# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S 2
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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DIRECTORY—OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS OF THE SYNOD

Director, Project and Policy Management:

Kim Schave

Human Resources
Executive Director:

Val Rhoden-Kimbrough

Information Technology & Facilities
Executive Director:
Director, Facilities Management:
Director, IT Infrastructure:
Director, IT Applications and Architecture:
Director, IT Logistics:

Myron A. Koehn
Barbara Knehans
Joel Rivers
Mike Metcalf
Pat Ulmer

Travel and Meeting Planning
Director:

Lynne Marvin
Financial Operations

Chief Financial Officer:

Jerald C. Wulf

Accounting
Executive Director:
Director of Accounting:
Director of Purchasing:
Director of Synod Accounting:
Director of Tax Reporting:

Ross Stroh
Jim Ehlers
Mike Magee
Rosalito Silva
Karen Sansone

Internal Audit
Executive Director:

Joann P. Spotanski

International Center Chaplain
Chaplain/Director of Worship:

William Weedon

Rosters, Statistics and Research Services
Senior Director:
Director, Rosters & Statistics:

Gene Weeke
Scott Kostencki

SYNODWIDE TRUST ENTITIES
Concordia Plan Services
President & CEO:
James F. Sanft
Sr. Vice President & Chief Investment Officer: Thomas J. Neely
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer: Michael C. Berkley
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer: William J. Hofrichter
Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer: Glenn A. Mahnken
Vice President & General Counsel:
Ann T. Stillman
Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services
Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans
Chairman:
Frederick G. Kraegel (2018)
Kenneth M. Boerger (2017)
Kory B. Boster (2018)
Randall L. Boushek (2017)
Philip J. Fluegge (2018)
Carol A. Huebner (2016)
James R. Jaacks (2016)
John C. Kaiser (2016)
Robert P. Lesko (2018)
Kristi A. Matus (2016)
Thomas K. McCain (2017)
George F. Nolde, III (2016)
Mark E. Schmidtke (2018)
Judy K. Stromback (2016)
Mark O. Swenson (2017)
President’s Representative:
Roger C. Paavola
Ex-officio:
Jerald C. Wulf

SYNODWIDE CORPORATE ENTITIES
Concordia Historical Institute
Executive Director:
Board of Governors
President:

President’s Representative:

Daniel Harmelink
John C. Wohlrabe, Jr.
Frederic W. Baue (2019)
Phyllis Duesenberg (2022)
Raymond L. Hartwig (2016)
Cameron MacKenzie (2019)
C. Matthew Phillips (2019)
Lawrence R. Rast, Jr. (2022)
Ken Schurb (2022)
Constance Seddon (2022)
Ronald Stahlberg (2019)
John C. Wohlrabe, Jr.

Concordia Publishing House
President & Chief Executive Officer:
Vice President & Corporate Counsel:
Board of Directors
Chairman:

Bruce G. Kintz
Jonathan D. Schultz
Mark L. Bender (2016)

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President’s Representative:
Ex-officio:

Robert Beumer (2019)
Stephanie A. Egger (2019)
Angela M. Hill (2019)
Ruth N. Koch (2016)
Natalie L. Oleshchuk (2016)
Joseph L. Olson (2019)
Gretchen A. Roberts (2016)
Alvin J. Schmidt (2016)
Raymond L. Hartwig
Jerald C. Wulf

Concordia University System
President:
Dean Wenthe
Director of Institutional Research and Integrity:
Paul Philp
Director of Finance:
William Meyer
Board of Directors
Chairman:
Gerhard H. Mundinger, Jr. (2016)
Frederick Anderson (2016)
Jason Fearneyhough (2016)
David K. Hawk (2016)
Dennis L. Meyer (2016)
John E. Mierow (2016)
Byron Northwick (2016)
Orville C. Walz (2019)
Advisory Members:
Kurt J. Krueger
Kevin D. Robson
Larry A. Stoterau
Jerald C. Wulf
President’s Representative:
Korey D. Maas
Concordia Administrative Information System:
Kathryn Roberson
Concordia University Education Network (CUEnet)
Heather Stueve
Lutheran Church Extension Fund
President/CEO:
Richard C. Robertson
Finance, Sr. Vice President/CFO:
Thomas R. Helfrich
Finance, Vice President:
Kevin Bremer
Accounting & Financial Reporting, Vice President: Ken Weber
Loans & Real Estate, Sr. Vice President/CCO:
Gerald Kirk
National Lending, Vice President:
Larry Crume
Loans Resolution Group, Vice President:
Robert Uthoff
Loans & Credit Review, Vice President:
Sandy Sauter
Marketing & Customer Support, Sr. Vice President: Becca Jones
Ministry Support, Sr. Vice President:
Max Biesenthal
District & National Operations, East,
Sr. Vice President:
Steve Bremer
District & National Operations, West,
Sr. Vice President:
Ryan McIvor
Information Technology, Sr. Vice President/CIO: Richard Lauer

