Kim Borton is President of the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, a foundation serving the St. Croix Valley, Western Wisconsin, and East Metro area. In this role, Kim brings over two decades of nonprofit, philanthropic, and civic leadership experience. Her previous roles include Vice President at Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing, Director of Programs at the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, and Director of Professional Development at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, among others.
 
Kim is active in civic life, having served on numerous boards, advisory roles and community volunteering. Kim also finds joy as a parent to a curious 11-year-old, backyard “suburban farming” with her spouse, spending time on the St. Croix River, and training for races.

 

 

 

 

Kathy and Orv Johnson

 

Johnson Family

 

Orv Johnson
Plastic Parts Manufacturing
Rotary Member 52 years

 

BIRTHPLACE: Born in home built in 1890’s by my great-grandfather on 25 acres of land North of Center City, Minnesota.  My father and his six siblings were also born in that home.  During my years at home, my family consisted of my grandfather, an uncle, my parents, a sister and brother.  Another sister died at the age of 6 from a brain tumor when I was 10.
 

EDUCATION:  Elementary and high school at Lindstrom-Center City (Chi-Hi) and graduated in 1955, Pre-Engineering at Gustavus  Adolphus College 1955-1957, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnesota 1960
 
EMPLOYMENT: I enjoyed farm work at home and for neighbors plus a summer at a relative’s service station to earn money for college.  While at the U of M I participated in the Work-Study program for Mechanical Engineering Students with Minneapolis-Moline 2 quarters and Honeywell for 4 quarters and was paid well enough to pay my expenses.  After graduation in 1960 I was hired fulltime as a Production Engineer at the Honeywell Golden Valley Plant in their Plastic Molding and Die Casting Department.
 
In 1964 I was recruited by United Fabricators and Electronics (UFE) for an Executive Engineering Position in their Stillwater offices.  The company was well known by many Fortune 500 companies such as Ford, IBM, 3M, Maytag, Eastman Kodak, etc. for its ability to design and build molds for precision plastic components and to produce zero-defect parts.  Soon after I joined the Company, several proprietary products were developed and marketed under the name Kroy with Ufe as a division.  I became the General Manager of the UFE division and a member of the board of directors of Kroy. 
 
In 1979 I was promoted to President of UFE with the assignment to sell the Division.  With the help of 2 other Ufe Managers we managed to buy the Ufe division with a loan from Prudential Insurance and formed a new company, UFE Incorporated in 1980 and I was named CEO and President of the new company.  As our customers grew and many moved to Mexico and the Far East, we followed and opened plants in Mexico and Singapore in addition to maintaining production in our Minnesota and Wisconsin plants.  In the 1990’s Martin Kellogg became President and then CEO.  I remained Board Chair until we sold the company in 2008.
 
ROTARY:  One of our friends and neighbors, Maury Jensen, invited me to a Rotary Meeting in early 1973.  I was impressed by the motto “Service Above Self” which supported my personal beliefs of tithing both money and time.  I found the international conventions very inspirational, and I enjoyed working on projects that were selected that made an impact because of a major commitment by all club members—the Tanzania projects for example.
 
FAMILY TODAY:  Kathy and I have been blessed with our 67 years of marriage, with 4 children, 11 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren.  When including all the spouses, we now are a family of 32 and anticipating more.  We thank God for His words of advice and the teachings of Jesus found in the bible that have guided us through our lives and provide wonderful plans for our future with Him.

 

 

 

 

Last week we heard from Sally Anderson and Shari Mogren about plans that are underway for the Valley Community Center.   VCC is a nonprofit that intends to build a inclusive, accessible space for swimming, recreation, fitness, and social connection.  They expect that it’ll be built in either Stillwater or Lake Elmo, but a location hasn’t been finalized yet.  For more information, visit their website at http://www.thevalleycenter.org

 

 

MEETING DATE: August 7th, August 14th, August 21st, August 28th

 

 

 

 

On Sunday July 20th members for our club and the Sunrise club had a float in the Lumberjack Day's Parade. Two of our long-term members rode on the float.

 

Thank you to everyone who participated in the decorating and walking in the parade.  

 

THANK YOU to Patty, Sharon, Tom, Lois, Katie, Amanda, Bev, Clare and Sam (Clare’s son) for packing 40 backpacks for United Way’s Stuff the Bus campaign.  They helped ensure that local kids would have all that they need to succeed on the first day of school.   Service above self in action!