Strategic Discernment Committee
Reverend Brian Beckstrom, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
Associate Vice President for Mission, Valparaiso University
Lutheran – ELCA
Deaconess Lisa Polito ’90 (Co-Chair)
Executive Director for the Lutheran Diaconal Association
Lutheran – LCMS
Kevin Goebbert ’03, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost and Professor of Meteorology, Valparaiso University
Lutheran – ELCA
Deaconess Adrainne Gray, MAPT
Director of Discernment for the Lutheran Diaconal Association (LDA)
Lutheran – ELCA
Reverend Kathryn Kleinhans ’80, Ph.D.
Dean, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
Lutheran – ELCA
Reverend Mark Koschmann ’07, Ph.D.
Vice President for Faith and Ministry, Chief Mission Officer, and Department of Theology and Ministry Chair, Concordia University, St. Paul
Lutheran – LCMS
Reverend David Larson-Martínez ’15, M.Div.
Associate Pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Pastor in Residence for Faith Formation, Saint Peter’s Church, New York City
Lutheran – ELCA
Reverend Fred Niedner, Ph.D.
Senior Research Professor in Theology, Valparaiso University
Lutheran – LCMS
Jeni Prough ’91, Ph.D.
Dean of Christ College – The Honors College, Valparaiso University
Lutheran – ELCA
Jakob K. Rinderknecht ’02, Ph.D.
Moody Professor, Honors Program Director, and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Roman Catholic