Rena Pederson is Editor at Large at The Dallas Morning News. She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and currently serves on the Pulitzer Prize Board of Directors. Pederson’s journalism has been published in many magazines and newspapers, and Texas Monthly named her one of the "Most Powerful Women in Texas." She is a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas and the mother of two sons, Gregory Gish and Grant Gish.