Nancy Holm:
CLASS OF 1968
Lynbrook High SchoolClass of 1968
San jose, CA
Nancy's Story
Life
I went to Lewis & Clark College 1968-70, then studied in Sweden in the Scandinavian Seminar program in 1970-71. Decided I liked living in Sweden and after learning Swedish decided to move here in 1972. Married a Swedish guy who I am still married to after 35 years! and have 2 daughters, 24 and 18. Got a degree from the University of Stockholm in political science, history and English. Went on to get a masters degree in Journalism at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and worked as a journalist on several Swedish newspapers, then head of Information Dept for the City of Stockholm. After that, went to Microsoft to become Nordic PR and Community Affairs Manager 9 years. I was in charge of all PR for Microsoft in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. Worked with Bill Gates when he yearly visited our Nordic countries, travelling with him and organizing PR event...Expand for more
s. Tired of the computer business and went to work for a startup web company as President in 2001. After a turbulent year, went on to work as EU Project Manager for 2 environmental projects, among them Save the North Sea, to minimize plastic materials in the North Sea, and another EU project to minimize pollution in the Baltic Sea. After 5 years, came over to Nordic Ecolabel, to work with companies to improve their products, and get more environmentally-sound products on the market and am PR Head here since late 2006. My husband is an artist and we live on an island outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Love hiking, books, picking berries and gardening. My daughters study at the University of Stockholm and we have an Irish Setter who loves to take walks 3 hours a day! Life has been very good to me with a loving family, great work, friends and adorable, caring beautiful daughters.
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