Board of Directors
Sandy Wiese | Chair
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs + Business Development, Data Recognition Corporation
David Hakensen | Vice Chair
Principal at H Company
Paul Rimmereid | Treasurer
Federal Reserve Bank
Mary Streed | Secretary
Securian Financial
Loren Anderson | Immediate Former Chair
Pacific Lutheran University
Tony Albright
Former Minnesota State Representative, Public Policy Lobbyist
Nicolette Boedigheimer
Educator
Wendy Dankey
Business Owner & Philanthropist
Richard Engebretson
Former Trade Show Executive
James Farstad
Director of Business Development, WIN Technology
Lorie Gildea
Former Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
Karen Grandstrand
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Mark Houge
President at North Oaks Company
Robsan Itana
Global Translation + Interpreter
Paul Jackson
Former Chief Media Officer, Community Advocate
Stacey Jansa
Information Engineer at Travelers Insurance
Mark Knapp
Terra Cover, Inc
Carol Sundet Meeker
Sundet Foundation
Jim Odland
Thrivent Financial
Kari Fedje Rasmus
Retired ELCA Chaplain/ Clergy
Christine Schulze
Gift Planner, Executive Director Emerita of Concordia Language Villages
Genette Sekse Amar
Senior Director of Business Strategy and Chief of Staff - Minnesota Vikings
Sonja Somdahl
Medtronic
Erik Torgerson
Adviser
Kathy Tunheim
TUNHEIM PR
Ben Whitney
Former U.S. Ambassador to Norway
Founders’ Council
Emeriti
Robert Tunheim | Chair Emeritus
Jim Erickson | Chair Emeritus
Karen Owen Tuzcu | Chair Emeritus
Linda Mona | Chair Emeritus
Herb Morgenthaler
Jon Pederson (1930 - 2019)
Odell Bjerkness (1931-2023)
The Founders' Council delivers the organization’s key heritage expression, capturing the power and commitment of those who remain true to the mission of Norway House.
They actively participate in the celebrations and achievements of the Board of Directors and Norway House.
Founders' Council members act as ambassadors and keepers of Norway House’s institutional memory; they offer important expertise in networking for new board members and assist in the board's fundraising capacity.
Robert Tunheim | Chair Emeritus
Larry Angeles
Gretchen Ambrosier
Stacey Baehman
Brad Bakken
Larry Bakken
Odell Bjerkness (1931-2023)
Elizabeth Sorenson Brotten
Sharon Carlson
David Distad
Ruth Donhowe
Susan Hayes Droegemueller
Jim Erickson
Ellen Ewald
Scott Gilyard (1961-2021)
David Hakensen
Linda Holmen
Amb. Rolf Willy Hansen
Gary Hanson
John Haugo
Jorunn Henrikssen
John Himle
Ken Hjelm
Karin Holt
Judy Kirk
Kirk Klopfenstein
Ole Koppang
Orlyn Kringstad
Sue Lee
Jim Lewis
Linda Mona
Herb Morgenthaler
Jeff Mueller
Nancy Sand Olson
Turid Ormseth
Brian Osberg
Jon Pederson (1950-2019)
Linda Pederson
Margy Peterson
Ted Risdall
Ellen Schmitt
Shirley Santoro
Paula Soholt
Jill Skogheim
Soni Styrlund
Rebecca Jorgenson Sundquist
Andrew Sybilrud
Karen Owen Tuzcu
Hal Ulvestad
Dale Wahlstrom
Kristen Walseth