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.
Gary Severson, Chair
Cynthia Edwards, Vice Chair
Robert Gomulkiewicz, Secretary
Loren J. Anderson, President, PLU, Tacoma, WA
Daniel L. Alsaker, Spokane, WA, ELCA
Robert Gomulkiewicz, Redmond, WA, Regent-at-Large (Secretary)
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, Castro Valley, CA, Regent-at- Large
Gary Severson, Kirkland, WA, Regent-at-Large (Chair)
Rev. Rebecca Lucky Shjerven, Gig Harbor, WA, ELCA
Neal L. Arntson, Portland, OR , ELCA
Dale Benson, Portland, OR, ELCA
David Greenwood, Monte Sereno, CA, Regent-at-Large
Anne Hafer, Wheaton, IL, Regent-at-Large
Richard Hildahl, Longbranch, WA, ELCA
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
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
Karen Phillips, Mercer Island, WA, ELCA
Martin Pihl, Ketchikan, AK, ELCA
Jim Stauffer, Missoula, MT, ELCA
Susan Stringer, Bellevue, WA, Alumni
Bishop Martin Wells, Spokane, WA, Bishop ELCA
Peter Wang, Pebble Beach, CA, Regent-at-Large
Laura J. Polcyn, Assistant to the President
David Aubrey, Vice President for Development and University Relations
Laura Majovski, Vice President and Dean for Student Life and Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment Services
James L. Pence, Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
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
Chris Green, ASPLU Director of Finance, Student
Jessica Prest, ASPLU
Vice President, Student
Scott Stauffer, ASPLU President, Student
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Bishop Mark S. Hanson
Addie J. Butler, Vice-President
Rev. Lowell G. Almen, Secretary
Christina Jackson-Skelton, Treasurer
Divison for Higher Education and Schools
Raymond Bailey, Fort Collins, CO
Dean Baldwin, Erie, PA
Rev. Timothy J. Bettger, Lancaster, PA
Janet E. Greenleaf, Bethlehem, PA
Rev. Sherman Hicks, Washington, DC
Kristine Hughey, Wallingford, PA
Jeffrey L. Kane, Manchester, NH
Rev. Gwendolyn S. King, Hanover, NH
Rev. Russell C. Kleckley, Minneapolis, MN
Rev. Linda J. Kraft, Stafford Spring, CT
Jenny N. Peterson, Austin, TX
Rev. Stephen D. Samuelson, Racine, WI
Rod Schofield, Colorado Springs, CO
Diane G. 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. Jayne M. Thompson, Manhattan, KS
James Tremain, Fremont, NE Leonard Schulze, Executive Director
Rev. Richard Zawistowski, Assistant Executive Director
Arne Selbyg, Director for Colleges and Universities