Teresa (Terry) Rasmussen (‘74) is president and chief executive officer of Thrivent, a Fortune 500 diversified financial services organization. She is a member of the Thrivent Board of Directors and serves on its Governance and Executive committees. Under Rasmussen’s leadership, Thrivent is transforming into a holistic financial services organization, helping current and future generations achieve financial clarity, enabling lives full of meaning and gratitude. Before her current role, Rasmussen was president of Thrivent’s core life, health and annuities business after serving 10 years as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to joining Thrivent, Rasmussen held a series of leadership roles at American Express, including serving as vice president and managing counsel. Earlier in her career, she was a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, as part of the Attorney General’s Honors Program. She is on the American Council of Life Insurers Board of Directors where she serves on the Executive, Finance and Compensation, and Internal Compliance committees and co-chairs the Steering committee on Consumer Issues. Rasmussen is an independent member of the board of directors for H.B. Fuller Company, a $2.9 billion global adhesives and specialty chemical products company, and serves on the Audit and Governance committees of the board. Rasmussen is also on the board of the Walker Art Center, a world-renowned contemporary art museum in Minneapolis, where she serves as a member of the Audit and Finance committees. She previously served as a board member for the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation. Rasmussen received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Minnesota State University Moorhead. After passing the CPA exam, she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota. Terry is married to Jon Trangsrud and they have two adult children.

Nate Linscheid, FFHS Class of 1990, has been involved in the sport of swimming since age seven and was fortunate to be on some great teams both at Fergus Falls High School and St. Olaf College where he was coached by some of the state’s best coaches – whose influence led him into teaching and coaching. His coaching career started in 1994 with the girls team at Visitation High School (where he still coaches in the fall) and a four year stint as an assistant with the boys team at Mounds View High School. Then in 2000, he was hired as the head boys swim coach at Bloomington Jefferson where he is also a physics and earth science teacher. In total, he has coached 58 seasons, and over the past 30 years, his Visitation team has won 22 Section Championships, 11 True Team State Titles, and 14 MSHSL Class A State Titles. He’s been the State Coach of the Year five times and in 2023, he was named the NHSACA National High School Swimming Coach of the Year. He’s been blessed to have been able to work with very talented groups of young women and men over the many years who have blended skill, work ethic and selflessness. In addition, he has also had a lot of help from a great group of assistant coaches along the way including his sister, former Otter great Naomi (Linscheid) Hamer (‘93), former Visitation swimmer Meghan Kemna and his wife, Julie, who has been the Visitation diving coach for 21 years. Nate, Julie and their two sons, Jakob and Markus, live in Apple Valley, MN.