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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2007, front matter 15

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DIRECTORY—OFFICERS AND BOARDS OF THE SYNOD

OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD

President
Rev. Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick (2007)

First Vice-President
Rev. Dr. William R. Diekelman (2007)

Second Vice-President
Rev. Dr. Paul L. Maier (2007)

Third Vice-President
Rev. Dr. Dean W. Nadasdy (2007)

Fourth Vice-President
Rev. Dr. Robert H. King (2007)

Fifth Vice-President
Rev. Dr. David D. Buegier (2007)

Secretary
Rev. Dr. Raymond L. Hartwig (2007)

Vice-President-Finance—Treasurer
Dr. Thomas W. Kuchta (2007)

President Emeriti

Rev. Dr. Ralph A. Bohlmann
Rev. Dr. Robert T. Kuhn

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers:
Chairman: Rev. Dr. Robert T. Kuhn
Secretary: Rev. Dr. Raymond L. Hartwig
Clergy Members

Rev. Edward Balfour (2010)

Rev. Victor Belton (2010)

Rev. James Fandrey (2007)

Rev. Dr. Raymond Hartwig (2007)
Rev. Dr. Gerald Kieschnick (2007)
Rev. Dr. Robert Kuhn (2007)

Commissioned Members
Elizabeth Skinner (2007)

Lay Members

Dr. Betty Duda (2010)

Dr. Jean Garton (2007)

David Hawk (2007)

David Piehler (2010)
Christian Preus (2007)

Roy Schmid (2010)

Walter Tesch (2010)

Dr. Edwin A. Trapp, Jr. (2007)

Non-Voting Members

Dr. Thomas W. Kuchta (2007)
Rev. Dr. William Diekelman (2007)

Staff Officer
Ronald Schultz, Chief Administrative Officer

Legal Counsel
Thompson Cobum LLP

COMMITTEE FOR
CONVENTION NOMINATIONS

(Members were elected at the 2003 District Conventions)

Easter: Dr. John Brunner
English: Michael Besch
Towa East: Rev. Dean Rothchild
Kansas: Marvin Kohlmeier
Michigan: Rev. Paul Theiss
Mid-South: Dr. Jean Garton
Minnesota North: Rev. Robert Jarvis
Montana: Keith Meier
New England: Rev. Carl Anton
New Jersey: Ray Visbeck
North Dakota: Dr. Mark Buchhop
Ohio: Robert Becker

Pacific Southwest:
Rocky Mountain:
South Wisconsin:

Diana Alexander
Rev. Roger Krause
Dr. John Jaeger

Southeastern: Dr. Roy Maack
Southern Hlinois: Rev. John Lukomski
Texas: Patricia Bokenkamp

Council of Presidents
Chairman: Dr. C. Witkiam Hoesman (2009)
Vice-Chairman: Dr. Larry A. Stoterau (2009)
Secretary: Rev. William R. Klettke (2009)

Program Committee: Dr. John Brunner (2009)
Rev. C. William Hoesman (2009)
Rev. William R. Klettke (2009)
Rev. Herbert Mueller (2009)

Dr. Larry A. Stoterau (2009)

Rev. Dr. Raymond Hartwig (2007)
Rev. Dr. Gerald Kieschnick (2007)
Rev. Dr. William Dieketman (2007)

Ex-officio:

INTERNATIONAL CENTER SERVICE UNITS

Accounting

Charles E. Rhodes
Rosalito Silva
Karen Sansone

Executive Director:
Synodical Accounting Director:
Tax Reporting Director:

Concordia Technologies

Executive Director: Alan Meyer
Administration Director: Tim Goodwin
Consulting Director: Myron Koehn
Applications & Infrastructure Director: Lia Koehler

General Services

Executive Director: David W. Fiedler

Business Services Director: Gene Weeke
Facilities Management Director: Barbara Knehans
Information Services Director: David Bemer
Purchasing Manager: Mike Magee
Travel & Meeting Planning Director: Lynne Marvin
Human Resources

Executive Director: Barbara Ryan

Internal Audit

Executive Director: Joann P. Spotanski

International Center Chaplain

Chaplain: Otto Hintze
KFUO RADIO

Broadcasting Director: Dennis Stortz

Chief Engineer: John Fischer

FM Program Director: James Connett

AM Program Director: Charles Rathert

SYNODWIDE CORPORATE ENTITIES

Concordia Historical Institute

Director: Dr. Martin R. Noland
Archives and Library Associate Director: Rev. Marvin A. Huggins

