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Contact People Within the Synods of
the ELCA
The following people are listed as contact people if you would like connections
and opportunities to network with people in your synod.
If you would like to be added to this list as someone who would like to be a resource and a connection point for people living out the Caring For Creation statement in your part of the ELCA, please email us at webofcreation@lstc.edu.
The lists of contacts are named within their particular synods within
their region. If you are curious about the region in which you are located,
the ELCA has a map
to place you in the right place.
Region One (Alaska and the Northwest)
Region Two (Western States)
Region Three (North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota)
Region Four (South Central United States)
Region Five (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin)
Region 6 (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan)
Region 7 (Northeast United States)
Region 8 (East Central United States)
Region 9 (South East United States and Caribbean)
Region 1 Alaska
and The Northwest
Alaska Synod
Northwest Washington Synod
Southwestern Washington Synod
Rachel Esbjornson
Tacoma, WA
esbjorrd@plu.edu
Susan Ferber Goodspeed
Tacoma, WA
suewelca@earthlink.net
Gordon Hills
Lakewood, WA
gchreu@netscape.com
John Rosenberg
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
501 Santa Fe Dr.
Vancouver, WA 98661
ronsenbergjohn@comcast.net
Danielle Welliever
Tacoma, WA
welliever@hotmail.com
Donna Wilson
Tacoma, WA
Dseldonwilson@cs.com
Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod
Gretchen Stewart
Moscow, ID
gretchen.stewart@gmail.com
Oregon Synod
Norene Goplen
605 SE 39th Ave
Portland, OR 97214
Lutheranadvocate@aol.com
Montana Synod
Bob Boettcher
Big Sandy, MT
boettrae@tt-cmc.net
Region 2 Western States
Sierra Pacific Synod
Mark Carlson
Lutheran Office of Public Police
1701 "L" Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
lutheranpublicpolicyca.org
Southwest California Synod
Pacifica Synod
Mia McNulty
Corona, CA
miamc182002@yahoo.com
Grand Canyon Synod
Gail Bliss
Phoenix, AZ
gmbliss@juno.com
Rocky Mountain Synod
Nelson Bock
2437 Downing St.
Denver, CO 80205-5238
nbock6552@aol.com
Jeffrey Louden
8808 N. Cove Dr.
Park City, UT 84098
jlouden@xmission.com
Region 3, North and South Dakota, Minnesota
Patricia Benson
Creation Care Coordinator, benson@lcppm.org
Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in MN (LCPPM)
Co-Coordinator, Congregations Caring for Creation / Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light (C3/MNIPL)
