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 Manager
Phone: 410-230-3551
LSA Annual Conference, Executive Retreat, CEO Academy, Leadership Academy, network conference and event coordination, meeting and event planning
John Carter
Manager of Administration
Phone: (410) 230-3548
LSA internal accounting, HR, IT, facilities management; internal production and mailing support; Trading Graces online auction
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
Bruce Cropf
Vice President, Finance and Business Development
Phone: (410) 230-2705
LSA financial data, Form 990, member dues questions, IT applications, HR policies/procedures, employee benefits, administrative/legal matters, preferred vendor relationships, business development
Trish Holford
Director in the Office of the President
Phone: (410) 230-3552
Special project and initiatives, LSA Board of Directors, JHU Listening Post Project, New CEO Orientation Program, member outreach, documents and archives, communications collaboration
Jeanean Merkel
Director of Communications
Phone: (410) 230-3540
Communication consultations, web site content, media relations, branding, internal and external communications
Cynthia Osborne
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Program Development
Phone: (410) 230-3546
Thrivent-LSA Aging in Community Initiative, strategic and collaborative initiative development, external partnerships, new or replicable models, learning circles, collaborations with and for
members, nonprofit sector issues
Jill Schumann
President/CEO
Phone: (410) 230-2702
Relationships with the ELCA, LCMS, SMO 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
Lisa Hassenstab
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.
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 people with developmental disabilities
PITTSBURGH, PA
P.O. Box 642
Prospect, PA 16052
Lisa Schiller
Director for Knowledge Strategies
Phone: (724) 865-3236
LSA database development and management, Executive Profiles and salary surveys, LAN and ALMS liaison, LSA Annual Conference breakout sessions, CEU applications and processing, research about the LSA system, knowledge exchange and knowledge building strategies, children’s issues
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
7830 E. Camelback Road, Unit 708
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Bob York
Director of Consulting Services
Phone: (410) 905-2632
Consultation for support, assessment, problem solving and new opportunities, board development, leadership development, broker peer consultation
LIAISONS
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Division for Church in Society
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631
Josselyn Bennett
Director for Poverty Ministries
Church in Society
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
World Relief and Human Care
1333 S. Kirkwood Road
St. Louis, MO 63122-7295
Barbara Below
Director of Social Ministry Organizations
Phone: (800) 248-1930 ext. 1383
Granting and management of LCMS Recognized Service Organization (RSO) status for members; Lutheran identity; conduit to LCMS congregations, districts and synodical offices; World Relief andHuman Care grants
