Jaimee Barnhart

Experienced, detail-driven, compassionate storyteller.

A Legacy of Customer Care

“I think he naturally thought of family first,” Lien Berndt said. “He had four daughters, and even though the field is very male-dominated, he wanted us to be a part of it.”As early as middle school, Lien Berndt remembers helping out around the office anywhere she could, and she worked most summers between school learning all the aspects of how MME ran. Although she remembers initially being resistant to studying business, she took a few classes in college and fell in love with the field.After g...

Continuous Chain of Improvement

The 2023 legislative session ended in May of last year, but Minnesota business owners are still grappling with its implications for how they do business.
Due to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party’s single-party control of the legislature, the session moved at a brisk pace and brought about several policy, spending and taxing measures that will continue to go into effect over the next two years.
Each year, Enterprise Minnesota conducts and publishes their State of Manufacturing survey, which...
Mission Edge | Nonprofit HR, Accounting, & Fiscal •

From Overwhelmed to Equipped — Mission Edge | Nonprofit HR, Accounting, & Fiscal Sponsorship Services

Husband-and-wife team Jason and Poppy Wurz are, first and foremost, creatives. Combining their shared passion for creativity and their prior experience in digital marketing, Jason and Poppy founded LIVID, a creative marketing agency focused on crafting brand experiences that produce tangible results. They’ve worked with luxury lifestyle companies and ambitious tech startups. Their focus on SEO and social media strategy, delivered through content marketing, creates bonds between aspiring brands a...
hometownsource.com •

Residents rally for Superintendent

More than 100 parents, students and teachers gathered in front of Stillwater City Hall to show support for Superintendent Denise Pontrelli before the July 25 school board meeting.Decked out in Stillwater Ponies gear, supporters wore stickers and carried signs that read “Ponies 4 Pontrelli.” Some painted the message on their car windows and held red and black balloons.The board approved a resolution 5-2, with Directors Mark Burns and Jennifer Pelletier dissenting, at the July 11 meeting to begin...
The Clarion •

The Egg, Ep. 6: May 13, 2020

Inspired by theSkimm, longer than the E-announcements, created with your short attention span in mind.
By Jaimee Hood
 
Re: Missing intentional community :/
It has officially been two months since the last “normal day” of on-campus activity. Although Bethel culture has drawn criticism in the past for its sometimes-cheesy buzzwords and cliches, even the most beyond-the-bubble would admit there are some things—and people—they miss. 
Ultimately, in-person connection is impossible to replicate in a...
The Clarion •

Bethel faces backlash for George Floyd scholarship

Hundreds of Bethel alumni and community members took to social media to express their disapproval, and some their support, of a new scholarship for Black students in memory of George Floyd. 
By Emma Harville
Bethel University received support, but mostly criticism, from alumni and community members on social media following its Monday announcement of a George Floyd Memorial Scholarship for incoming African-American and Black students. 

Most comments criticized Floyd’s criminal history, claiming...
International Experience USA •

Two Families, One Mission: You Have What It Takes to Host! - International Experience USA

Sometimes it just takes one small nudge to make a life-changing decision.
For Jennifer and Jessica Wolfe, it was a Facebook post from International Experience (IE) that got the ball rolling.
“I saw an advertisement, and then I forwarded it over to Jess and said, ‘Hey, what do you think?’” Jennifer said. “She goes, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’”
The Wolfe family, including their then six-year-old son, Max, decided to take the leap and host David from Germany for one semester. Although his time in the U.S....