www.lcppm.org and www.c3mn.net
Western North Dakota Synod
Eastern North Dakota Synod
Roger Bischoff
Valley City, ND
bischoff@csicable.net
South Dakota Synod
Lance Lindgren
Vangren Lutheran Church
300 W. 3rd Street
Mission Hill, SD 57046
605-665-5426
LLindgren@svtv.com
Northwestern Minnesota Synod
Carolyn Engebretson
Rochert, MN 56578
ceengeb@arvig.net
Northeastern Minnesota Synod
Southwestern Minnesota Synod
Minneapolis Area Synod
Laura Bolstad
Minneapolis, MN
L_bolstad@yahoo.com
Sean Gosiewski
Minneapolis, MN
iasa@mtn.org
Steve Jerbi
Minneapolis, MN
helping.friendly.book@gmail.com
Dennis Ormseth
Saint Paul, MN
dhotao@mninter.net
Lois Swenson
Minneapolis, MN
swenson2206@yahoo.com
Saint Paul Area Synod
Matthew Anderson-Stembridge
Interfaith Climate Change Network Saint Paul, MN mstembridge@ncccusa.org
Mark Peters
Minnesota Public Policy Office
105 W. University Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55103
petersglcppm.org
Southeastern Minnesota Synod
Kathy Bolin
Rochester, MN
prairiesforever@aol.com
Region 4 South Central
Nebraska Synod
Chuck Bentjen
Lutheran Public Policy Advocacy Office
5320 Stonecliff Dr.
Lincoln, NE
Cbentjen2000@yahoo.com
Central States Synod
Noni Strand
Bethany College
335 E. Swensson
Lindsborg, KS 67456
785-227-3380 ext. 8340
strandn@bethanylb.edu
Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod
Rudy Hermann
Tulsa, OK
hermannr@aol.com
Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod
Peggy Ogden Howe
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church
2121 E. University Dr.
Denton, TX 76209-7825
940-387-1984
ctslc.pastor@verizon.net
Southwestern Texas Synod
Ned Gossett
Pleasonton, TX
bgossettnaj@aol.com
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast
Synod
Joyce Kuhlman
Covenant Lutheran Church
Houston, TX
joykulman@aol.com
Region 5 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin
Metropolitan Chicago Synod
Green Synod Report
Green Synod Resolution on Global Climate Change
Jim Schwab
1755 N. Campbell Ave.
Chicago, IL
60647-5205
jimjeanschwab@att.net
Michael Stanch
511 Oak Crest Drive
North Aurora, IL
60542
stanchmj@msn.com
Patty Hewitt
Messiah Lutheran Church
Elgin, IL
pastorphewitt@comcast.net
Dave Rhoads
Lutheran School of Theology
1100 E. 55th Street
Chicago, IL 60615
drhoads@lstc.edu
Ken Westlake
Mt. Prospect, IL
kwestlake@aol.com
Northern Illinois Synod
Green Synod Report
Green Synod Resolution
Mission Gathering Pamphlet
Rev.Don Knowles
Immanuel Lutheran Church
415 East St.
Earlville, IL 60518
immanuel15@juno.com
Russ Senti
LOMC’s Executive Director
P.O. BOX 239
Oregon, 61061
russsenti@lomc.org
Central/Southern Ill. Synod
Dave Sanders
Stelle, IL
starweaver@stelle.net
Southeastern Iowa Synod Paul D. Ostrem
PO Box 3167
Iowa City, IA 52244
ostrem@seiasynod.org
Phil Leino
Des Moines, IA
leinop@msn.com
Western Iowa Synod
Northeastern Iowa Synod
Jim Martin-Schramm
Professor of Religion
Luther College
700 College Dr.
Decorah, IA 52101
563-387-1251
marschja@luther.edu
Northern Great Lakes Synod
Northwest Synod of Wisconsin
Merry Soyck-Doring
msoyck-doring@nwswi.org
East-Central Synod of Wisconsin
Greater Milwaukee Synod
Green Synod Report
Pastor Carol Baumgartner
Racine, WI parsonsbaskets@sbcglobal.net
Robert and Marilyn Lease
Milwaukee, WI
rlease1@juno.com
South-Central Synod of Wisconsin
Peter W. Bakken, PhD
Public Policy Coordinator
Wisconsin Council of Churches
750 Windsor St, Ste 30,
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
608-837-3108
peterbakken@cs.com
Richard Blomker
Lake Edge Lutheran Church
4032 Monona Drive
Madison WI, 53716
Dblomke@elca.org
Sue Larson
Lutheran Office for Public Policy, Wisconsin
322 East Washington Ave
Madison, WI 53703
slarson@itis.org
Lois Swenson
Arena, WI
Swenson2204@yahoo.com
Jeffrey T. Wild
Advent Lutheran Church
7118 Old Sauk Road
Madison, WI 53717
mccwild@chorus.net
La Crosse Area Synod
Region 6 Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan
Southeast Michigan Synod
Sonja Page
Ann Arbor, MI
sonjapg@umich.edu
North/West Lower Michigan Synod
Kim Winchell
Freeland, MI
Kwinch5940@aol.com
Indiana-Kentucky Synod
Northwestern Ohio Synod
Tom Bridgeman
University of Toledo
Lake Erie Center
6200 Bayshore Rd.
Oregon, OH 43618
419-530-8373
Thomas.bridgeman@utoledo.edu
Northeastern Ohio Synod
George Murphy
Tallmadge, OH
gmurphy@raex.com
Southern Ohio Synod
Lindsay Barrett
Columbus, OH
lbarrett@capital.edu
Region 7 Northeast United States New Jersey Synod
New England Synod
Sarah Fredericks
Brighton, MA 02135 sfrederi@bu.edu
Paul Santmire
Watertown, MA
revhps@hotmail.com
Metropolitan New York Synod
Dennis Frado
LOWC
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10025
dfrado@elca.org
David Rommereim
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
7420 4th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11209
romerdh@aol.com
Upstate New York Synod
Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Slovak Zion Synod
Region 8 East Central Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod
Paul and Edna Bente
Landenberg, PA
ednab1942@aol.com
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Synod
Sandy Kessinger
Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
9625 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
sandy.kessinger@ecunet.org
Pat Zerega
Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
9625 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
patricia_zerega@elca.org
Allegheny Synod
Lower Susquehanna Synod
Upper Susquehanna Synod
Mike Ochs
Williamsport PA billtownmike@yahoo.com
Stephen A. Schlesing
Williamsport, PA 17701
Delaware-Maryland Synod
Jack Slocomb
Cumberland, MD
jslocomb@prodigy.net
Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod
Karen Vagley
Washington, DC
karen_vagley@elca.org
West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod
Steven Woodruff
Morgantown, WV
sdwood@umich.edu
Region 9 South East United States and Caribbean
Virginia Synod Douglas Muschett
Alexandria, VA
dmsusdev@yahoo.com
North Carolina Synod
Ron and Nancy Bryant
Charlotte, NC
ronancyb@bellsouth.net
Edward and Vicki Hauser
Asheville, NC
eee622@aol.com
Paul E. Lutz, PhD
Durham , NC Plutzdurham@aol.com
South Carolina Synod
Southeastern Synod
Florida-Bahamas Synod
Monica Folk
Kissimmee, FL
mfolk@tnc.org
Caribbean Synod
People involved with Caring for Creation at the ELCA Churchwide Offices:
Mary Minnette
ELCA's Director for Environmental Education and Advocacy
mary.minette@elca.org
Josselyn Bennett, bennett@elca.org
Mark Burkhardt, mburkhar@elca.org
Inez Davis, idavis@elca.org
Ron Duty, rduty@elca.org
Frank Imhoff, franki@elca.org
Rebecca Larsson, rebecca_larson@elca.org
Kaari Reierson, kaari_reierson@elca.org
Lois Weber, lweber@elca.org
If you would like to be added to this list as someone who would like
to be a resource and a connection point for people living out the Caring
For Creation statement in your part of the ELCA, please email us at webofcreation@lstc.edu.
Thanks!
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