Nominee biography

Jon Allen

Concordia University Texas Board of Regents

This reader is built from the 2026 LCMS Biographical Synopses and Statements of Nominees. It is provided as a source-navigation and reading aid. Verify all elections, candidate eligibility, convention procedures, and official ballots against official LCMS convention materials.

Official nominee source text from the 2026 LCMS Biographical Synopses and Statements of Nominees.

Nominee study-aid caution

This Nominees reader is an AI-assisted, file-extracted study aid. It is not the official ballot, not an official LCMS nominee resource, and not a voting recommendation. Extraction tools can miss names, misplace candidates, omit cross-listed offices, mismatch photos, or format details incorrectly. Always verify every nominee name, office, region, board, commission, page number, and ballot detail against the official LCMS nominee publication and final convention ballot before making voting judgments.

Official nominee source text

This profile was extracted from the nominee publication. Verify the official nominee materials before making voting decisions.

Photo of Jon Allen from the 2026 LCMS Biographical Synopses and Statements of Nominees.
Section
Concordia University Texas Board of Regents
Office/position
Concordia University Texas Board of Regents
Candidate category
not specified
Source page
p. 74
Also candidate for
Board of Regents, Mequon

Formatted from official nominee source text for readability.

Basic Details

College
Admissions/Applicant Couns., Mgt. Adv. Bd. to US Coast Guard Academy Admissions, Registrar & Ed. Op.US Coast Guard Inst. 3, Adjunct Prof. Rochester Inst. of Tech.3, Keynote Spkr., Sr. Officer US Coast Guard. I have a strong passion for supporting students and helping organizations improve. From more than 25 years of providing volunteer admissions support to all five U.S. military academies to serving as a part-time adjunct professor, to more than 12 years of serving as chairman of my Coast Guard Academy class stewardship committee, to having served in the dual roles of registrar and chief technology officer at a non-resident school with over 40,000 students, I have a breadth of diverse education-related experiences. Following my retirement from the Coast Guard as a senior officer, organizational, process, and governance improvement became a career focus for me in both profit and nonprofit organizations, including in the Eastern District and local churches.

Also candidate for

Board of Regents, Mequon

Additional official source text

Jon Allen, Penfield, NY; Faith, Penfield NY (EA); LCMS 68; Ret. S:

Conv. Deleg. D: Mem./Chm. BOD EA 8. C: Choir, Musician, Elder, Lay Reader, Cantor, Usher, Youth Grp.

Pres. O: Chm. US Coast Guard Academy Stewp. Com. 14, College Guest Lecturer 22, Sub. Tchr.,

Pause and Pray at 3:07 p.m.

At 3:07 each day, remember John 15:7 and pray for Christ's Church, the convention, our leaders, and the work of the Gospel among us.

Prayer page