Background
Steen-Hinderlie, Diane Evelyn was born on June 13, 1947 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Julian Sem and Evelyn Synnove Steen.
Steen-Hinderlie, Diane Evelyn was born on June 13, 1947 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Julian Sem and Evelyn Synnove Steen.
Bachelor in Asian Studies/Social Psychology cum laude, St. Olaf College, 1969. Bachelor of Music, University Minnesota and other institutions, 1991. Postgraduate, Hamline University, 1989—1991.
Social worker child care licensing Hennepin County Welfare Department, Minneapolis, 1970—1973. Member clergy team exchange program Lutheran World Federation, Göppingen, Germany, 1973—1977. Member clergy team, music director Jubilation Singers Bethel Lutheran Church, Rochester, Minnesota, 1978—1983.
Member clergy team, music director youth choir First Lutheran Church, St. Louis Park, 1983—1986. Administrator Family Child Care facility, 1986—1990. Faculty, teacher Stenson Suzuki Studios and Home Studio, 1988—1992.
Small group leader, teacher volunteer Mount Olive Church, Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, 1993, 1996—1998. Workshop and children's ministry Augsburg College Youth and Family Institute, Trinity Congress, 1998—2006, 2009. Founding director Fair Pay Institute, Minneapolis, 1995—2009, 2009.
Trainer United for a Fair Economy, since 1997. Founder organization and curriculum Early Childhood Organization for Education with Singing, since 1993, co-leader German-American youth group exchange, 1979-1982. Co-founder Family DayCare Certified Program and Babygarten (B-12 education) classes, 1970-1973.
Board directors Midwest Council, National Peace Institute Foundation, Grinnell, Iowa, 1991. Presenter in field.; root causes of violence action team Initiative for Violence-Free Families, 4th Judicial District Minnesota, since 1997. Consultant Concordia Language Villages, 2005—2009.
Volunteer People of Faith Peacemakers, Feminists in Faith/ReImagining and Jewish Community Relations Council, 1992-2003, Muslim-Christian Relations Council, Joint Religious Legislation Coalition. Founder People for Reforming Early Start Time for Teens Organization, Minneapolis, since 1993. Member steering committee Progressive Community and FairVote, Minnesota, 1994-1999.
Local host youth committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Convention, Minneapolis, 1995. Volunteer Common Cause, St. Paul and Washington. Charter member United States Holocaust Museum, 1993.
Co-founder antitorture committee Women Against Military Madness, since 2005. Member of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Minnesota Music Teachers Association (first early childhood music chair 2001-2003), Association Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health, Washington National Cathedral, Society for Psychological Studies of Social Issues, National Lutheran Choir Academy, Suzuki Association Americas (study area co-organizer, editorial adviser), International Suzuki Association, National Association Teachers Singing and VoiceCare Network, United Nations Association, Sojourner Project, Inc., American's Junior Mississippi Council, World Wildlife Fund, Center for Victims of Torture, Amnesty International, National Peace Foundation, Germanic-American Institute, Sons of Norway (lodge trustee since 1991), Phi Beta Kappa, American Mensa.
Married John Peter Hinderlie, June 27, 1971 (divorced September 1987). Children: Peder Donald, Erik Steen. Married John Richard Olson, July 21, 1989.