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Steve Grove // CEO, Publisher and Board Member
Steve Grove is CEO and Publisher of Star Tribune. Previously, he was Gov. Tim Walz’s commissioner of employment and economic development, where he led the administration’s efforts to grow and protect the Minnesota economy and its workers through a dynamic and challenging four years in state history. Prior to that, Grove spent 12 years as an executive at Alphabet’s Google and most recently was the founding director of the Google News Lab, which was developed to help media companies and startups drive innovation in the news industry.
Grove also led Google’s civic engagement work, including the company’s nonpartisan voter information and get-out-the-vote efforts. He previously built YouTube’s news and politics team, launching the first partnership programs for news organizations, nonprofits, and political candidates. Before that, Grove was a journalist for The Boston Globe, ABC News, and the Northfield (Minn.) News, his hometown newspaper.
A Minnesota native and a graduate of Northfield High School, he earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and economics from Claremont McKenna College and a master’s degree in public policy analysis from Harvard. Steve and his wife Mary are the co-founder of Silicon North Stars, a nonprofit that helps underserved youth find career pathways in technology. They moved to Minneapolis from Silicon Valley in 2018 and are the proud parents of six year old twins, a yellow lab, and two farm cats.
Management Team
Steve Grove
CEO, Publisher and Board Member
steve.grove@startribune.com
Suki Dardarian
Editor and Senior Vice President
suki.dardarian@startribune.com
Laura Burkholder
VP, Consumer Marketing
laura.burkholder@startribune.com
Jason Cole
VP, Advertising Sales
jason.cole@startribune.com
Chase Davis
Head of Transformation, Strategy and VP
chase.davis@startribune.com
David Diegnau
Senior Vice President, Operations
david.diegnau@startribune.com
Scott Gillespie
Editor, Editorial Pages
scott.gillespie@startribune.com
Kyndell Harkness
Head of Culture and Community
kyndell.harkness@startribune.com
Chris Iles
VP, Communication and Brand Marketing
chris.iles@startribune.com
Paul Kasbohm
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
paul.kasbohm@startribune.com
Brian Kennett
VP, Head of Digital Advertising and Agency Services
brian.kennett@startribune.com
Randy Lebedoff
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
randy.lebedoff@startribune.com
Michelle Mueller
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
michelle.mueller@startribune.com
Stephanie Ness
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
stephanie.ness@startribune.com
Aron Pilhofer
Chief Product Officer
aron.pilhofer@startribune.com
Maria Reeve
Managing Editor and VP
maria.reeve@startribune.com
Harpreet Kaur Sandhawalia
VP, Product
harpreet.sandhawalia@startribune.com
Jeff Sebesta
VP, Subscription Operations
jeff.sebesta@startribune.com
Raul Vazquez
Vice President, Production Operations
raul.vazquez@startribune.com
Chad Wagner
VP, Engineering
chad.wagner@startribune.com
Eric Wieffering
Managing Editor and VP
eric.wieffering@startribune.com
Mary Mayer
SVP, Consumer Growth
mary.mayer@startribune.com
Board of Directors
Steve Grove
CEO, Publisher and Board Member
steve.grove@startribune.com
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