Ownership, Support, Government
The university is owned and operated by Pacific Lutheran University, Inc., a Washington corporation whose purpose is higher learning. The PLU corporation meets annually on the PLU campus to elect regents and to conduct other business. The corporation consists of 125 delegates from the six synods of Region I of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The 37-member Board of Regents includes members of ELCA congregations, representatives from the Alumni Association, at-large members, 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 university and strives to provide essential funds. The student body and
the faculty have non-voting representatives who meet with the board. The installation of new Board of Regents Officers occurs each October. The Board of Regents for the Academic Year of 2006-07 will be installed in October 2006.
Cynthia Edwards, Chair
Robert Gomulkiewicz, Vice Chair
James Hushagen, Secretary
Loren J. Anderson, President, PLU, Tacoma, WA
Cynthia Edwards, University Place, WA, ELCA (Chair)
William Foege, Vashon Island, WA, Regent-at-Large
Roe Hatlen, Apple Valley, MN, Regent-at-Large
Darcy Johnson, Mercer Island, WA, ELCA
Anne Long, Bellevue, WA, ELCA
Karen Phillips, Mercer Island, WA, ELCA
Martin Pihl, Ketchikan, AK, ELCA
James Stauffer, Missoula, MT, ELCA
Susan Stringer, Bellevue, WA, Alumni
Andrew Turner, Seattle, WA, Regent-at-Large
Peter Wang, Pebble Beach, CA, Regent-at-Large
Bishop Martin Wells, Spokane, WA, Bishop ELCA
Robert Gomulkiewicz, Redmond, WA, Regent-at-Large (Vice Chair)
Roberta Goodnow, Bellevue, WA, Regent-at- Large
Bishop Robert Hofstad, Tacoma, WA, Bishop ELCA
James Hushagen, Puyallup, WA, ELCA (Secretary)
Kathleen Jacobson, Bend, OR, ELCA
Katherine Johnson, Shoreline, WA, ELCA
Beverly Knutzen, Shelton, WA, Alumni
Michelle Y. Long, Castro Valley, CA, Regent-at- Large
Kathleen McCallum Sachse, Coeur d'Alene, ID, ELCA
Larry Neeb, Fenton, MO, At-Large
Kim Nesselquist, Kenmore, WA, ELCA
Lisa Ottoson, Spanaway, WA, Alumni
Eileen Tellefson, Gig Harbor, WA, ELCA
Dale Benson, Portland, OR, ELCA
Bruce Bjerke, Seattle, WA, Regent-at-Large
David Greenwood, Monte Sereno, CA, Regent-at-Large
Richard Hildahl, Longbranch, WA, ELCA
Estelle Kelley, Portland, OR, Regent-at-Large
Michael Keys, Anchorage, AK, ELCA
Donald Morken, Bellevue, WA, Regent-at-Large
Knut Olson, Lakewood, WA, ELCA
Richard Omland, Billings, MT, Bishop
Carol Quigg, Spokane, WA, ELCA
Jeffrey Rippey, Portland, OR, Regent-at-Large
Andrew Yee, Bellingham, WA, ELCA
Laura F. Majovski, Vice President for Student Life and Admission
Patricia O'Connell Killen, Acting Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
Stephen J. Cornils, Vice President for Development and University Relations
Laura J. Polcyn, Assistant to the President
Sheri J. Tonn, Vice President for Finance and Operations
Elizabeth Brusco, Anthropology, Faculty
David Robbins, Music, Faculty
Erin McKenna, Philosophy, Faculty
Anne Spilman, ASPLU
President, Student
Shelley Johnson, ASPLU Vice President, Student
Tova Emry, ASPLU Director of Finance, Student
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Bishop Mark S. Hanson
Carlos Peņa, Vice-President
Rev. Lowell G. Almen, Secretary
Christina Jackson-Skelton, Treasurer
Division for Vocation and Education
Rev. Stanley Olson, Executive Director
Arne Selbyg, Director for Colleges and Universities
Rev. Mark Wilhelm, Associate Executive Director for Educational Partnerships and Institutions