Lutheran Services in America Staff Members
Listed Alphabetically by Site
BALTIMORE, MD - National Headquarters
700 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230-3850
Phone: 800-664-3848
Fax: (410) 230-2710
Adenike Akintilo
Event, Meeting, and Marketing Manager
Phone: 410-230-3551
LSA Annual Conference, Executive Retreat, CEO Academy, Leadership Academy, network conference and event coordination, meeting and event planning and marketing
John Carter
Manager of Administration
Phone: (410) 230-3548
LSA internal accounting, HR, IT, facilities management; internal production and mailing support
Evia Cozart
National Office Administrator
Phone: (410) 230-2703
Member dues reception, LSA e-publication distribution, LSA Personnel Bulletin, national office first-point-of contact for event registration, online payments, telephone/mail contact, LSA internal administrative, database, production, mailing and event support; LSA Caregiver Suite Peer Consortium Liaison
Bruce Cropf
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Phone: (410) 230-2705
Cash management, investment activities, grant accounting, insurance/risk management positions, contracts, tax and compliance issues, hardware/telecommunications systems and vendor relations, budget process, annual audits, POC for emerging business partnerships, preferred vendor relationships and revenue generation opportunities
Trish Holford
Senior Director, Creative Services
Communications | Marketing | Events | Fund Development
Phone: (410) 230-3552
Member of the LSA Communications and Marketing Team: LSA message and brand consistency, marketing communications to bolster fundraising efforts, new project development initiatives, member engagement and the LSA Board of Directors; JHU Listening Post Project and CHRM network liaison.
Jeanean Merkel
Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Phone: (410) 230-3540
LSA’s brand, day-to-day communications and marketing, coordination/production of internal and external communications to position LSA nationally, public relations, media, creative, promotions and advertising
Lisa Schiller
Acting President and CEO
Phone: Phone: (724) 865-3236
Relationships with the ELCA, LCMS, members, LSA Board of Directors and external partners; end point responsibility for LSA's strategic directions, initiatives, staffing, structure, capacity and
results to fulfill Board-established Ends Policies
WASHINGTON, DC
122 C Street NW #125
Washington, DC 20001
Fax: (202) 783-7502
Margaret Cooch
Director of Public Policy and Advocacy
Lutheran Services in America--Disability Network
Phone: (202) 626-7949
Medicaid, housing for people with disabilities, home and community based services, public policy as it relates to developmental disabilities
Robert Francis
Director of Advocacy and Policy
Phone: (202) 626-7932
Affordable housing, federal budget, child welfare and Social Services Block Grant and other block grants; initiatives linking service, advocacy and community change
PITTSBURGH, PA
P.O. Box 642
Prospect, PA 16052
Lisa Schiller
Acting President and CEO / Vice President, Operations
Phone: (724) 865-3236
Internal operations and improvements, leadership development, member engagement, human resources, information technology system, high level responsibility for the membership database, exploration of opportunities for LSA and its members
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
7830 E. Camelback Road, Unit 708
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Bob York
Senior Director, Leadership Development and Member Engagement
Phone: (410) 905-2632
Formal and informal consultation in areas of crisis intervention, organizational assessment, peer consultation teams, problem solving, staff and board development; LSA leadership development events and sharing information among members
LIAISONS
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Division for Church in Society
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631
Josselyn Bennett
Director for Poverty and Justice Congregational and Synodical Mission
Phone: (800) 638-3522 Ext. 2687
Affiliation studies for new social ministry organizations, ELCA Domestic Disaster Response affiliations, review of affiliate governing document amendments, endorsement for organizations applying for inclusion in ELCA group IRS ruling, endorsement for organizations applying for loans from the ELCA Mission Investment Fund, management of grant programs for Lutheran Services for the Elderly Endowment, Lutheran Services for Children Endowment
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
1333 S. Kirkwood Road
St. Louis, MO 63122-7295
Dorothy Krans
Director of Social Ministry Organizations
Phone: (800) 248-1930 ext. 1636
Granting and management of LCMS Recognized Service Organization (RSO) status for members; Lutheran identity; conduit to LCMS congregations, districts and synodical offices; World Relief and Human Care grants
