Myrna Pedersen is 23 year member of our board and served as President from 1989-1991 and 1999-2001. She is partner of Pedersen/McGrath Associates Ltd., a communication coaching consultancy for executives and frontline spokespersons. Before founding that firm in 1986, Myrna was a broadcast journalist for 18 years. In 2010, she served as Interim Administrator of Norwegian-American Hospital in Chicago and has been a member of its Board of Trustees for 8 years currently serving as Vice Chairman. Myrna continues a three-generation family legacy of serving Norwegian American organizations.