John Kukowski is the owner of Thunder Drains, a residential and commercial drain cleaning company. Growing up, Kukowski spent a lot of time in Grand Forks, North Dakota, a place where the winters are equally as harsh as Minnesota’s. “Cold. Isolating,” Kukowski says of North Dakota, which is all too apropos because while typing this... Continue Reading →
Cary Griffith (Award-Winning MN Author)
Cary Griffith is an award-winning Minnesota author who has written eight books. Raised in eastern Iowa on the edge of Cedar Rapids, Griffith had a Huck Finn-like childhood, his youth a throwback to the innocence of yesteryear, a time when life wasn’t so complicated. “I spent most of my summers without shoes on, fishing and... Continue Reading →
Dr. Bolu Oladini (Author & Keynote Speaker)
Dr. Bolu Oladini is a keynote speaker and the author of Diamond at Your Rock Bottom, a book that explores going from adversity to triumph through post-traumatic growth. Until he was four years old, Dr. Oladini lived in Nigeria, at which point his family immigrated to the United States, spending a few years in southwest... Continue Reading →