Criminal Justice Task Force Members
Dawn Jeglum Bartusch Assistant Professor, Department for Sociology
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, Indiana
Sue Berry
Defense Attorney
Wilmington, North Carolina
Jeff Bishop
Financial consultant
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Rev. Oliver Brown
Prison Chaplain
Minersville, Pennsylvania
David Ellis
Clinical Psychologist
Princeton, West Virginia
Rev. David Fredrickson
Professor of New Testament
Luther Seminary
St. Paul, Minnesota
Hillary Freeman
Co-director, Community Justice Project
Minneapolis Police Dept.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Judge Daniel Joy
New York State Supreme Court (retired)
Jamaica, New York
Linda Manson
Office of Admissions
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rev. Derek Nelson
Assistant Professor of Religion and Co-Director of Thiel Global Institute
Thiel College
Greenville, PA
Cynthia Osborne (Task Force Chair)
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Program Development
Lutheran Services in America
Baltimore, MD
Jane Otte
Executive Director, Prisoner and Family Ministry
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Marion, IL
Nancy Reed
Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney. Page County, Virginia
Attorney, Reed & Reed, P.C.
Luray, VA
Rev. Steve Rice
Pastor, First Lutheran Church
Miles City, Montana
Anamaria Schmid
Homemaker
Ojai, CA
Robert Tuttle
Professor of Law; David R. and Sherry Kirschner Berz Research Professor of Law and Religion
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Rev. H. Julian Gordy
Bishop
Southeastern Synod, ELCA
Atlanta, Georgia
ELCA Governance Body Advisors
| Kevin Lotz |
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CS Program Committee |
| Jack Munday |
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Church Council |
ELCA Church in Society Studies Staff
| Rev. Kaari Reierson |
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Associate Director for Studies |
| Rev. Victor Thasiah |
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Assistant Director for Studies |
Staff Consultants
| Nancy Arnison |
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Director for ELCA World Hunger Program Church in Society Unit |
| Loretta Horton |
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Director for Poverty Ministries Networking Church in Society Unit |