Tying in the community to Glensheen Mansion

By Molly Milroy

Originally from the Twin Cities, Jane Pederson found her way north to attend the University Minnesota-Duluth.

“UMD was a perfect mix of community for me,” said Pederson. “I thought it was just the right size, where I felt that I could have meaningful relationships with people that I could see time and time again and not get lost in a sea of thousands of people.”

After graduating in 2012 with degrees in communications and psychology, she moved back to the Twin Cities and worked in a corporate job, but knew that Duluth is where she would eventually call home.

“I wanted to come back to Duluth and work for the University that I had such a great experience working at as a student employee,” she explained. And six years ago she landed the sales and events coordinator position and would shortly move into the marketing manager role for Glensheen Mansion, the historic house museum operated by University of MinnesotaDuluth.

Pederson not only