Synodical Representatives
Region 1
Alaska
Vacant
Northwest Washington
Thomas Wert
Columbia Lutheran Home, 4700 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98103
206-633-6180; grauwert@scn.org
Southwestern Washington
Roy T. Johnson
Tacoma Lutheran Home, 1301 North Highlands Parkway, Tacoma, Washington 98406
206-752-7112
Eastern Washington - Idaho
Kelly Loy
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, 190 E. Bannock St., Boise, ID 83712
208-381-1680; loyk@slrmc.org
Oregon
Frederick Sickert
Emanuel Hospital, 2801 North Gantenbein, Portland, Oregon 97227-1674
503-413-4151; fsickert@lhs.org
Montana
Vacant
Region 2
Sierra Pacific
Robert W. Andersen
1063 Regency Knoll Drive, San Jose, California 95129
408-253-0962; bobandeth@aol.com
Southwest California
Mark E. Winick
California Medical Center, 1401 South Grand, Los Angeles, California 90015
213-742-5491; mwinick@prodigy.net
Pacifica
Vacant
Grand Canyon
Vacant
Rocky Mountain
Vacant
Region 3
Western North Dakota
Curtis Hanson
Trinity Health, 3 West Burdick Expressway, Minot, North Dakota 58701
701-857-5228; curtis.hanson@trinityhealth.org
Eastern North Dakota
Roger Brockmeyer
Valley Eldercare Center, 2900 14th Avenue South, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201
701-787-7945; rbrockmeyer@valleymemorial.org
South Dakota
David Larson
Assistant to the Bishop
South Dakota Synod, Augustana College, 2001 South Summit Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197
605-274-4022; davidgeo@augie.edu
Northwestern Minnesota
Laurie Natwick
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 56562
702-226-0763; natwick@cord.edu
Northeastern Minnesota
Craig Carlson
St. Mary's Hospice and Palliative Care
Mail Stop 330 building, 407 East 3rd Street, Duluth, Minnesota 55805
218-786-1848, 218-349-1608 (mobile); ccarlson62@smdc.org
Southwestern Minnesota
Peter Lundholm
St. Cloud VA Medical Center, 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56303
320-252-1670; peter.lundholm@med.va.gov
Minneapolis Area
William Dexheimer Pharris, BCC
Fairview University Medical Center, 420 Delaware Ave. MMC 260, Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-273-4342; bdexhei1@fairview.org
Saint Paul Area
Nancy Ruth Wigdahl
1013 Sibley Memorial Hwy #226, St. Paul, MN 55118
651-232-2041; nwigdahl@healtheast.org
Southeastern Minnesota
Sylvan Hengesteg
Methodist Hospital, 201 West Center Street, Rochester, MN 55902
507-266-7284; hengesteg.sylvan@mayo.edu
Region 4
Nebraska
Frank Philipp
11133 Summit Drive, Blair, Nebraska 68008
Central States
Maynard Peterson
VA Medical Center, 1811 East Waterman Street, Wichita, Kansas 67211
316-264-8163; mpeter1811@aol.com
Arkansas - Oklahoma
Vacant
Northern Texas - Northern Louisiana
Kay L. Johnson
Vitas Hospice
5430 Fredericksburg Road, Suite 200, San Antonio, Texas 78229
210-348-4300; pastorkay@gmail.com
Southwestern Texas
Mel Swoyer
Director of Spiritual Care, LSSS, PO Box 49589, Austin, Texas 78765-9589
816-861-6584; mswoyer@lsss.org
Texas - Louisiana Gulf Coast
Marlo Petersen
9622 Galston Lane, Spring, Texas 77379
281-376-8559; marlo1pete@aol.com
Region 5
Metropolitan Chicago
David Kyllo
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E Superior St, Chicago, Illinois 60611
312-238-1200; dkyllo@ric.org
Northern Illinois
Frank Moyer
11332 Ventura Boulevard, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115
815-633-2844; padreethic@aol.com
Central / Southern Illinois
Scott Olbert
Limina Institute, 903 East Jefferson Street, Bloomington, Illinois 61701
309-828-1414; olberto@msn.com
Southeastern Iowa
Linda L. Bets
Department of Pastoral Care, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, 700 E. University Ave., Des Moines, Iowa 50309
betslf@ihs.org
Western Iowa
Noel Kropp
Bethany Lutheran Home, 7 Elliot Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
712-328-9500; pastor@bethanylutheranhome.org
Northeastern Iowa
Dennis Bauer
Lutheran Services of Iowa, P.O. Box 848, Waverly, Iowa 50677
319-352-2630; dennisbauer@lsiowa.org
Northern Great Lakes
Craig Mansur
Bay Area Medical Center, Chaplain Department, 3100 Shore Drive, Marinette, Wisconsin 54143
715-735-4200; cmansur@bamc.org
Northwest Synod of Wisconsin
Aimee Wollman
Luther Midelfort, 1221 Whipple St., Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702
715-838-1472; wollman.aimee@mayo.edu
East - Central Synod of Wisconsin
David Rumbold
Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh, 225 Eagle Street, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54902