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF SYNOD/
SEMINARIES
Seminaries
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO
President:
Board of Regents
Chairman:

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN
President:
Board of Regents
Chairman:

President’s Representative:
Ex-officio:

Max A. Phillips (2016)
David L. Bahn (2016)
Linda Barnes (2016)
Sue J. Elsholz (2016)
Michael Kzirian (2017)
Richard Peltier (2016)
Mark Pieper (2017)
Carol Radtke (2018)
Ronald Wheeler (2018)
David P. Worthington (2017)
Brady L. Finnern
Jerald C. Wulf

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation
President:
David Fiedler
Finance/Administration, Sr. Vice President:
Mark Cannon
Gift Planning Services, Sr. Vice President:
Allen Helms
Marketing & Communications, Sr. Vice President: Blake Tilley
Trust Administration/Customer Support,
Vice President:
Tina Clasquin
Investment Operations, Vice President:
Richard Christenson
Gift Review and Design, Vice President:
Paul Geidel
Gift Planning Services, Vice President:
Richard Paul
Investment Services, Vice President:
Ralph Simon
Board of Trustees
Chairman:
Don L. Graf (2016)
Richard D. Drews (2019)
Brian Fricke (2018)
Russell Harms (2017)
A. William Kernen (2017)
Kay Kreklau (2018)
William F. Meyer (2018)
Gregory J. Miller (2019)
Timothy Sheldon (2017)
President’s Representative:
Ernest E. Garbe (2016)
Ex-officio:
Kevin D. Robson (2018)
Jerald C. Wulf (2016)

Lawrence R. Rast, Jr.

Ronald M. Garwood (2016)
John M. Behrendt (2020)
Dean M. Bell (2019)
William M. Cwirla (2019)
David Daniels (2019)
David K. Hawk (2021)
David P. Held (2019)
Jon R. Schumacher (2016)
Bradd W. Stucky (2016)
Council of Presidents Representative:
James A. Baneck
President’s Representative:
Scott R. Murray
Colleges/Universities
Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX
President:
Board of Regents
Chairman:

Board of Directors
Chairman:

Dale A. Meyer

Ralph Blomenberg (2016)
Albert N. Allen (2016)
Richard E. Beumer (2016)
Walter C. Dissen (2019)
Paul R. Hegland (2016)
Herbert W. Israel (2019)
Shawn L. Kumm (2019)
Bruce J. Paradis (2019)
Todd A. Peperkorn (2019)
Harold L. Senkbeil (2016)
LeRoy Wilke (2019)
Council of Presidents Representative:
John Wille
President’s Representative:
Daniel Preus
Advisory Member:
Lee Hagan

District President:

Thomas E. Cedel
Albert Carrion (2016)
Jim Albers (2023)
Christopher Bannwolf (2024)
James M. Cleary, Jr. (2023)
Theodore Crofford (2024)
Mark K. De Young (2022)
Allen F. Doering (2018)
Michael P. Dorn (2016)
Stephen F. Eggold (2019)
Rebecca R. Kieschnick (2016)
Max Kiesling (2018)
Margaret Landwermeyer (2023)
Heidi Lewis (2024)
Noreen L. Linke (2019)
Charles Requadt (2020)
Cassandra Schermbeck (2024)
Kenneth M. Hennings

Concordia College, New York, Bronxville, NY
President:
President-Elect:
Board of Regents
Chairman:

District President:

Viji D. George
John A. Nunes
T. Scott Wittman (2017)
Frederick W. Bernthal (2017)
Jon T. Diefenthaler (2016)
Heidi J. Fields (2016)
Charles W. Froehlich (2018)
Mary E. Hilgendorf (2016)
James T. Jahnke (2016)
Michael R. Jakob (2018)
John Krause (2018)
Philip B. Leege (2018)
Jane M. Lottes (2018)
Ed Mahn (2018)
Michael J. Meese (2018)
David A. Scheffer (2016)
Derek G. Lecakes

Concordia University, Irvine, CA
President:
Board of Regents
Chairman:

Kurt J. Krueger
Elmer R. Gooding (2016)
Paul Belden (2017)
Caryn Borland (2017)
Roger Burtner (2018)
Steven J. Buuck (2018)
James D. Henkell (2018)