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Mary Streufert
Director for Justice for Women
email: Mary Streufert
phone: 773-380-2281

Dr. Mary Streufert is passionate about God, the church, women, theology, and gender justice. She completed her Ph.D. in theology at Claremont Graduate University with a focus on contemporary Lutheran christology. She was awarded a prestigious Lilly Fellowship in Humanities and Theology at Valparaiso University, where she taught and wrote in a variety of topics, including atonement theory, christology, systematic theology, and global feminist theology. Mary has a particular interest in and commitment to the ways in which theology matters in people’s everyday lives. She is a member of the ELCA, the American Academy of Religion, and Lutheran Women in Theological and Religious Studies. Mary and her spouse have three young sons.


Juli Bey
Administrative Assistant
email: Juli Bey
phone: 773-380-2710

As a researcher and organizer, Juli Bey supports the work of justice for women in the ELCA. While working as a teacher at an all girls’ school in Japan, she first became interested in gender justice issues. Juli holds a B.A. in Church Music and Religion and has aspirations of completing a master’s in the Arts and Theology. An accomplished musician, Juli works as an organist and pianist at an ELCA congregation in her spare time and is married to an ELCA seminarian.



Justice for Women Consulting Committee