FOUNDING PARTNERS

SRF Consulting Group’s leadership ensures that Expo 2031’s physical foundation reflects the best of Minnesota — intelligent design, environmental responsibility, and lasting value. Their planning and infrastructure strategies will guide not only the six-month event but the site’s transformation into a model for sustainable regional development and global collaboration. SRF's leadership establishes the blueprint for how large-scale events can create permanent benefits for cities, ecosystems, and communities. By designing the literal and conceptual ground on which Expo 2031 stands, SRF Consulting Group helps define the legacy of America’s return to the world stage — rooted in vision, built on excellence,

and designed to last.

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Global Horticulture Council- Infrastructure Chair- Andy Mielke

Executive Committee Member - Todd Polum

Visit their website at

https://www.srfconsulting.com/

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Architect Consortium

4RM+ULA

4RM+ULA’s partnership ensures that Expo 2031 stands as both an architectural and cultural milestone — a place where design tells the story of innovation, inclusivity, and regeneration.

HCM Architects

HCM Architects’ partnership ensures that Expo 2031’s built environment is both visionary and enduring — balancing innovation with constructability, and design ambition with long-term civic utility.

LSE Architects

LSE Architects’ partnership ensures that Expo 2031 is designed for everyone — a place where architecture amplifies culture, celebrates diversity, and fosters belonging.

Miller Dunwiddie

Miller Dunwiddie’s partnership ensures that Expo 2031 stands as both a symbol of innovation and a tribute to Minnesota’s architectural heritage.

Oertel Architects

Oertel Architects’ partnership ensures that Expo 2031’s guest experience is rooted in architectural hospitality — environments that are beautiful, functional, and deeply human.

TPN Events ensures that Expo 2031 delivers a world-class visitor experience — seamlessly executed, creatively inspired, and globally recognized. Their leadership defines how the U.S. produces and manages large-scale cultural and innovation events, establishing a national model for sustainable, data-driven, and human-centered experience design.

The firm’s legacy will endure through the Expo 2031 National Experience Framework, a transferable blueprint for future American and international expositions — ensuring that the standard of excellence set in Minnesota continues to shape how the world experiences innovation, collaboration, and imagination for decades to come.

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Global Horticulture Council- Allison DeLeone

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https://www.tpnevents.com/

Modern Climate’s creative leadership ensures that Expo 2031 is remembered not only for its horticultural innovation but for its ability to inspire human connection and imagination. The firm’s legacy will be embedded in the voice, visuals, and digital experiences that define how the world experiences Expo 2031—and how Minnesota’s story of innovation, sustainability, and design leadership continues long after the gates close.

 

Global Horticulture Council Co-chair- Kris Fitzpatrick

Executive Committee Member - John Hyduke

Visit their website at

https://modernclimate.com/

Weber Johnson’s public affairs role ensures that Expo 2031’s story is grounded in collaboration, credibility, and civic purpose. Their work in building coalitions and shaping the public narrative will endure as part of the Expo’s legacy—demonstrating how visionary partnerships and strategic diplomacy can turn a bold idea into a lasting national achievement.

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Global Horticulture Council - Richard Larkin McLay

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https://www.weberjohnsonpa.com/

MPS’s global leadership in grower sustainability accreditation ensures that Expo 2031 leaves a measurable legacy of environmental responsibility, transparency, and industry transformation. Through its certification and data-driven approach, MPS will help define a sustainability model for future international expositions—where profitability, accountability, and ecological stewardship work in harmony.

 

Global Horticulture Council Co-chair- Arthij van der Veer

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https://www.my-mps.com

FRSecure’s expertise in cybersecurity ensures that Expo 2031 is built on a foundation of digital integrity and operational resilience. Their work will protect not only data and systems but also the trust of millions of participants—establishing a cybersecurity legacy that future Expos and global events can model. By embedding information security at the heart of Expo 2031’s infrastructure, FRSecure helps define a new global standard for safe, smart, and connected world expositions.

