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Dean Phillips is the president and chief executive officer of Phillips Distilling Company, representing the fifth generation of his family to manage the Minneapolis-based company.
Phillips is a trustee of the Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation, one of Minnesota's largest private grant makers; is a member of the advisory board of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Center for the Study of Politics and Governance; and serves on the board of Winmark Corporation, a publicly traded franchising, leasing and financing company.
Phillips recently completed terms as a regent of St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. and as a director of Meld, a national organization that provides support for parents raising children in high stress conditions. He has been a guest lecturer in the areas of marketing, philanthropy and ethics at both the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas.
Phillips holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University in Providence, RI, and master of business administration from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. | 