Our Board of Directors
Loren Anderson | Chair
Pacific Lutheran University
Sandy Wiese | Vice Chair
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs + Business Development, Data Recognition Corporation
Paul Rimmereid |Treasurer
Federal Reserve Bank
Mary Streed | Secretary
Securian Financial
Tony Albright
Former Minnesota State Representative, Public Policy Lobbyist
Gretchen Ambrosier
University of Minnesota
Richard Engebretson
Former Trade Show Executive
Karen Grandstrand
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Robsan Itana
Global Translation + Interpreter
Paul Jackson
Retired Executive
Kirk Klopfenstein
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Resideo
Mark Knapp
Terra Cover, Inc
Carol Sundet Meeker*
Sundet Foundation
Jim Odland
Thrivent Financial
Margy Peterson
Director, Kvinnekor, Mindekirken NLCP
Kari Fedje Rasmus
Retired ELCA Chaplain/ Clergy
Ted Risdall
Risdall Marketing
Ellen Schmitt
Schmitt Music
Christine Schulze
Gift Planner, Executive Director Emerita of Concordia Language Villages
Sonja Somdahl
Medtronic
Erik Torgerson
Adviser
Robert Tunheim | Immediate Former Chair
Partner, Ballard Spahr, LLP
International Advisory Council
International ambassadors engaged in leadership to advance Norway House’s brand and mission worldwide
Mohamed Abdulkadir
Oslo-Minneapolis | Somali Community Leader
Nancy Bundt
Oslo | Photographer + Socialite
Anja Kroll
Oslo-Minneapolis | Business Leader + Events Specialist
Per Lykke
Gøystdal, Telemark | Lawyer + Advocate Ambassador - Hardangervidda Nasjonalparksenter, Høyrepartiet, Skinnarbu
Johan Quie
San Francisco | Entrepreneur + Business Consultant
Kerstin Stråmark Johansen
Lund, Sweden | Socialite + Former Diplomat
Founders’ Council
Emeriti
Karen Tuzcu | Chair Emeritus
Jim Erickson | Chair Emeritus
Linda Mona | Chair Emeritus
Herb Morgenthaler
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.
Larry Angeles
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
Amb. Rolf Willy Hansen
Gary Hanson
John Haugo
Jorunn Henrikssen
John Himle
Ken Hjelm
Karin Holt
Judy Kirk
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
Shirley Santoro
Paula Soholt
Soni Styrlund
Rebecca Jorgenson Sundquist
Andrew Sybilrud
Karen Owen Tuzcu | Chair
Hal Ulvestad
Dale Wahlstrom
Kristen Walseth