Nancy Smirl Jorgensen

Nancy Jorgensen earned a Bachelor of Music from Alverno College and a Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A high school choir director for many years, she is the co-author of two music education books, "Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods" and "From the Trenches: Real Insights from Real Choral Educators". She is also the author of several essays and an Olympic blog published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Nancy and her husband, Joel, have two daughters. Older daughter Elizabeth Jorgensen teaches Creative Writing, Composition, and Journalism at Arrowhead High School. Younger daughter, Gwen Jorgensen, is an All-American runner, triathlete, 2012 and 2016 Olympian, and CPA.

Nancy's most recent book is "Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold" (Meyer & Meyer Sport.) Co-authored with daughter Elizabeth Jorgensen, it is a memoir of daughter Gwen's 2012 and 2016 Olympic triathlon experience.