Boards of Directors
We are governed by a Board of Directors, which is comprised of representatives from business, clergy, health care and other sectors of the community. The board provides direction and approval in terms of our strategic plan, employee and fiscal policies, and other programmatic issues.
Operating Board of Directors
Annette Adams
Pastor Katie Baardseth – Second Vice Chair
Lisa Cieslak
Héctor Colón – President & CEO
Frank Cumberbatch – Secretary
Pastor Becky Goche
Mike Groth
Dean Gruner
Katie Kawczynski
Bill Kessler
Maureen Kolb
Eric Lorenz – First Vice Chair
Michael Losenegger – Treasurer
Bishop Joy Mortensen-Wiebe
Jose Olivieri – Chair
Dick Pieper
Eric Thomas – Past Chair
Joel Treffert
Melanie Varin
Andy Willms
Advisory Directors
Bishop Anne Edison-Albright – East Central Synod
Bishop Paul Erickson – Greater Milwaukee Synod
Bishop Katherine Finegan – Northern Great Lakes Synod
Bishop Felix Malpica – La Crosse Area Synod
Bishop Laurie Skow-Anderson – Northwest Synod
Foundation Board of Directors
Patricia Wesner, Chair
George Roth, Vice Chair and Secretary
David C. Boerke, Treasurer
A. Bela Maroti, Founder
A. William Huelsman
Sarah Maio
Margaret M. Paur
John Schaller
Robert Shepard
John Silseth
Mark Van Genderen