# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S 8
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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

COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS

Chairman:
Brady L. Finnern (2028)
Allan R. Buss (2028)
Matthew C. Harrison (2026) Vice-Chairman:
Secretary:
Justin A. Panzer (2028)
First Vice-President
Program Committee: Allan R. Buss (2028)
Peter K. Lange (2026)
Brady L. Finnern (2028)

President

Michael E. Gibson (2028)
Regional Vice-Presidents
Region
Matthew C. Harrison (2026)
—Central
Second Vice-President
John E. Hill (2028)
Benjamin T. Ball (2026)
Peter K. Lange (2026)
Third Vice-President —West-Southwest
Justin A. Panzer (2028)
Scott R. Murray (2026)
John W. Sias (2026)
Staff:
Fourth Vice-President
—Great Plains
COMMISSIONS
Nabil S. Nour (2026)
Fifth Vice-President
—East-Southeast Commission on Theology and Church
Relations (CTCR)
Christopher S. Esget (2026)
Chairman:
Brian S. Saunders (2026)
—Great Lakes
Sixth Vice-President
Paul G. Alms (2026)
Eric C. Skovgaard (2026)
Joel D. Biermann (2026)
Secretary
Gerhard Bode (2026)
Robert A. Dargatz (2026)
John W. Sias (2026)
Bill Frerking (2026)
Interim Chief Administrative Officer
Joseph Gerth (2029)
Nathan M. Haak
Frederick Guengerich (2026)
Chief Financial Officer
Jack Kilcrease (2029)
Nathan M. Haak (2028)
Naomichi Masaki (2026)
Mark Paterson (2026)
Interim Chief Mission Officer
David
Petersen (2029)
Daniel M. Galchutt
Andrea
R.
Pitkus (2026)
President Emeritus
John T. Pless (2026)
Gerald B. Kieschnick
Ely Prieto (2026)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman:
Vice-Chairman:
Secretary:

Christian A. Preus (2026)
Andrew N. Grams (2026)
John W. Sias (2026)
Roger B. Gallup (2029)
Larry W. Harrington (2029)
Matthew C. Harrison (2026)
Josemon T. Hoem (2029)
Jan W. Lohmeyer (2026)
Leo S. Mackay Jr. (2029)
Rick H. Stathakis (2029)
K. Allan Voss (2029)
Jesse Yow Jr. (2026)

Non-Voting Ex-officio:

Peter K. Lange (2026)

Advisory:
Interim Chief Mission Officer:
Daniel M. Galchutt
Interim Chief Administrative Officer:
Nathan M. Haak
Chief Financial Officer:
Nathan M. Haak

Joel D. Lehenbauer
Executive Director:
Associate Executive Director:
Richard J. Serina Jr.
Assistant to the Executive Director:
Larry M. Vogel
Commission on Doctrinal Review (CDR)
Andrew E. Steinmann (2026)
Chairman:
Carl L. Beckwith (2026)
Jason D. Lane (2026)
Eric T. Lange (2026)
David I. Lewis (2026)
Commission on Handbook (COH)
Chairman:
Ken R. Schurb (2029)
Heidi K. Abegg (2029)
Roger Carlisle (2026)
David K. Hawk (2026)
David W. Totsky (2029)

Legal Counsel:
UB Greensfelder LLP, 10 South Advisory, Ex-officio: John W. Sias (2026)
Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102-1747
Nathan M. Haak (Interim)
Advisory, CCM Representative:
Larry A. Peters

2026 Convention Workbook

Ex-officio:

John W. Sias (2026)

MISSION BOARDS

Board for National Mission
Central Region
Michael P. Schuermann (Ord, 2026)
Stephen Weller (Lay, 2029)
East-Southeast Region
Timothy J. Droegemueller (Ord, 2029)
Janis McDaniels (Lay, 2026)
Great Lakes Region
Peter C. Bender (Ord, 2026)
Crysten Sanchez (Lay, 2029)
Great Plains Region
Craig K. Niemeier (Ord, 2029)
Carla Claussen (Lay, 2026)
West-Southwest Region
Alfonso O. Espinosa (Chairman, Ord, 2026)
Carla Hack Broome (Lay, 2029)

President’s Representative:
Dien Ashley Taylor (2026)

Daniel M. Galchutt,
Interim Chief Mission Officer
Jon S. Bruss Board for International Mission
Thomas J. Egger Central Region
Matthew C. Harrison
James D. Gier Jr. (Ord, 2029)
Peter K. Lange
Michael Hawk (Lay, 2029)

Roland F. Ziegler (2026)

Advisory Members:

Commission on Constitutional Matters
(CCM)
Chairman:
Larry A. Peters (2026)
Vice-Chairman: Thomas Deadrick (2026)
Secretary (pro tem): Scott A. Killian (2029)
Kevin A. Karner (2029)
David D. Vandercook (2029)

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Staff:

East-Southeast Region
James A. Douthwaite (Ord, 2026)
James Wolf (Lay, 2029)
Great Lakes
Thomas W. Dunseth (Ord, 2029)
John Powers (Lay, 2026)
Great Plains

Daniel Preus (Ord, 2029)
John Edson (Chairman, Lay, 2029)

West-Southwest
Terrence C. Chan (Ord, 2029)
Terence Lung (Lay, 2026)
Voting, President’s Representative:
Elstner C. Lewis Jr. (Ord, 2026)
Staff:

Daniel M. Galchutt,
Interim Chief Mission Officer