Arts Resource Expert, on LRAC staff since 2017 until present, as well as being a contributing member of the Arts Resource Expert program, Jess Torgerson is also the former LRAC Gallery Curator. Jess is currently the Curator, Gallery Manager and former Education Coordinator at Kaddatz Galleries in Fergus Falls.

A graduate of NDSU with a Bachelor's Degree in Art (emphasis on Printmaking) and Apparel & Textiles, she was also licensed in Body Art through the State of Minnesota and worked as an artist and designer in the Twin Cities area before returning to live and work in her hometown of Fergus Falls in 2017.