The Board of Regents

Officers Ex-Officio

Advisory – PLU Church Officials

Ownership, Support, Government: The university is owned and operated by Pacific Lutheran University, Inc., a Washington corporation whose purpose is to maintain a Christian institution of higher learning. With the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on January 1, 1988, the PLU Corporation was reconstituted. The corporation meets annually on the PLU campus to elect regents and to conduct other business. The corporation consists of 34 regents and 125 delegates from the six synods of Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Board of Regents includes eighteen representatives from the Alumni Association, three bishops from the synods of Region I, and the university president.

The policy-making and governing body of the university is the Board of Regents. On the basis of recommendations made by the president, it charts a course for the development of the total program of the university and strives to provide essential funds. The student body and the faculty have non-voting representatives who meet with the board.

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Gary Severson, Chair
Cynthia Edwards, Vice Chair
James Hushagen, Secretary

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Loren J. Anderson, President, PLU, Tacoma, WA

1999-2002 Term
Neal L. Arntson, Portland, OR , ELCA
Richard L. Bauer, Boise, ID, ELCA
Anne Hafer, Wheaton, IL, Regent-at-Large
Kurtis K. Mayer, Tacoma, WA, Regent-at-Large
Donald Morken, Bellevue,WA, Regent-at-Large
Rev. Richard Omland, Billings, MT, ELCA
Jeffrey Rippey, Portland,OR, Regent-at-Large
Rev. John L. Vaswig, Edgewood, WA, ELCA
Rev. Dean Wigstrom II, Silverton, OR, ELCA

2000-2003 Term
Cynthia Edwards, University Place, WA, ELCA (Vice Chair)
William Foege, Atlanta, GA, Regent-at-Large
Roe Hatlen, Apple Valley, MN, Regent-at-Large
Anne Long, Bellevue, WA, ELCA
Rev. Larry Neeb, Fenton, MO, Regent-at-Large
Karen Phillips, Mercer Island, WA, ELCA
Martin Pihl, Ketchikan, AK, ELCA
Gerry Anne Sahlin, Bow, WA, ELCA
Jim Stauffer, Missoula, MT, ELCA
Susan Stringer, Bellevue, WA, Alumni
Bishop Martin Wells, Spokane, WA, Bishop ELCA

2001-2004 Term
Daniel L. Alsaker, Spokane, WA, ELCA
Becky Burad, San Francisco, CA, Alumni
Robert Gomulkiewicz, Redmond, WA, Regent-at-Large
Roberta Goodnow, Bellevue, WA, Regent-at- Large
Ken Hartvigson, Jr., Seattle, WA, ELCA
Bishop Robert Hofstad, Tacoma, WA, Bishop ELCA
Kathleen Jacobson, Bend, OR, ELCA
Katherine Johnson, Shoreline, WA, ELCA
William W. Krippaehne, Jr., Seattle, WA, ELCA
Michelle Y. Long, Cypress, TX, Regent-at-Large
Gary Severson, Kirkland, WA, Regent-at-Large (Chair)
Rev. Rebecca Lucky Shjerven, Gig Harbor, WA, ELCA

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Karin Anderson, Assistant to the President
David Aubrey, Vice President for Development and University Relations
Laura Majovski, Vice President and Dean for Student Life
James L. Pence, Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
Laura Polcyn, Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment Services
Rev. Richard Rouse, Executive Director of Church Relations
Sheri Tonn, Vice President for Finance and Operations
Charles Bergman, English, Faculty
Michele Crayton, Biology, Faculty
Anthony Evans, Physical Education, Faculty
Susan Carnine, ASPLU President, Student
Emily Brown, ASPLU Vice President, Student
Chris Anderson, ASPLU Director of Finance, Student

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Bishop Mark S. Hanson
Addie J. Butler, Vice-President
Rev. Lowell G. Almen, Secretary
Richard L. McAuliffe, Treasurer

Divison for Higher Education and Schools
Raymond Bailey, Fort Collins, CO
Dean Baldwin, Erie, PA
Rev. Timothy J. Bettger, Lancaster, PA
Rev. Susan Briehl, Spokane, WA
Janet E. Greenleaf, Bethlehem, PA
Rev. Sherman Hicks, Washington, DC
Kristine Hughey, Wallingford, PA
Jeffrey Kane, Manchester, NH
Rev. Gwendolyn S. King, Hanover, NH
Rev. Linda J. Kraft, Stafford Spring, CT
Jenny Peterson, Austin, TX
Rev. Stephen Samuelson, Racine, WI
Rod Schofield, Colorado Springs, CO
Diane Scholl, Decorah, IA
Alycone M. Scott, Fremont, NE
Rev. Ernest L. Simmons, Moorehead, MN
Gay S. Steele, Columbus, OH
Tekeste Teclu, Ceder Falls, IA
Rev. Paul Thielo, Olmsted Falls, OH
Rev. Jayne M. Thompson, Manhattan, KS

Leonard Schulze, Executive Director
Arne Selbyg, Director for Colleges and Universities