Lars Leafblad is a Vice President with KeyStone Search. He joined KeyStone in 2007 after serving as Director of Development for the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He gained additional management experience as assistant director of alumni and parent relations at St. Olaf College. He began his career in a leadership development program with GE Capital and subsequently spent two years helping launch a high-tech start-up.

Lars earned a BA in Economics from St. Olaf College, and his MBA with a concentration in Strategic Management from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. There he was recognized with a "President's Student Leadership and Service Award" for his leadership contributions to the MBA student community. In May 2007, Lars was also recognized with a "Forty Under 40" award from The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal.

Lars makes his home in Roseville with his wife Maren, son Bergen, and daughter Annika. He has founded several networking organizations dedicated to helping connect emerging leaders. In his free time, he enjoys reading, creative writing, spending time with his family, and cookin' up some mean barbeque.