The Executive Board consists of the following: President, Vice
President, Secretary,
Treasurer, Outreach Group Coordinator, Activities Group Coordinator and the
immediate Past President, who also serves as the Services Group
Coordinator. The SCC Director, the Chair of the Scandinavian Studies
Program, the Curator of the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience
Collection, and the Representative from PLU's Development Office serve as ex officio members. The Executive Board conducts
the business of the Cultural Council between its business meetings,
fixes the hour and place of meetings, authorizes expenditures, and
makes recommendations to the Cultural Council for action.
The Cultural Council consists of the members of the Executive Board,
standing committee chairs and co-chairs, at least one person of Nordic
heritage to represent each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark,
Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). The Cultural Council meets
monthly to plan and organize events and exhibits sponsored by the
Cultural Center.
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As
Director, Susan overseas the planning and implementation of events and
activities of the SCC; works with the Treasurer to maintain accurate
accounts
of income and expenditures related to the Council; serves
as liaison between local Nordic groups, museums, foundations and other
Nordic organizations; oversees the coordination and ongoing development
of the membership organization; provides supervision, training and
coordination of office assistants and volunteers; serves as curator of
artifacts; and serves as Editor of the Center's bimonthly newsletter. Susan is a graduate of PLU where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She and her husband Ben moved to the Tacoma area in 1980 following Ben’s retirement from the military. Their son (Stephen) and daughter-in-law (Jessica) are also PLU graduates. |
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As President, Lisa presides at meetings of the Executive Board and
the Cultural Council and performs such duties
as ordinarily pertain to the office. She works with the Director in overseeing the planning of the activities of the SCC.. Lisa is an alumna of PLU. She joined the Sandinavian Cultural Council in 2004. Lisa greatly values her Scandinavian heritage, so in addition to being a member of the SCC, she is Secretary for Daughters of Norway, Embla Lodge #2. She also served PLU as President of the Alumni Board. Currently, she is a relationship manager for The Threshold Group in Gig Harbor. She has over eighteen years of experice in wealth mangement and planning, client and financial services. Prior to joining TTG, Lisa was the Chief Operations Offier for Northwest Computer Support and was also a Client Executive at the Russell Investment Group where she worked for thirteen years. Lisa holds both the Series 7 an 65 Securities Licenses,and a bachelors degree in Business Administration from PLU. |
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Secretary, Katrina records the minutes of Executive Board and Council meetings, sends out notices of meetings, and preserves the
minutes of such meetings. |
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Treasurer, Karenb works with the Director in preparing the annual
budget, verifies monthly financial reports, and is responsible for the
collection of admission fees at SCC events. |
The Group Coordinators (Services Group, Outreach Group, and Activities
Group) maintain close contact with the committee chairs in their group
and make monthly reports to the Executive Board.
Outreach - Lisa Ottoson
Activities - Maynard Hedegaard
Services - Janet Ruud
The Advisory Board meets on an ad hoc basis to consider matters
of management, operation, and capital improvement. The Board consists
of the Director of the University Center, the Chair of the Scandinavian Area
Studies Program, the SCCC President, the SCC Director, the Dean
of Humanities, and up to five members of the Cultural Council