Jay Novak

Jay Novak

Editor / Publisher
Twin Cities Business

Since February 2001, Jay Novak has been publisher and editor of Minnesota's premier business magazine, Twin Cities Business, of which he was also founding editor from 1993 through 1995.

During the second term of Governor Arne Carlson, he served as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development, after which he become senior vice president of a Minnesota-based investment banking company for two years before returning to publishing.

He has also been director of communications at General Mills; press secretary for a United States Senator; and editor of another monthly business magazine, a weekly business newspaper, a weekly magazine for Midwestern bankers, and a rural daily newspaper.

He serves on boards of two non-profit organizations, a national trade association, and an Edina-based e-learning company.