Board of Directors

A Lutheran pastor who has served parishes in Rosholt, SD; Peoria (Bartonville), IL; as an assistant to Bishop L. David Brown of the Iowa District/ALC; Aberdeen, SD; and as Director of Global Mission Support for the ELCA, Chicago. Upon retirement he served as interim pastor at Ingleside, IL. A graduate of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD; and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. He and his wife, Diane, reside in Gurnee, IL. He enjoys landscape gardening, driving his restored 1929 Model A Ford, and doing charitable auctions (He is a professionally trained auctioneer.

A Lutheran Pastor who has served parishes in Thor, IA; Hampton, IA; Minneota, MN; Fond du Lac, WI, and currently is serving as senior pastor at Calvary Lutheran in Willmar, MN. A graduate of Concordia College, Moorhead, MN; and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. He and his wife, Connie, reside in Willmar, MN. He is an avid sportsman and has been a PGA Championship Hole Marshal for the Professional Golf Association of America.

A Human Resources Manager with the Best Buy Corporate Offices in Richfield, MN. She has been in the HR field for the past 12 years.  She is a graduate of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. She and her husband, Ted, reside in Minneapolis, MN.  In her spare time she enjoys exercising, doing home projects and spending quality time with her family and friends!

A Client Relations Manager with St. Croix Solutions, Minnetonka, MN. She has been in the technology field for the past 12 years. She is a graduate of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. She and her husband, Jeff and sons, reside in Jordan, MN. She enjoys running, cooking and reading in her spare time.

A Lutheran missionary who served in Madagascar for over 35 years, retiring in the summer of 2011. Pat currently is serving as a volunteer with the Malagasy Lutheran Church Nursing School and Lutheran Prison Ministry. She is an R.N. and also has her Master's degree in Public Health. Her main hobbies are walking, reading, and biking; and enjoys being involved with family events, both in the States and in Madagascar among her Malagasy friends. Her calling as a missionary is from John 15:16: "You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name."

A Lutheran Pastor who has served parishes in Oil City, PA; Chicago, IL; Volga, SD, and Watertown, SD. A graduate of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD; and Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. He and his wife, Roberta, reside in Hutchinson, MN. He enjoys reading books about contemporary trends in today’s culture and just about any theological issues; and cooking and baking.