BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260421T170000Z DTEND:20260421T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Young Professionals: Behind the Scenes at Schwan’s DESCRIPTION:Join Us for the April Young Professionals Event!\n\nTuesday\, April 21st | 12:00pm to 1:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nBehind the Scenes at Schwan's\n\n\n\nJoin us for an informational session featuring Schwan's\, where attendees will learn more about the company's history\, brands\, and wide range of products. The event will also provide a behind-the-scenes look at Schwan's research and development efforts\, along with insights into their facility and operations. This is a great opportunity to gain a better understanding of one of the region's key businesses and its impact on the community.\n\n\n\n\n\nPatty Alcorn\n\n\n\nPatty Alcorn\, Sr Director Audit and Risk\, CIA\, CRMA. Patty is an SMSU alum\, BS Accounting\, with over 30 years of business and accounting background. She has been with Schwan's Company since 2003 and has led the internal audit function for the company since 2012. The team's scope of work includes financial compliance\, operational audit projects\, enterprise risk assessment and special projects. Patty lives in Marshall with her husband Tony\, who is a Product Lead in the IT department of Schwan's Company\, and her two sons Chase and Eli who are seniors at Marshall HS.\n\n \n\n\n\nJill Pieper\n\n\nJill Pieper is Vice President and Controller at Schwan's Company\, where she has built a distinguished career over nearly 24 years. Throughout her tenure\, she has held a variety of leadership roles across finance operations\, treasury\, business unit finance\, and controllership. In her current role\, Jill oversees accounting\, accounts receivable\, trade\, and accounts payable functions. Prior to joining Schwan's\, Jill worked in public accounting with Arthur Andersen. She holds both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy from the University of South Dakota\, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Jill lives in Marshall\, Minnesota with her husband\, Gabe\, and their two children\, Noah and Addie. Outside of work\, she enjoys traveling\, spending time with family and friends\, and staying active supporting her children's many sporting events.\n\n\n\n\n\nAlison Errington\n\nAlison Errington\, Sr Manager Material Master and Specification Systems. Alison joined the R&D team at Schwan's in 1998 as a Product Developer in Salina\, Kansas. She has Food Science degrees from the University of Minnesota and North Carolina State University. After a break in employment to support her husband's military career\, she came back to Schwan's to lead the Specification Management team where they maintain master data for all materials and regulate the system that houses the recipes and product specifications. Alison has lived in Cottonwood for the past 8 years with her husband Joe. They have three children in three different states: Texas\, Minnesota and Kansas.\n\n\nSponsors\n\n \n\nThank you to our 2025-2026 Marshall Area Young Professionals Sponsors!\n\nSouthwest Initiative Foundation\n\nSouthwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join Us for the April Young Professionals Event!

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Tuesday\, April 21st \;| 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Behind the Scenes at Schwan&rsquo\;s
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\nJoin us for an informational session featuring Schwan&rsquo\;s\, where attendees will learn more about the company&rsquo\;s history\, brands\, and wide range of products. The event will also provide a behind-the-scenes look at Schwan&rsquo\;s research and development efforts\, along with insights into their facility and operations. This is a great opportunity to gain a better understanding of one of the region&rsquo\;s key businesses and its impact on the community.
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\nPatty Alcorn
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\nPatty Alcorn\, Sr Director Audit and Risk\, CIA\, CRMA. \; Patty is an SMSU alum\, BS Accounting\, with over 30 years of business and accounting background. \; She has been with Schwan&rsquo\;s Company since 2003 and has led the internal audit function for the company since 2012. The team&rsquo\;s scope of work includes financial compliance\, operational audit projects\, enterprise risk assessment and special projects. \; Patty lives in Marshall with her husband Tony\, who is a Product Lead in the IT department of Schwan&rsquo\;s Company\, and her two sons Chase and Eli who are seniors at Marshall HS.
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Jill Pieper
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Jill Pieper is Vice President and Controller at Schwan&rsquo\;s Company\, where she has built a distinguished career over nearly 24 years. Throughout her tenure\, she has held a variety of leadership roles across finance operations\, treasury\, business unit finance\, and controllership. In her current role\, Jill oversees accounting\, accounts receivable\, trade\, and accounts payable functions. \;Prior to joining Schwan&rsquo\;s\, Jill worked in public accounting with Arthur Andersen. She holds both a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy from the University of South Dakota\, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Jill lives in Marshall\, Minnesota with her husband\, Gabe\, and their two children\, Noah and Addie. Outside of work\, she enjoys traveling\, spending time with family and friends\, and staying active supporting her children&rsquo\;s many sporting events.
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\nAlison Errington
\nAlison Errington\, Sr Manager Material Master and Specification Systems. Alison joined the R&\;D team at Schwan&rsquo\;s in 1998 as a Product Developer in Salina\, Kansas. She has Food Science degrees from the University of Minnesota and North Carolina State University. After a break in employment to support her husband&rsquo\;s military career\, she came back to Schwan&rsquo\;s to lead the Specification Management team where they maintain master data for all materials and regulate the system that houses the recipes and product specifications. Alison has lived in Cottonwood for the past 8 years with her husband Joe. They have three children in three different states: Texas\, Minnesota and Kansas.

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Sponsors

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Thank you to our 2025-2026 Marshall Area Young Professionals Sponsors!
\nSouthwest Initiative Foundation
\nSouthwest Minnesota State University (SMSU)

\n LOCATION:Schwan's R&D facility 1604 Superior Road\, Marshall MN 56258 UID:e.499.22988 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260601T231427Z URL:https://business.marshallmn.org/events/details/young-professionals-behind-the-scenes-at-schwan-s-22988 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR