker will be rescheduled. 

Charles Kummeth is President and Chief Executive Officer of Techne Corporation. In previous roles, he has served as President of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography along with the company's Laboratory Consumables Division at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and served in various roles during his 24 year career at 3M Corporation.

Mr. Kummeth received a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of St. Thomas and a Master of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of North Dakota, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.