Celebrating this award were (from left): Rodney Johansen, HOM Furniture president and CEO; Dan Lentz, operations personnel manager; Kelly Kuehl, customer operations director; Carl Nyberg, vice president/COO; Wayne Johansen, chairman of the board; Lynn Noren, president of Rise, Inc.; State Sen. Jerry Newton.
Nominated by Rise, HOM Furniture was named an Outstanding Employer of People with Disabilities by the Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation in conjunction with National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October.
“We cannot overemphasize the importance of employers in our efforts to provide meaningful services to people with disabilities in Minnesota,” said Mike Burke, president of MOHR. The organization represents more than 110 disability service providers across the state.
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