Nancy Marie Johnson Dahl (born September 27, 1960) is an American speaker, coach, adviser, and author. She is famous for her book “Grounded: Leading Your Life With Intention”.^[1]

Nancy M. Dahl was born in Gaylord, Minnesota.

She is married to Brian Donald Dahl for 30 years and has two sons, namely; Erik John Dahl and Jorgen Eiken Dahl.^[2]

She attended Gustavus Adolphus College for her undergraduate degree.^[3] Later, she received her MBA degree at the University of St. Thomas.^[4] She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Executive program. She has also achieved the Advanced Board Fellowship Certificate from National Association of Corporate Directors. ^[5]

Nancy M. Dahl has worked within five industries.^[6] She serves on the board of directors of both, corporate and non-profit organizations including; Great Twin Cities United Way and Dunwoody College of Technology^[7][8] and Park Industries, Nina Hale, EDCO Inc. She runs a blog, Lead your Life, where she shares content dedicated to inspiring people to live their life with intention.

Starting from 2007 [Citation-needed], she worked as the President and Chief Operating Officer of two divisions at LIFETOUCH, Inc. until 2014.^[9] She was the first woman president at Lifetouch.

In August 2015, she started her position as the president and Chief Operating Officer at “Tastefully Simple”^[10]

She is also a member of Committee of 200 (C200).^[11][12]

Her book, “Grounded: Leading Your Life With Intention” was released in November 2017.^[13] It is also available in an audio format.^[14] The book received The National Indie Excellence Award (13th Annual Winner).^[15]

She has been recognized as “One of 25 Women to Watch”.

Mentioned as a Distinguished Alumni, and honored as a Community Leader for mentoring others.

In January 2018, she was also featured as the cover of MN Business Magazine, and recognized with the title of “Woman Who Leads”.^[16]