Other names Shawna Meisner Name Shawna Stoltenberg | Title(s) Miss Minnesota 1993 | |
Full Name Shawna Deeann Stoltenberg> | ||
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competition(s) Miss America 1994 Major competitions Miss America 1994 | ||
Shawna Deeann Stoltenberg was Miss Minnesota 1993 and competed in the Miss America 1994 pageant broadcast live from Atlantic City, New Jersey in September 1993.
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Miss America
Stoltenberg won an award for talent in the nationally televised event and earned enough scholarship money to graduate from college debt free. She was also the first contestant in the history of the pageant to address the issue of missing children and to share Jacob’s story of HOPE.
Personal life
Stoltenberg specializes in corporate talent management and development having worked for Ameriprise Financial, Allianz Life of North America, Target Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. She has more than 15 years of experience as a talent development consultant, executive coach, facilitator, and former television news anchor.
Stoltenberg is also a speaker, trainer and former board member for the Jacob Wetterling Foundation, a missing children's organization in Minnesota that works nationally to end the sexual exploitation and abduction of children. She has delivered presentations to more than 10,000 students, parents and community organizations on how to keep children safe.
Stoltenberg studied piano for more than 20 years. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison with bachelor's degrees in Communications and Piano Performance. She earned her master's degree from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities in Human Resource and Organizational Development. She's married to husband, Bjorn Meisner. Stoltenberg enjoys writing, scuba diving, parrots, wellness education, and yoga.