Board Members

Dr. Lawrence Rast, Jr. (2007)
Rev. James Bauer (2007)

Scott Meyer (2009)

Eunice Hausler (2009)

Fred Luetkemeier (2009)

Larry Lumpe (2009)

Marlin Roos (2007)

Gladys Suelfiow-Krause (2009)
Rev. Dr. Raymond Hartwig
Advisory Member: Dr. Jerzy Hauptmann
President’s Representative: Dr. Robert King

Chairman:

Concordia Publishing House

President & Chief Executive Officer: Bruce G. Kintz
Vice President & Corporate Counsel: Jonathan D. Schultz
Board Members Heidi Abegg (2007) ,

David Domsch (2010)

Rev. Philip Esala (2010)

Elaine Graff (2007)

Norman Kleinschmidt (2007)

Robert Knox (2010)

Ruth Koch (2010)

Robert Rodefeld (2007)

Dr. Gene Edward Veith (2010)
President’s Representative to the Board: Rev. Dr. Robert Greene
Ex-officio: Dr. Thomas W. Kuchta

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Foundation

President: Rev. Thomas K. Ries
Finance/Administration Sr. Vice President: Wayne Price

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Joint Seminary Fund Development,
Vice President:

KFUO Development, Vice President:

Marketing/Communications,

Cindy Simpson
Jeff Craig-Meyer

Sr. Vice President: Terry Whittle
Ministry Resource Development,

Sr. Vice President: Leonard Fiedler
Gift Planning Services, Sr. Vice President: Terry Gerdts
Trust Administration/Customer Support, .

Sr. Vice President: Tom Angus

World Mission Development, Vice President: Rev. Ed Bertram
World Relief/Human Care Development,

Vice President: Hans Springer
Board of Trustees
Chairman: Rev. Dr. George Black (2006)
Kermit Almstedt (2007)
Rev. Dr. George Black (2007)
Mark Charron (2006)
Bill Kernen (2008)
John Kuddes (2007)
Leon Langemeier (2007)
Rev. Ronald Miller (2007)
Richard Peters (2008)
Cynthia Potter (2006)
Roger Prigge (2008)
Allan Voss (2007)
Non-Voting: Dr. Thomas W. Kuchta (2007)
Lutheran Church Extension Fund
President: Merle Freitag
Architectual Advisor: Rich Brumfield

Capital Funding Services
Vice President:

District & National Relations
Sr. Vice President:

Finance & Administration CFO &
Sr. Vice President:

David Kuerschner

Jeff Miller

Thomas R. Helfrich

Information Technology, Vice President: Richard Lauer
Laborers for Christ, Vice President: Dan Baker
Loans & Real Estate, Sr. Vice President: Gerald Wendt
Marketing & Customer Support,

Sr. Vice President: Glenn Mahnken

Ministry Services/Liturgical & Artist Consultant,
Sr. Vice President:

Board of Directors

Chairman: Jon Schumacher (2006)
Kermit Brashear (2007)
Rev. David Belasic (2007)
Joseph Carabelt (2007)
John Daniel (2008)
Guenther Herzog (2007)
Jotham Shang (2007)
Leon Langemeier (2008)
Pamela Moksnes (2008)
Hans Tews (2006)
Sandy Thompson (2006)

Jay De Beir

Concordia Plan Services Worker Benefit Plans

President: Paul W. Middeke
Executive Vice President and COO: James F. Sanft
Education & Outreach, Vice President: Jack E. Pfitzer
Finance Sr. Vice President /CFO &
Chief Investment Officer:
Information Technology,
Vice President and CIO:
Operations, Vice President:
Plan Administration, Vice President:
Products & Services, Vice President:

Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Services
(Board of Managers— Worker Benefit Plans)
Chairman: Richard E. Beumer(2007)

Dr. LuJuana R. Butts (2008)

Rev. Ronald R. Carnicom (2009)

Fred G. Kraege] (2009)

F. Mark Kuhimann (2007)

Mark E. Schmidtke (2009)

Rev. Fred Schroeder (2007)

Joel R. Wilson (2008)

Stan Wirth (2007)

Ronald M. Wolf (2008)
Ex-officio: Thomas W. Kuchta
President’s Representative:

Thomas J. Neely

Robert W. Cushman
Voncile D. Stone
Linda A. Olsen
Dennis V. Breite

Rev. Philip J. Esala

PROGRAM AND SERVICE BOARDS

Board for Black Ministry Services

Chairman: Rev. Donald Anthony (2007)
Litlian Biddte (2007)
Marvin Collins (2007)

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