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Melanie Nelson is an award-winning Minnesota educator and founder and CEO of Learning ZoneXpress, a national strategic partner with the United States Department of Agriculture to support the MyPlate nutrition guide.^[1]

Nelson has been recognized with several national and regional honors, including:

Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year^[2] (Finalist – 2007, 2012)^[3]
Inc. Magazine Fastest-Growing 5000 (Winner – 2007)^[4]
Grow Minnesota! Grant (Recipient – 2009)^[5]
STEVIE Award for Women in Business (Silver Winner – 2012)^[6]
American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (Entrepreneur Award – 2009)

References

Category:Living people Category:University of Minnesota alumni Category:American businesspeople Category:People from Minnesota

[1] ttp://www.choosemyplate.gov/partnering-program/national-partners/partner-list.html

[2] ttp://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/UM_article_finalists

[3] ttp://tcbmag.blogs.com/daily_developments/2012/04/20-mn-biz-leaders-vying-for-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award.html

[4] ttp://www.inc.com/profile/learning-zone-xpress

[5] ttp://www.mnchamber.com/research_economy/GM_SemiAnnualReport_083010.pdf

[6] ttp://www.startribune.com/business/179724251.html?refer=y

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