Bonnie Rae Pedersen

Background

Pedersen, Bonnie Rae was born on April 29, 1943 in Edgerton, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Stanley Theodore and Helen Marie Westenberg.

Education

Registered Nurse, Sioux Valley School Nursing, 1964; CNM, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1975; Master in Public Health, Columbia University, 1976.

Career

Clinician, faculty, Hospitals, Public Health Department Clinics, Schools, New York, Alaska, Georgia, Michigan, 1964-1979; health consultant, CEDPA, Washington, 1979-1981; director special projects section, American College of Nurse Midwives, Washington, 1981-1988; public health advisory, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, since 1988. Member editorial advisory board Midwifery Journal, 1988-1990, Advanced Nursing Practice Journal, since 1994.

Achievements

• Bonnie Rae Pedersen has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse midwife, public health advisor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member commission on women New York State, 1974. Co-president National Organization for Women, 1971-1973. Member American College Nurse Midwives (chair internal health, 1994, Hattie Hemschemeyer award, 1989).

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, reading.

Connections

Married James H. Pedersen (divorced).

Father:

Stanley Theodore Westenberg

Mother:

Helen Marie Westenberg

Spouse:

James H. Pedersen