Please join us for the St. Cloud Leadership Breakfast to be held on Thursday, April 25th at the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud. 

Registration starts at 7:00am.  Program starts at 7:30am.

Hear from Keynote Speaker and Lake of the Woods Tourism Director, Joe Henry

Support Scouting & Career Exploring Programs in Central Minnesota!

Joe Henry is the Executive Director of Lake of the Woods Tourism.  Joe works closely with over 60 lodging facilities and a variety of stakeholders including Explore MN Tourism, area fishing guides, Coast Guard, US Customs and Border Protection, Canada Border Services Agency, Canadian Consulate, MN DNR, local, state, and federal legislators just to name a few. 

He drives all marketing, advertising, promotions, and special events for Lake of the Woods Tourism, is an active writer, appears in outdoor TV shows and various radio programs, produces outdoor videos, digital media and speaks about fishing and the outdoors across the Midwest.

Joe currently serves on the board of directors for the MN Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus, Hospitality MN, and the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers.  He also served on the State of MN Outdoor Recreation Task Force and currently serves on the MN DNR’s Lake of the Wood Fisheries Input Group. 

Joe was the MN Tourism Professional of the year in 2022 awarded by Explore Minnesota Tourism and was also most recently awarded the 2023 Roger Toussaint award, the highest honor bestowed by the MN Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.  This award recognizes significant achievements for their on-going contributions to the MN tourism industry.

In the past couple of years, Joe has won top awards for his public speaking, articles on fishing and TV appearances amongst some of the best outdoor media professionals in the country.

Joe is a licensed charter captain, a tournament angler, has a BS degree in Management from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN where he played four years of football for the Hall of Fame coach John Gagliardi and has an MBA from Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, OH.

There is no cost for attending, but please consider making a gift to support local Scouting & Exploring programs!

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