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Knife River CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, David C. Barney is the Knife River's CEO. Knife River has 7,500 employees, of which 12 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Knife River executive team is 33% female and 67% male.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of Knife River management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 14% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
David C. Barney

President & CEO

Anne M. Jones

Vice President of Human Resources of MDU Resources

Bryan Pearson

Chief Estimator

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Cody Bennett

Chief Estimator ND Division

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Daniel S. Kuntz

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of MDU Resources

David L. Goodin

President and Chief Executive Officer of MDU Resources

Jason L. Vollmer

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of MDU Resources

Jeffrey S. Thiede

President and Chief Executive Officer of MDU Construction Services Group

Nicole A. Kivisto

President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascade Natural Gas Corporation

Peggy A. Link

Vice President and Chief Information Officer of MDU Resources

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David L. Goodin

President and Chief Executive Officer of MDU Resources

Knife River leadership demographics

Knife River gender distribution in management team

  • The Knife River executive team is 33% female and 67% male.
  • Knife River is 19% female and 81% male company-wide.
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Male
67%
Company-wide: 81%
Female
Female
33%
Company-wide: 19%

Knife River executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Knife River executive officers is White.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of Knife River's management is Black or African American.
  • 14% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 74% of employees are White.
  • 13% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 6% of employees are Black or African American.
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