Board of Regents
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Rev. Dr. Paul R. Naumann, Chairman
Naumann (Portage, MI) is a 1980 graduate of Concordia, Ann Arbor, MI. He has served as pastor at Trinity, Oshkosh, WI; on the campus of Concordia University, Mequon, WI; and currently serves as senior pastor at St. Michael in Portage, MI.
He has served on various circuit, district and synodical committees and volunteer positions, as well as in the community. He was elected to the BOR by the MI District at their convention in the summer of 2009. Naumann currently serves as the chairman of the Board of Regents. |
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Fred Watkins, Vice Chairman
Watkins (Mentor, OH) earned his bachelor of arts from Colby College, masters of business administration from Cornell University and his Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve. He is a member of the order of the Coif and of the Ohio Bar. Watkins is CEO of the National Telephone Supply Company, which was founded by his grandfather in 1901. He has served on the Koinionia Homes Board for the mentally impaired, Western Reserve Society, American Revolution Essay committee and Eagle Scout Award committee.
He has served on the Board of Directors of the downtown Rotary Club of Cleveland and the Board of Deacons of Faith Lutheran Church. He has also served as organist and choir director at the church. He is serves as the Vice President of the Board of Regents. |
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David Bowers
Bowers (Olmsted Falls, OH) currently serves as executive director of the Ohio District Lutheran Church Extension Fund, Inc., a position he has held since 1994. Bowers worked 25 years with the Illuminating Company, Cleveland’s largest electric utility. During his career, he held several management positions in their Controllers and Human Resources departments as well as assisting as a loaned executive with United Way of Greater Cleveland.
During his time with the Ohio District-CEF, the corporation has grown to be a $40 million dollar financial arm of the Ohio District-LCMS lending funds to missions and self-supporting congregations for new ministry opportunities and new or improved school and church facilities. Bowers currently serves as secretary of the Board of Regents. |
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John E. Brandt
Brandt (Macomb, MI) currently serves as a commissioned English teacher at Lutheran High School North in Macomb, MI. His home congregation is St. Peter in Macomb where he has served on the Board of Education.
He previously taught at Lutheran High School West in Rocky River, Ohio and is a 1985 graduate of Concordia, Ann Arbor, MI. Elected to the BOR by the MI District at their convention in the summer of 2009. |
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Robert Foerster
Foerster (Orchard Park, NY) currently serves as the Assistant to the President, Schools and Education for the Eastern District of the LC-MS. He has held this position since 1999. He has also served as Administrator to children and families in congregations in Wisconsin, Maryland and North Carolina.
Foerster is a 1969 graduate of Concordia, Ann Arbor. His education included a BA from Concordia in Seward and MA from Towson State University in Maryland. His professional development has included Lutheran Education Association and the National Association for Education of Young Children. |
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Sandra Hardies
Hardies (Canadian Lakes, MI) has served as Vice President of Communication for Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and has served as Michigan District LWML President. She has been an integral part of the International Student Ministry and serves as a Team Leader for MOST (Mission Opportunities Short Term) Ministries.
In 2007, she served as a delegate to the LCMS Convention. She is a leader in her home congregation, Chapel of the Lakes in Mecosta, Michigan, as a member of the church council and a leader for a number Bible studies and retreats. Hardies is a 1968 graduate of Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. |
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Philip Leege
Leege (Loveland, OH) is retired from Procter & Gamble Company and works part-time as an engineering consultant. Leege graduated from Valparaiso University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
He serves on a committee of the Ohio District-LCMS and interviews potential seminary students from Southwest Ohio. Leege was awarded the Christus Primus award from Concordia University Ann Arbor in 2005. |
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Rev. Don Luhring
Luhring (Defiance, OH) currently serves as senior pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Defiance, OH. He attended Concordia Junior College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri; and studied for a second master’s degree in Christian education, group dynamics and Old Testament studies at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.
Luhring served 15 years at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Monticello, Indiana. He led the circuit’s Ongoing Ambassadors program and worked on Marriage Enrichment retreats. Luhring has since served 25 years at St. John in Defiance, Ohio. He has served on the district evangelism board and the district stewardship board for 6 years. |
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Rev. David P. Maier
Elected at the June, 2009 District Convention as the MI District President. He has served the following churches as pastor: Our Savior, Marlette, MI; St. Peter, Arlington Heights IL; and Our Savior, Lansing, MI.
He has served as a Vice President of the MI District, on the Family Life Board; Circuit Counselor and on various district and synodical board and committees. He has been speaker at member at local organizations, retreats and gatherings. |
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Barry Olson
Olson (Shelby Township, MI) currently serves as President and Founder of Project 12 Baskets (P12B) which builds and deploys web-based, fundraising solutions for charitable organizations. In 1979, Olson joined Computer Horizons Corporation (CHC) and now possesses over 31 years of continuous experience and innovation in the professional services industry.
Olson graduated from Concordia College in Ann Arbor with an associates of arts degree and is a graduate of Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. Upon graduation, he taught mathematics and science at the junior high level for three years and also served as an elementary school principal for two years in the Michigan parochial school system. He is serving as a board member to several philanthropic endowment funds.
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Tina W. Putz
Putz (Kinde, MI) currrently serves as an adjunct professor at Saginaw Valley State University, Baker College and Davenport University.
Her home congregation is St. Peter in Kinde, MI, where she also serves as a Sunday School teacher. Putz was elected to the BOR by the MI District at their convention in the summer of 2009. |
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Ian W. Schonsheck
Schonsheck (Northville, MI) is C.E.O. of Schonsheck, Inc., a building design, construction and land development company out of Wixom, MI. His home congregation is St. Paul in Hamburg, MI.
He has served as president and elder of his congregation and on various community boards as trustee, Board of Directors member, and in advisory and coordination capacities. Schonsheck was elected to the BOR by the MI District at their convention in the summer of 2009. |
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| Advisory Members |
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Rev. Terry Cripe
Steve DeBoer
Rollo Fisher
Hank Hajdas
Jerry Kluck
Daniel May
Karl Mueller
Dennis Pudell
Rev. Michael Roth
Ronald Salvner
Rev. David Stechholz
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