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Nov 21, 2022 · After 26 years running the Minnesota State Fair, steering it through and out of the pandemic shutdown, General Manager Jerry Hammer said Monday he is retiring once a successor is hired.
- Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune
Nov 21, 2022 · The Minnesota State Fair's longest-serving general manager is stepping down this spring. Jerry Hammer will retire after more than 50 years of working at the fair.
Aug 25, 2023 · After 27 years working as the CEO of the Minnesota State Fair, Jerry Hammer is now retired. Never one for job-hopping, he’d worked at every State Fair since 1970, when he was 15,...
- Joe Kimball
Nov 21, 2022 · Growing up on St. Paul’s Breda Street, a block from the Minnesota State Fair, Jerry Hammer got his start working at the Great Minnesota Get-Together when he was 15.
Jerry Hammer, long-time CEO of the Minnesota State Fair, will retire from his position in the spring of 2023. Hammer’s State Fair career spans 53 years including the last 26 as CEO. He is the longest-serving chief executive in the 169-year-old institution’s history.
Nov 21, 2022 · Longtime Minnesota State Fair CEO Jerry Hammer announced Monday he will retire from his post this spring. When he hands off the leadership role to a successor, it will end Hammer’s five-decade...
Nov 21, 2022 · Longtime Minnesota State Fair CEO Jerry Hammer will retire next spring after more than 50 years working for the Great Minnesota Get-Together. Why it matters: Hammer has been at the helm of the organization for more than two decades, overseeing massive growth and transformation at one of the biggest state fairs in the U.S.
