Ross Widmoyer

Ross Widmoyer is President and CEO of Faribault Mill, one of the last vertically integrated textile mills in the United States. Since joining the company in 2020, he has led its operational and financial turnaround while expanding its direct-to-consumer, wholesale, and government contract businesses, helping preserve and strengthen a 160-year-old American manufacturing institution.

Before joining Faribault Mill, Ross held executive leadership positions with Allen Edmonds, Target Corporation, and Piper Jaffray, building a career at the intersection of consumer products, retail, finance, and American manufacturing.

Ross is Chair of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and serves on the University of Wisconsin Department of Political Science Board of Visitors. He is also the former Chair of the Minnesota Manufacturers’ Council, the state affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers, and VEAP, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing food and housing insecurity in the Twin Cities.

Ross earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He and his wife, Darrah, live in Minnesota with their two sons.