# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S 6
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

DIRECTORY—OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS OF THE SYNOD
ELECTED SYNOD OFFICERS

Program Committee

President
Matthew C Harrison (2019)
Ex officio

First Vice-President
Herbert C Mueller Jr (2019)

Staff
Second Vice-President
Scott R Murray,
West-Southwest Region (2019)
Third Vice-President
Nabil S Nour,

Great Plains Region (2019)

COMMISSIONS
Commission on Constitutional Matters (CCM)
Chairman

Fourth Vice-President
John C Wohlrabe Jr, Great Lakes Region (2019)
Fifth Vice-President
Daniel Preus, 		

Central Region (2019)

Sixth Vice-President
Christopher S Esget, East-Southeast Region (2019)

Secretary, ex officio

Chief Administrative Officer
Frank Simek

Chairman

Chief Mission Officer
Kevin D Robson

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael L Kumm (2022)
Ed H Everts (2022)
John W Sias (2019)

ORDAINED MEMBERS
Matthew C Harrison,
		
ex officio (2019)
John W Sias, ex officio (2019)
Michael L Kumm (2022)
Josemon Hoem (2022)
COMMISSIONED MEMBER
Kurt Senske (2019)
LAY MEMBERS

Central Region
East-Southeast Region
Great Lakes Region
Great Plains Region
West-Southwest Region

Edwin H Everts (2022)
Christian Preus (2019)
Kathy Schulz (2019)
Keith Frndak (2022)
James W Carter Jr (2022)
Larry W Harrington (2022)
Gloria S Edwards (2019)

NONVOTING MEMBER

Commission on Handbook (COH)
Dale L Sattgast (2022)
David W Totsky (2022)
Heidi Abegg (2022)
David Hawk (2019)
Richard T Nuffer (2019)
Advisory members, ex officio John W Sias
Frank Simek
George J Gude,
		
CCM Representative

Commission on Theology and Church Relations
(CTCR)
Chairman

Lawrence R Rast Jr (2019)
Kenneth E Balsters (2019)
Andrew H Bartelt (2019)
James G Bushur (2019)
Robert A Dargatz (2019)
Thomas J Egger (2019)
Carl C Fickenscher II (2019)
Jeffrey A Gibbs (2019)
Timothy D Hardy (2022)
Jack Kilcrease (2022)
Jeffrey A Oschwald (2019)
C Matthew Phillips (2019)
Andrea R Pitkus (2019)
Arlo W Pullmann (2022)
Jesse Yow Jr (2019)
Roland F Ziegler (2019)
Nonvoting Advisory Members, ex officio
Matthew C Harrison
Dale A Meyer
Herbert C Mueller Jr
Lawrence R Rast Jr
Executive Director
Joel D Lehenbauer
Associate Executive Director Larry M Vogel

Herbert C Mueller Jr,
ex officio (2019)
ADVISORY
Chief Mission Officer
Kevin D Robson
Chief Administrative Officer Frank Simek
Chief Financial Officer
Jerald C Wulf
LEGAL COUNSEL
Thompson Coburn LLP

COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary

John T Pless (2019)
Walter A Maier III (2019)
Naomichi Masaki (2019)
Steven P Mueller (2019)
Paul R Raabe (2019)

Chairman
Secretary

Chief Financial Officer
Jerald C Wulf

OFFICERS
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Secretary

George J Gude (2022)
Gerhard H Bode (2022)
Thomas J Deadrick (2019)
R Neely Owen (2022)
Larry A Peters (2019)
John W Sias (2019)

Commission on Doctrinal Review (CDR)

Secretary
John W Sias (2019)

APPOINTED SYNOD OFFICERS

Donald J Fondow (2021)
Peter K Lange (2021)
David P E Maier (2021)
Scott C Sailer (2021)
Richard L Snow (2021)
Matthew C Harrison (2019)
Herbert C Mueller Jr (2019)
John W Sias (2019)

David P E Maier (2021)
Richard L Snow (2021)
Peter K Lange (2021)

2019 Convention Workbook

MISSION BOARDS
Board for National Mission
Central Region

Martha Milas, comm. (2019)
Ernest E Garbe, lay (2022)
East-Southeast Region
Timothy J Droegemueller,
		
ord. (2022)
Julia Habrecht, lay (2019)
Great Lakes Region
Peter C Bender, ord. (2019)
Crysten Sanchez, lay (2022)
Great Plains Region
Steven C Briel, chairman,
		
ord. (2022)
Carla M Claussen, lay (2019)
West-Southwest Region
Alfonso O Espinosa, ord. (2019)

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Carol Hack Broome, lay (2022)
President’s Representative
Shaina M Wurdeman,
		
comm. (2019)

Staff
Chief Mission Officer
Executive Director

Kevin D Robson
Robert M Zagore

Board for International Mission
Central Region

Carl E Rockrohr, ord. (2022)
Kristine Bruss, lay (2019)
East-Southeast Region
Roberto E Rojas Jr, ord. (2019)
James Wolf, lay (2022)
Great Lakes Region
David P Stechholz, ord. (2022)
Allan Voss, lay (2019)
Great Plains Region
Bernhard M Seter, chairman,
		
ord. (2019)
Robert Van Gundy, lay (2022)
West-Southwest Region
Magdiel Fajardo, ord. (2022)
Terence Lung, lay (2019)
President’s Representative
John W Edson, lay (2019)

Staff
Chief Mission Officer
Executive Director

Kevin D Robson
Daniel F McMiller

SYNOD STAFF
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
President
Matthew C Harrison
First Vice-President
Herbert C Mueller Jr
Senior Assistant
Jon D Vieker
Assistant
Barbara A Below
COMMUNICATIONS
Executive Director
Assoc. Executive Director
& Media Relations
Director, Digital Media
Production
Director, Editorial
Director, Graphic Design
Director, Production
Director, Web Services
KFUO RADIO
Executive Director
of Broadcast Services
Digital Media Specialist
Director of Development
Director of Programming

David L Strand
Pamela J Nielsen
Al Dowbnia
Kevin Armbrust
Erica Schwan
Jennifer Duffy
Rudy Blank

Gary Duncan
Sarah Gulseth
Mary Schmidt
Andrew Bates

MISSION ADVANCEMENT
Executive Director
Mark Hofman
Director, Campaigns
and Special Initiatives
Martha Dahlke
Director, Missionary
Network Care
Chandra Thurman
Director, Pastoral
Formation and Care
Cindy Simpson
OFFICE OF NATIONAL MISSION
Executive Director
Robert M Zagore
Director, Black Ministry
Roosevelt Gray Jr
Director, Church Planting,
Urban & Inner City Miss. Steven D Schave
Director, Deaconess Ministry Grace V Rao
Director, Disaster Response Ross E Johnson
Director, Recognized Service
Organizations
Dorothy L Krans
Director, Revitalization,
Witness & Outreach
Mark A Wood
Director, Rural & Small Town
Mission
Todd E Kollbaum
Director, School Ministry
Rebecca S Schmidt
Director, Stewardship Min.
Heath R Curtis
Director, Youth Ministry
Mark R Kiessling
IC Chaplain/Director, Worship William C Weedon