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Distinguished Service Award Recipients

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2022 Jerry Hammer - CEO Minnesota State Fair

2020 Sharon Stillings - President MFCF
2020 Merritt Security

2019 Jeff Wimmer (Pine County)

2019 Jolene Hasselfeldt (Isanti County)

2018 Barb Bening President MFCF

2018 Cheryl Huber MN State Fair

2017 Donna Speltz MFCF Executive Secretary
2017 Byron Anderson President MFCF
2016 Pat Fornshell DoubleTree by Hilton
2016 Andy Lohman DoubleTree by Hilton
2015 Jim Foss Goodhue County
2015 Corinne Baker Baker Printing, Inc.
2014 Danny Grunhovd President MFCF
2013 Emily Murphy MN Department of Agriculture
2010 Joe Scapanski
2010 Wally Wichmann
2010 Ron Erickson MFCF
2009 Ron Oleheiser MFCF
2008 Gene Gerth MFCF
2007 Roger Sindelir
2007 Paul Merkins President MFCF
2007 Flo Larson MFCF
2007 Elmer Reseland
2006 Judy Gerth Mille Lacs County
2005 Sharon Wessel President MFCF
2004 Marilyn Shutter Beltrami County
2003 John Skluzacek President MFCF
2002 Al Paulson, Chauncey Wargin President MFCF
2001 Dr. Thomas Haggarty MB of Health
2000 Jolene Hawkins Radisson Hotel

If you have names of previous Distinguished Service Award Recipients and the year they won the award, or additions and/or corrections, please send them to mfcf.zach@gmail.com

2019 Distinguished Service Award Winners

From left to right: Steve Hallan (District 3 director), Jolene Hasselfeldt (Isanti County), Jeff Wimmer (Pine County)

2018 winner Cheryl Huber

2018 Winner Barb Bening

1999 Curt Norenberg U of M
1998 Al DeRusha OABA
1997 Andy Rozeboom President MFCF
1997 Harveydale Maruska Marshall Co. 1997 Howard Recknor Freeborn County
1996 Connie Churchill Traverse County
1996 Bill Ulrich Pennington County
1995 Joe Fox President MFCF
1995 Maynard Harms Parliamentarian
1995 Eileen Roehlke MN State Fair
1994 Judy Sunvold U of M
1994 Jim Frost MN State Fair
1993 Maggie Schwingler Kandiyohi County
1993 Mike Heffron MN State Fair
1992 Willis Lilliquist MN State Fair
1992 Bill Korff Rice County
1992 Chuck Schwartau President MFCF 1992 Paul Metling Murray County
1991 Don Brown Wadena County
1990 Wes Roehlke Hennepin County
1990 J. Robert McLean Olmstead County 1990 Bill Berg Norman County
1990 Wally Erickson Shell Prairie