Current U-High students won’t fully appreciate the contributions of Ginni Pedersen until after graduation.  Ginni has worked tirelessly to help establish ways for U-High graduates to remain connected to their school and each other.

Ginni has dedicated much of her adult life to serving U-High and the Laboratory Schools.  Ginni was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the U-High Alumni Association and an alumni database.  She was also instrumental in the creation and publication of an alumni newsletter and serves as its editor.  Her leadership and teamwork have been major factors in the success and growth of the U-High Alumni Association and will help assure that the Association will thrive well into the future.

Ginni is a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Laboratory Schools and is very active with U-High Boosters.  Her friend Marie Dawson may have captured Ginni’s contributions best: “Watching Ginni in action during Booster and CAC activities is very inspiring.  She is extraordinarily attentive to representing all of the constituents and ever mindful of the big picture.  She always seems to know precisely when to share her experiences as a former U-High student, staff, parent, and volunteer to help ‘get the job done.’”  Ginni served as a parent and alumni facilitator on the Senior Planning Committee in 2000 and 2001; her major contributions on that committee helped preserve the tradition of Class Night.

Ginni and her husband Paul live in Bloomington; children Jerusha and Christopher are U-High graduates, and Nels is currently a junior at U-High.