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The president and co-publisher of Lake Superior Port Cities Inc., Cindy Marshall Hayden, was honored as the “Business Person of the Year” at the 15th Annual Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards in Duluth.

The ceremony at which Cindy’s award was revealed was Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center’s Harbor Side room. The award was presented by Kjell R. Knudsen, dean of the University of Minnesota Duluth Labovitz School of Business and Economics.

The Business Person of the Year award is given to “a leader in business and his/her community whose actions have demonstrated ethics, integrity, contributions to the community and effective business practices.”

Lake Superior Port Cities Inc. publishes Lake Superior Magazine, the annual Lake Superior Travel Guide and currently has 22 book titles, in addition to a line of regional merchandise.

Cindy has worked with the magazine full time since 1985, after her father and chairman of the company, the late Jim Marshall, persuaded her to take on the publisher’s job. She brought the company’s magazine from a staff of 2, a circulation of about 1,800 and $700 in the bank to a thriving, 20,000 circulation publication with more than a dozen employees and distribution or subscribers throughout the United States, Canada and 15 foreign countries. Chicago Tribune put Lake Superior Magazine on its list of the 50 Best Magazines in the country in 2005.

Outside of the office, Cindy has worked hard for community and business interests. She has been appointed by various Minnesota governors to The Sustainable Development Initiative, Lake Superior Center Authority (of which she was board chairwoman), the Governor’s Highway Beautification Commission and North Shore Management Board.  She participated on the Fond du Lac Economic Development Commission and helped to found the North Shore Rotary, among many other project. She is currently on the board of Minnesota Sea Grant and serves on the Blue Ribbon Task Force for the Great Lakes Aquarium. She is past president of the International Regional Magazine Association.

Others honored at the awards included:
Micro-Entrepreneur Award: Tim and Shelby Huchthausen, Amish Furniture Haus, Duluth; Emerging Entrepreneur Award: Robert and Jacquie Honstrom, Next Generation Ophthalmics, Inc., Grand Rapids; Established Entrepreneur Award: Mitchel C. Robertson, Tritec of Minnesota Inc., Virginia; Mature Entrepreneur Award: David Cutsforth, Cutsforth Products, Inc., Cohasset; Innovative Entrepreneur Award: Daniel O. Burkes, Iracore International Inc., Hibbing; Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Public Sector Award: Daniel Russell, Duluth.

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