Talking to Gina Thorsen, Stormy Kromer President and Co-Owner

05/18/22 • 15 min

David Haynes sits down with Gina Thorsen, President and Co-Owner of Stormy Kromer, one of the most well-known and successful UP brands and manufacturers--most notably for the original Stormy Kromer cap.
Thorsen discusses her background having been born and raised in Ironwood, how her career got started, some of the unique aspects of the Stormy Kromer company, and her perspective on some of the issues facing the rural UP.

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The Rural Insights Podcast - Talking to Gina Thorsen, Stormy Kromer President and Co-Owner

Transcript

David Haynes:

Welcome everybody, to another addition of Rural Insights Podcast. I'm David Haynes.

Today, we're thrilled to be with the President of Stormy Kromer, Gina Thorsen.

They've got a lot of exciting, new things going on. And as everyone who lives [inaudible 00:00:21] has ever been knows what Stormy Kromer is. So, and around the world. So I was going to start with Gina. Why don't you tell us a little bit about you and your life at Sto