Name: Kevin K. Cushing
Title: President and chief executive officer of AlphaGraphics, which has about 280 locations in 10 countries
Age: 49
Family:Wife, Jill, and four children
Education: BA from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota in 1978; MBA from The University of Chicago in 1982
Professional background: Created Progressive Partners in Minneapolis to own and operate AlphaGraphics stores in the Twin Cities market; served as president and in several other positions with Terratron Inc., a company responsible for turning around restaurants
Quote: "One of my greatest strengths is I know that I don't know (everything). . . . Never be too proud to ask. . . . I have used that probably as much as anything I've learned from anybody in my career."