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COMMITTEES
Colloquy Committee for the Pastoral 
Ministry
Chairman: Peter K. Lange
Members: Jon S. Bruss
 Heath R. Curtis 
 Thomas J. Egger
Colloquy Committee for Commissioned 
Ministry
Chairman: Peter K. Lange
Members: Bernard D. Bull
 Cari Chittick
 Russell P. Dawn
 Paul A. Philp
 James A. Pingel II
 Lorinda L. Sankey
NATIONAL SYNOD STAFFS
Office of the President
President:
 Matthew C. Harrison
First Vice-President: Peter K. Lange
Assistants to the President:
 Barbara A. Below
 Kim R. Vieker
Assistants to the President—Church Rela-
tions: 
 Jonathan E. Shaw
 Michael N. Frese
 James A. Krikava
Administrative Assistant: 
 Georgia L. Endicott
Project Coordinator: Rachel C. Asburry
MISSION UNITS
Interim Chief Mission Officer: 
 Daniel M. Galchutt
Office of National Mission
Executive Director: Daniel M. Galchutt
Managing Directors: Tiffany M. Manor 
 Michael W. Meyer
Director, Church Planting: 
 Quintin M. Cundiff
Director, Discipleship: Heath A. Trampe
Director, Disaster Response: 
 Ross E. Johnson
Director, Youth Ministry: 
 Mark R. Kiessling
Office of International Mission
Executive Director: Cory J. Rajek
Managing Director, Global Business Opera-
tions: Blake A. Warren
Managing Director, Global Mission Opera-
tion:
 Brian A. Gauthier
Director, Missionary Recruitment: 
 Mark A. Rabe
Director, Missionary Services: 
 Mark J. Wolfram
Director, Short-Term Mission: 
 Erin E. Alter
Regional Director, Africa: 
 Shauen T. Trump
Interim Regional Director, Asia: 
 Brian A. Gauthier
Regional Director, Eurasia: 
 David R. Preus
Regional Director, Latin America and 
Caribbean:
 Ted M.R. Krey
Communications
Interim Executive Director: 
 Roy S. Askins
Managing Director, Editorial and Theologi-
cal Content:  Roy S. Askins
Managing Director, Production: 
 Jennifer L. Duffy
Managing Editor, Lutherans Engage the 
World: Megan K. Mertz
Managing Editor, Reporter: 
 Cheryl L. Magness
Managing Editor, The Lutheran Witness: 
 Stacey E. Eising
Managing Photojournalist: Erik Lunsford
Director, Design Services: Erica R. Schwan
Director, Video Production:
 Drew J. Davidson
Director, Web Services: Rudy A. Blank
KFUO AM & FM Radio Stations
Executive Director, Broadcast Services: 
 
 Gary A. Duncan
Associate Executive Director: 
 Andrew B. Bates
Director of Development: Mary E. Schmidt
Mission Advancement
Interim Executive Director:
 
 Shane T. Smithson
Consulting Director, Strategy & Analytics: 
 
 Mark D. Hofman
Director, Campaigns and Special Initiatives: 
 
 Martha J. Dahlke
Director, Missionary Network Care and 
Support: Chandra M. Thurman
Director, Managed Contributor Care: 
 
 Brianne E. Gerzevske
Pastoral Education
Executive Director: James A. Baneck
Director, Post-Seminary Applied Learning 
and Support (PALS): Jonathan J. Manor
International Center Chaplain
Chaplain/Director of Worship: 
 Sean C. Daenzer
CHURCH 
BODY OPERATIONS
Secretary: John W. Sias
Assistant to the Secretary: 
 Christian Boehlke
Rosters, Statistics and Research Services
Director:
 Scott Kostencki
ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS
Interim Chief Administrative Officer:
 
 Nathan M. Haak
Event Planning & Procurement
Senior Director:
 Lynne C. Marvin
Human Resources
Executive Director:
 Nathan Thomas
Operations Support Services
Executive Director:
 Joel A. Rivers
Associate Executive Director, Operations 
Support: 
 Mike Metcalf
Associate Director, Technology Applica-
tions:
 John Stimpson
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
Chief Financial Officer: Nathan M. Haak
Accounting
Director of Accounting: Jim Ehlers
Director of Tax and Compliance: 
 Pam Palmer
Internal Audit
Executive Director:
 Christopher Wood
SYNODWIDE TRUST ENTITY
Concordia Plan Services
President & CEO:
 James F. Sanft
Vice-President & Chief Administrative 
Officer / Chief Financial Officer: 
 Robert A. Bouche
Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer: 
 
 Kevin M. Herweck
Vice-President, Chief Investment Officer: 
 
 Brian K. Gardner
Vice-President & General Counsel: 
 Ann T. Stillman
Board of Directors—Concordia Plan Ser-
vices / Board of Trustees—Concordia Plans
Chairman:
 Scott A. Seefeld (2027)
 Amber D. Bahr (2026)
 Jon D. Boeche (2027)
 Jason Burk (2027)
 Daryl R. Dagit (2026)
 Henry C. Eickelberg (2027)
 David K. Hawk (2028)
 Jesse P. Huber (2028)
 Ronald L. Kuehn (2028)
 Mark A. Miller (2028)
 Roger Offermann (2026)
 M. Douglas Peters (2027)
 Judy K. Stromback (2027)
 Mark O. Swenson (2026)
 Renee C. Varga (2026)
Non-Voting, President’s Representative: 
 Roger C. Paavola
Non-Voting, Ex-officio: Nathan M. Haak
DIRECTOR
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