# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S 6
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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DIRECTORY—OFFICERS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS OF THE SYNOD

Finance/Administration, Sr. VP:
Mark Cannon
Gift Planning Services, Sr. VP:
Concordia Historical Institute
Philip Krupski
Executive Director:
Daniel N. Harmelink
Marketing/Communications, Sr. VP:
Board of Governors
David O’Brien
President:
John C. Wohlrabe Jr. (2031)
Client Services:
Rodney A. Benkendorf (2026)
Legal & Data Management, Sr. VP:
Timothy S. Good (2031) Voting, President’s Representative:
Tina Clasquin
Kathy Graumann (2026)
Growth & Constituent Experience, Sr.
M. Alan Taylor (2026)
David G. Millar (2031)
VP: Jeff Craig-Meyer
Paul W. Robinson (2026) Non-Voting Advisory Members:
Board of Trustees
Michael A. Thomas
Robert V. Roethemeyer (2026)
Chairman:
Ralph Blomenberg (2028)
Don Richard Stuckwisch Jr.
Ross Stroh (2031)
Melvin Faulkner (2028)
Daniel M. Galchutt
Voting, Ex-officio:
John W. Sias (2026)
Dennis Fliehman (2026)
Nathan M. Haak
Brian Fricke (2027)
Non-Voting, President’s Representative:
Richard J. Serina Jr.
Daniel M. Galchutt (2026)
John C. Wohlrabe Jr. (2026)
Dennis Meyer
Russell Harms (2026)
Advisor to the Board: Lawrence R. Rast Jr. Institutional Advisory Council:
Kay Kreklau (2027)
Concordia Publishing House
Erik P. Ankerberg
Kirk Mattes (2027)
Bernard D. Bull
President & Chief Executive Officer:		
Gregory Miller (2026)
Russell P. Dawn
Jonathan D. Schultz
Todd Riordan (2026)
Brian L. Friedrich
Vice-President of Publishing:
Tim Sheldon (2026)
Michael A. Thomas
Jacob A. Corzine
Voting, Board for National Mission Rep.:
Chief Customer Impact & Growth Officer:		 Concordia University Education Network
Carol Hack Broome (2026)
Paul A. Philp
Richard K. Johnson (CUEnet):
Voting, President’s Representative:
Collin L. Bivins Lutheran Church Extension Fund
Chief Financial Officer:
Daniel M. Galchutt (2026)
Executive Director of Production Control
President/CEO:
Bart Day
Non-Voting, Ex-officio: Nathan M. Haak
and Quality Systems:
Karen Capps
Director of Information Technology:		 Finance
SYNOD EDUCATIONAL
Kevin Bremer
Jeremy Roegner Chief Financial Officer:
INSTITUTIONS
Accounting
Director of Facilities and Administrative
Kris Kueker
SEMINARIES
Scott Griffith Chief Accounting Officer:
Services:
Director of Marketing:
Anna Johnson Legal
Concordia Seminary—St. Louis, Missouri
Director of Public Relations and Publicity:		 Chief Legal Officer: Timothy Ramberger
President:
Thomas J. Egger
Elizabeth Pittman
Growth Solutions
Board of Regents
Charles Black
Director of Operations:
Chief Growth Officer:
Joseph Russo Chairman:
W. Max Mons (2028)
Director of Graphic Design:
Alex Ha
Joel A. Brondos (2026)
Executive Director of Human Resources:		 Human Capital and Organizational EffecPaul P. Edmon (2029)
Dana Neuhaus tiveness
Executive Vice President:
Peter W.W. Elliott (2032)
		
Yvonne Schone
Matthew R. Kenitzer (2029)
Executive Director of Sales: Loren Pawlitz
Bruce E. Keseman (2026)
Credit and Loan Administration
Board of Directors
Adam C. Koontz (2029)
Senior
Vice
President:
Dennis
Klussman
Chairman:
Joseph L. Olson (2026)
Troy N. Prehar (2032)
Heidi K. Abegg (2026) Board of Directors
Michael S. Staub (2026)
Christopher Soyke (2028)
Kurt Battles (2029) Chairman:
Mark O. Stern (2026)
Kurth A. Brashear (2027)
Mark W. Birkholz (2029)
Timothy J. Wood (2031)
Steven Buuck (2028)
Stephanie A. Egger (2026)
Gary D. Hemmer (2028) Council of Presidents Appointee:
Elaine M. Graff (2029)
Ryan D. Wendt
Julie Johnson (2026)
Tom R. Halvorson (2026)
Jonathan H. Kramer (2026) President’s Designee:
Jill M. Johnson (2029)
Peter K. Lange
Jaime E. Peters (2028) Ex-officio:
Pamela J. Nielsen (2029)
R. Lee Hagan
Mark L. Pieper (2027)
Voting, President’s Representative:
Concordia Theological Seminary—Fort
Dale D. Wagner (2027)
Jon D. Vieker
Wayne, Indiana
Bruce J. Winter (2027)
Non-Voting, Ex-officio: Nathan M. Haak
President:
Jon S. Bruss
Non-Voting, President’s Representative:
Concordia University System
Board
of
Regents
Daniel M. Galchutt
President:
Jamison J. Hardy
Chairman:
Scott R. Murray (2026)
Non-Voting, Ex-officio: Nathan M. Haak
William M. Cwirla (2026)
Vice-President:
Douglas H. Spittel
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
David L. Daniels (2026)
Board of Directors
Foundation
Kaibo Feng (2029)
Chairman:
Mark P. Braden (2029)
President:
David Fiedler
Marcheta Leighton-Beasley (2028)

SYNODWIDE CORPORATE
ENTITIES

2026 Convention Workbook

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Jon Giordano (2029)
Mark Kalthoff (2026)
Mark Nuckols (2026)
Ellen Lange (2029)
Gary Thompson (2029)