 

Executive Committee Member - Drew Boeke

Global Horticulture Council - Vanae Pearson

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https://frsecure.com/

Medical Alley’s leading global healthcare industry network ensures that Expo 2031 becomes a landmark in connecting environmental and human health on the world stage. Through its network, expertise, and advocacy, Medical Alley helps demonstrate how Minnesota’s innovation ecosystem can shape global wellbeing for generations to come. The Association’s legacy will live on through a permanent Health & Wellbeing framework—anchored in research, industry collaboration, and community health impact—carrying the Expo’s mission far beyond 2031.

 

Executive Committee - Roberta (Bobbie) Dressen

Global Horticulture Council- Elizabeth Shaw

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https://medicalalley.org/

Messerli Kramer’s legal expertise ensures that Expo 2031 is built on a foundation of legal excellence, transparency, and accountability. Their work safeguards the Expo’s operations and enables enduring confidence among global partners, investors, and civic stakeholders. The firm will establishment of the Expo 2031 Nonprofit Corporation and staging the legal framework that follows the Expo 2031 event, an Expo 2031 Foundation—the long-term civic entity designed to manage the post-Expo transition, development, and ongoing impact for the Expo 2031 site city, county and state of Minnesota.

 

Executive Committee Member - Tony Barthel

Global Horticulture Council - Michelle Jester

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https://messerlikramer.com/

DevryBV Sustainable Strategies’ is convening the food production industry — bringing together growers, agribusinesses, innovators, and policymakers to accelerate the transition toward regenerative and climate-smart systems. Their work ensures that Expo 2031 is remembered not only as an event, but as a movement — one that redefines how nations approach sustainability through measurable collaboration and shared stewardship.

 

Global Horticulture Council- Erik Brand

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https://www.devrybv.com/

Laurel PR’s legacy lies in transforming how large-scale cultural projects communicate with the public — proving that authenticity and strategic storytelling can move nations, industries, and hearts.
Their partnership ensures that Expo 2031’s voice endures — not just through the event itself, but through the people, leaders, and ideas it inspires to speak with clarity and conviction.
By empowering the Expo’s leaders to “show up in the right place at the right time, consistently,” Laurel PR cements its role as the architect of a lasting communications legacy — one that defines how America’s first A1 International Horticultural Exhibition reached the world, and how its message continues to grow long after the gates close.

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Global Horticulture Council - Shelisa Demuth

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https://www.laureldevelops.com/​

Dana Thompson Consulting brings a honors the land on which it stands and the people whose knowledge sustains it. Her partnership embeds Indigenous values of reciprocity, stewardship, and regeneration into the Expo’s DNA — creating a legacy of cultural respect, environmental balance, and shared prosperity.

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Global Horticulture Council - Food Committee Co-Chair - Dana Thompson

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https://www.danathompsonconsulting.com/

Future iQ’s partnership stages a living laboratory for the future — one that explores how humanity adapts and thrives in an era of rapid transformation. Their foresight frameworks will define how Expo 2031 measures long-term success, shaping the next generation of exhibitions, cities, and environmental collaborations around the world. The firm’s enduring legacy lies in embedding futures thinking into Expo 2031’s DNA — ensuring that Minnesota’s leadership in innovation, sustainability, and strategic vision continues to inspire for decades beyond 2031.

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Global Horticulture Council- David Beurle

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https://future-iq.com/

Biomimetics International serves as a global showcase of nature-inspired innovation—where every system, structure, and story draws wisdom from the natural world. Their work provides Expo 2031 with regenerative, adaptive design network, and their legacy will live on through ongoing research partnerships, educational programming, and the establishment of a Center for Bio-Inspired Futures in Minnesota. Through this partnership, Biomimetics International helps demonstrate that the future of human innovation lies not in competing with nature—but in learning from it.

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Global Horticulture Council - Michael Wright

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https://www.biomimeticsinternational.com/

Government Analytica provides our global affairs engagement efforts are guided by evidence, transparency, and strategy. Their analytics framework transforms the Expo into a living policy laboratory—a place where data informs diplomacy, and intelligence supports innovation. The firm’s legacy will be the enduring Expo 2031 Intelligence Platform, a toolset that continues to serve Minnesota, the U.S., and global partners as a model for how data-driven governance can power international collaboration, civic innovation, and sustainable development long after the Expo gates close.

 

Global Horticulture Council - John Pournoor

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https://governmentanalytica.com/