Dean Kiffmeyer was recently named the 2025 President of Midwest Manufacturers’ Association (MMA) Board of Directors. Kiffmeyer is the Vice President of Business Development at Central McGowan. He has served on the CMMA board since 2017 and the MMA board since 2020.
 
Nicole McDonald was named Vice President. McDonald is the General Manager of KLN Family Brands in Perham, Minnesota. She served on the TSMA Board initially in 2021-2022 and rejoined in 2024. She is new to the MMA board.
 
Jason Iverson, Vice President and CRO at Falcon National Bank in Foley, has been named Treasurer of the MMA board. Iverson was elected to the CMMA board in 2013 and the MMA board in 2025.
 
Rally Hess will serve as Secretary of the MMA board in 2025. Rally is the co-owner of Hibbing Fabricators and is serving as the President of AMFA in 2025. He joined the AMFA board in 2022 and the MMA board in 2023.   
 
Serving as directors in 2025 are: Sandy Bryant, Revolv Manufacturing, Hoyt Lakes; Philip Johnson, PAYDAC Plastics, Fergus Falls; and Les Engel, Engel Metallurgical, Sauk Rapids.
 
The MMA Board of Directors is comprised of delegates from our affiliates; AMFA, CMMA, and TSMA.  
 
Members of our affiliates benefit from peer networking, plant tours, benefit programs, legislative voice, industry awareness, promotional opportunities, workforce development efforts, and more.
 
AMFA
Arrowhead Manufacturers & Fabricators Association (AMFA) is a membership organization serving the manufacturing and fabricating industries in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. You can learn more at AMFA-MN-WI.org.
 
CMMA
Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association is a membership organization serving the manufacturing industry in central Minnesota. You can learn more at CMMAWorks.org.
 
TSMA
Tri-State Manufacturers Association (TSMA) is a membership organization serving the manufacturing industry in west central Minnesota and western North Dakota. You can learn more at TSMA.org.
 
About MMA
Midwest Manufacturers Association (MMA) is a nonprofit organization created to serve as the “central office” for associations and trade groups focused on manufacturing. MMA’s primary service region is the Upper Midwest: rural Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
 
MMA serves as a catalyst for the creation of new manufacturing-focused trade organizations and the collaboration of existing organizations throughout the Upper Midwest. By joining forces under one central office, the manufacturing industry in the Midwest region has, for the first time, a way to express its collective voice … to government, to suppliers of common goods and services, and to each other.