# Candace Muggerud

> Candace Muggerud is the Bismarck-based CEO and founding partner of KAT & Company, co-founder of GoodHealthTV and the Living Local Network, and a Choice Bank director. After senior banking roles at U.S. Bank, she helped build a communications business whose culturally informed media and community platforms now operate across 35 states, including GoodHealthTV at more than 700 locations nationwide.

- **Role:** CEO and Founding Partner at KAT & Company
- **Organizations:** KAT & Company, GoodHealthTV, Native Reach, Living Local Network, Choice Bank, National Association of Community Health Representatives, Abused Adult Resource Center, North Dakota Multi-Partner Health Consortium
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Finance, University of North Dakota
- **Known for:** Built KAT & Company into a nationwide positive-impact marketing and communications agency operating for more than 35 years., Co-founded GoodHealthTV and the Living Local Network, platforms reported by Choice Bank to support communities across 35 states., Helped grow GoodHealthTV to more than 700 locations nationwide.

## Career timeline

- **Before KAT & Company** — Served as President of U.S. Bank Bismarck and as a Senior Vice President overseeing small-business markets in North Dakota and South Dakota.
- **1989** — KAT & Company was founded; Muggerud is identified by Choice Bank as its CEO and founding partner.
- **2006** — Co-founded GoodHealthTV, a technology-driven communication platform that later became part of the Native Reach division.
- **2009** — Presented GoodHealthTV at the Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health.
- **2012** — Served as the KAT Communications contact for the Dakota Oral Care Workshop, which convened representatives from all of North Dakota's tribal communities.
- **2017** — Credited as an executive producer on the award-winning documentary American Indian Nurses of North Dakota.
- **2018** — Joined the Choice Bank board of directors.
- **2021** — Presented on innovative technologies for community engagement at the United South and Eastern Tribes Best Practices Conference.
- **Present** — Leads KAT & Company and serves on Choice Bank's board as Audit Committee chair and a member of its Executive & Compensation and Governance committees.

## Achievements

- Built KAT & Company into a nationwide positive-impact marketing and communications agency operating for more than 35 years.
- Co-founded GoodHealthTV and the Living Local Network, platforms reported by Choice Bank to support communities across 35 states.
- Helped grow GoodHealthTV to more than 700 locations nationwide.
- Served as executive producer on American Indian Nurses of North Dakota, which received honors from Sigma Theta Tau International and the American Indian Film Festival.
- Has served as a Choice Bank director since 2018 and chairs its Audit Committee.

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Renominated as a director of Choice Financial Holdings.
- **2024-05** — KAT & Company published a new official leadership portrait identifying Muggerud as CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.katandcompany.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candacemuggerud
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATandCompanyND/

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