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