Board of Directors

Officers/Directors:

  • Bjørn Rektorli, President and Interim Treasurer
  • Dave Nordin, Vice President
  • Phil Shappard, Secretary
  • Andrew Woods
  • Craig Hanson
  • Dave Barrows
  • David Heidtke
  • Jamie Larson
  • Linda Naunapper
  • Mette Bowen
  • Michael Olesen

Honorary Board Members

  • Donald Hoganson, Officer of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
  • Elizabeth Safanda, FOVS Director 2009-2015
  • Gunny Harboe, President Harboe Architects
  • Paul S. Anderson, The Anderson Law Firm, Honorary Consul General of Norway to Illinois (Ret.)
  • Perry Gulbrandsen, Honorable Judge (Ret)
  • Peter Orum, Founder, Midwest Groundcovers
  • William Nissen, Attorney at Law

Honorary Members

For extraordinary service to the Friends of the Viking Ship:

  • Bruce W. Andresen
  • Perry J. Straw Jr.