Brian Lassiter I Board Member

Brian was elected president of the Performance Excellence Network, a nonprofit that advances continuous improvement in Minnesota, North & South Dakota, in 2001. Before PEN, Brian held positions at Ian Alliott Consulting (Managing Director), Norstan Consulting (Principal Consultant), The St. Paul Companies (Corporate Quality Consultant), Price Waterhouse (Consultant), and Boatmen’s National Bank (Quality Manager). He has also served over 25 years with the Baldrige Program, which is federal agency that helps organizations improve their leadership, operations, and results. Brian serves as Chair of the Alliance for Performance Excellence, the national consortium of all state/regional quality/excellence awards and is on the board and faculty of Communities of Excellence 2026, a nonprofit that is working to apply the principles of Baldrige to solve community challenges and improve community outcomes.