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As a young girl, Christine Fruechte was always drawn to art. But as a student at the University of Minnesota, she found art wasn’t drawn to her.
“I discovered that I didn’t have ‘that gift,'” says Fruechte, 38, who in early January was named president of MDC Partners’ Colle + McVoy in Minneapolis. “After realizing I didn’t have the gift, it gave me the opportunity to pursue other things.”
Wanting to remain close to her artistic tendencies, Fruechte started taking internships at various agencies around the Twin Cities.
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