Executive		Company	2016 total comp.	2015 total comp.	1-year percent change	1-year percent stock change
	Marianne Short	UnitedHealth Group Inc.	8,947,971	6,718,493	33.2	38.4
Title(s): EVP, Chief Legal Officer 2016 Revenue: $184,840,000,000 2016 Base Salary: $800,000 1-year % change: 17.7% 1-year % change: -3.9% 2016 Profit: $7,017,000,000 Bonus: $1,798,100 Stock Symbol: UNH Miscellaneous: $100,155 Headquarters: Minnetonka Stock gains:   Company Description: A diversified health company. UnitedHealth offers products and services through two platforms. UnitedHealthcare provides health care coverage and benefits services; and Optum provides information and technology enabled health services. Shares Vesting: $6,249,716
	Sally Smith	Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.	3,393,662	10,416,256	-67.4	-3.3
Title(s): P, CEO 2016 Revenue: $1,986,793,000 2016 Base Salary: $875,000 1-year % change: 9.6% 1-year % change: 4.0% 2016 Profit: $94,745,000 Bonus: $374,605 Stock Symbol: BWLD Miscellaneous: $183,064 Headquarters: St. Louis Park Stock gains: $230,952 Company Description: A restaurant chain featuring a fast-casual grill and sports bar concept Shares Vesting: $1,730,041
	Charlotte Arnold	ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc.	2,745,932	1,497,877	83.3	34.3
Title(s): VP-Finance, CFO 2016 Revenue: $128,622,000 2016 Base Salary: $140,133 1-year % change: 68.5% 1-year % change: -62.0% 2016 Profit: $3,934,000 Bonus:   Stock Symbol: ANIP Miscellaneous: $1,396,548 Headquarters: Baudette Stock gains: $1,163,838 Company Description: Makes prescription pharmaceuticals. ANI also performs contract manufacturing for other pharmaceutical companies. Shares Vesting: $45,413
	Debra Schoneman	Piper Jaffray Companies	2,353,179	2,512,180	-6.3	79.5
Title(s): CFO 2016 Revenue: $769,874,000 2016 Base Salary: $500,000 1-year % change: 10.6% 1-year % change: 0.0% 2016 Profit: $-21,952,000 Bonus: $997,313 Stock Symbol: PJC Miscellaneous: $22,896 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains:   Company Description: General securities brokerage, corporate and public finance Shares Vesting: $832,970
	LuAnn Via * Via was fired Jan. 17 and her other compensation included a severance payment of $870,108	Christopher & Banks Corp.	2,026,564	866,577	133.9	-24.3
Title(s): former P, CEO 2016 Revenue: $381,605,000 2016 Base Salary: $827,782 1-year % change: -0.6% 1-year % change: -2.6% 2016 Profit: $-17,783,000 Bonus: $285,600 Stock Symbol: CBK Miscellaneous: $913,182 Headquarters: Plymouth Stock gains:   Company Description: Retailer of women's clothing Shares Vesting:
	Renee Peterson	The Toro Co.	1,958,244	1,753,459	11.7	29.1
Title(s): CFO, VP-Finance 2016 Revenue: $2,421,616,000 2016 Base Salary: $485,000 1-year % change: 0.8% 1-year % change: 2.1% 2016 Profit: $236,723,000 Bonus: $300,858 Stock Symbol: TTC Miscellaneous: $97,709 Headquarters: Bloomington Stock gains: $274,517 Company Description: Makes professional turf maintenance equipment and services, turf irrigation systems, landscaping equipment and lighting, professional snow and ice management products, rental and specialty construction equipment, and residential products Shares Vesting: $800,160
	Catherine Smith	Target Corp.	1,931,668	1,848,838	4.5
Title(s): EVP, CFO 2016 Revenue: $69,495,000,000 2016 Base Salary: $798,558 1-year % change: -5.8% 1-year % change: 175.4% 2016 Profit: $2,669,000,000 Bonus: $240,000 Stock Symbol: TGT Miscellaneous: $99,123 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains:   Company Description: General merchandise retailer Shares Vesting: $793,987
	Shelly Ibach	Select Comfort Corp.	1,572,727	1,753,933	-10.3	5.7
Title(s): P, CEO 2016 Revenue: $1,311,291,000 2016 Base Salary: $814,615 1-year % change: 8.0% 1-year % change: 4.5% 2016 Profit: $51,417,000 Bonus: $354,998 Stock Symbol: SCSS Miscellaneous: $23,205 Headquarters: Plymouth Stock gains: $156,616 Company Description: Makes and sells Sleep Number beds and bedding. The Sleep Number mattress allows individuals to adjust the firmness and support on each side of the bed. Shares Vesting: $223,293
	Cheryl Beranek	Clearfield Inc.	1,438,122	904,999	58.9	40.0
Title(s): P, CEO 2016 Revenue: $77,864,000 2016 Base Salary: $306,024 1-year % change: 25.5% 1-year % change: 8.4% 2016 Profit: $7,403,000 Bonus: $437,381 Stock Symbol: CLFD Miscellaneous: $13,849 Headquarters: Plymouth Stock gains: $297,900 Company Description: Designer and manufacturer of fiber management products that enable broadband connectivity. Shares Vesting: $382,968
	Kathleen Rogers * Rogers served as VChm and CFO through July, 2016 when she resigned for family reasons.	U.S. Bancorp	1,404,927	1,337,999	5.0	23.4
Title(s): Vice Chm and CFO 2016 Revenue: $21,308,000,000 2016 Base Salary: $460,417 1-year % change: 4.9% 1-year % change: -3.1% 2016 Profit: $5,888,000,000 Bonus: $466,000 Stock Symbol: USB Miscellaneous: $39,961 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains:   Company Description: Regional bank holding company Shares Vesting: $438,549

The Star Tribune examined annual proxy statements and 10-K filings for the largest publicly held companies in Minnesota. All data are for the most recently completed fiscal year, which in most cases was the 2016 calendar year. Some executives were not included if their pay information was not available at press time. Executives are ranked based on total compensation. The Star Tribune counts salary, bonus, other compensation, the value of restricted stock that vested during the year and the value of options that were exercised during the year. Information was taken from proxy statements filed before June 1, 2017.

ABBREVIATIONS:
Ch - Chairman
Chw - Chairwoman
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
P - President
COO - Chief Operating Officer
Sec. - Secretary
NM - Not meaningful
NR - Not ranked
- Means not available
Source: Company reports