920-235-4653; drumbold@lutheranhomes.com
Greater Milwaukee
Vicki Watkins
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Columbia Campus, 2025 East Newport Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211
414-961-3767; vwatkins@columbia-stmarys.org
South - Central Synod of Wisconsin
James Koza
Skaalen Retirement, 400 North Morris, Stoughton, Wisconsin 53589
608-873-5651; kozaskaalen@mailbag.com
La Crosse Area
Chaplain Mark Teslik
P.O. Box 143, New Lisbon, Wisconsin 53950
608-847-3019; chmark@mwt.net
Region 6
Southeast Michigan
Rev. Kathy Schell
Chelsea Community Hospital
775 South Main Street, Chelsea, Michigan 48118
734-475-4040; KSchell@cch.org
North / West Lower Michigan
Rebecca Ebb-Speese
Luther Community, 2000 32nd Street, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508
616-452-5900; rebs@LSSM.org
Indiana - Kentucky
Max Blankenburg
The Pilgrimage Center, 10210 North Meridian, Indianapolis, Indiana 46290
317-575-9855
Northwestern Ohio
Julie Beitelschees
Toledo Hospital, 2142 North Cove Boulevard, Toledo, Ohio 43606
419-693-3760; julie.beitelschees@promedica.org
Northeastern Ohio
Linda Jaffke-Hilliard
91 Benton, Austintown, Ohio 44515
216-757-9702
Southern Ohio
Paul L. Elhard
27173 Big Pine Rd, Logan, Ohio 43138
740-380-2238; elhard@hughes.net
Region 7
New Jersey
Tiina H. Nummela
134 Hickory Road, Somerset, New Jersey 08873
732-565-3639, tiiaarnie@verizon.net
New England
Rod Rinell, Jr.
Hospital for Special Care, 2150 Corbin Avenue, New Britain, Connecticut 06053
860-827-4882
Metropolitan New York
George Handzo
The HealthCare Chaplaincy, 307 East 60th Street, New York, New York 10022
212-644-1111; ghandzo@healthcarechaplaincy.org
Upstate New York
Sue Lewandowski
110 Hinsdale Rd., Camillus, NY 13031
315-446-2502; sue.lewandowski2@verizon.net
Northeastern Pennsylvania
William Horn
Good Shepard Home, Sixth & John Streets, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103
610-776-3299; whorn@gsrh.org
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Jane Roper
1536 Foresman Dr., Pottstown, PA 19464
610-940-6949; srjane@verizon.net
Slovak Zion
Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek
P.O. Box 1003, Torington, Connecticut 06790-1003
860-482-6100; wilma.kucharek@ecunet.org
Region 8
Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod
Bishop Ralph Jones is currently asking Rev. David Pflieger to serve in this position. Notification will be made to the Vocation and Education unit when this position is officially filled.
Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod
Vacant
Allegheny Synod
The Rev. Terryann Talbot-Moses
Altoona Regional Health System
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA 16601
814-889-4323, ext. 4102; ttalbot-moses@altoonaregional.org
Allegheny Synod
Bishop Gregory Pile has now developed an understanding of and appreciation for the work of synodical representatives and is currently seeking a representative from the synod. Notification will be made to the Vocation and Education unit when this position is officially filled.
Lower Susquehanna Synod
Roger Bucy
945 Duke Street, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042
717-274-1495; bucy5@comcast.net
Upper Susquehanna Synod
Rev. Steven Middernacht
1218 Market Street, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837
570-922-5202: chaplainstmid@aol.com
Delaware - Maryland Synod
Rev. Jimmie Schwartz
300 St. Luke Circle, Westminster, Maryland 21158-4174
410-876-8113: jschwartz@clvillage.org
Metropolitan Washington DC Synod
Rev. Judy Simonson
227 Creek Rd, Artemas, PA 17211
202-253-0603; jsimonson@pennswoods.net
West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod
Bishop Ralph Dunkin
503 Morgantown Avenue, Suite 100 Fairmont, West Virginia 6554-4374
304-363-4030; fsd01282@mail.wvnet.edu
Regional Rep: Currently vacant
Region 9
Virginia
Jean Bozeman
Virginia Synod, 400 West Olney Road, Norfolk, Virginia 23507
757-622-9421; bozeman@visi.net
North Carolina
Claude Deal
3823 Swarthmore Road, Durham, North Carolina 27707
919-493-8775; deal0002@mindspring.com
South Carolina
Guy H. Shealy
Saluda Psychological Center, P.O. Box 68, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29731-6608
803-327-6103
Southeastern
Bryn A. Carlson
8381 Fairway Drive, Covington, Georgia 30014
770-788-0235; bcarls@charter.net
Florida - Bahamas
Robert Wiley
1051 Pinetree Drive, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida 32937
407-773-1815; rwjb@aol.com
Caribbean
Vacant