Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees governs the Concordia University Foundation and provides guidance in the planning and implementation of all Foundation programs and activities. The board plays a major role in raising necessary resources to further the University's mission and service to students.

Elected Members

• Chairman: David Leichtfuss, President, Broadview Mortgage
• Vice Chairman: H.E. Durbin II '93, Executive, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
• Secretary: Cheryl M. Keithly, Business Owner, Keithly Williams Seeds


• Robert Bein, Chairman Emeritus, RBF Consulting
• Roger L. Burtner, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate (Ret.), Chevron Oil
• Doug Cavanaugh, President & CEO, The Ruby Restaurant Group
• Ward Hemingway, Business Executive, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Ret.)
• Jim Klein '06, President, Klein Companies
• Kevin McCafferty, National Sales Executive, Bank of America
• Lyle Meyer, Chairman, Concordia Plan Services (Ret.)
• Paula Meyer '80, Attorney, President, Paula E. Meyer & Associates
• Paul A. Schroeder, Owner, Schroeder Management Company
• E. Steven Sonnenberg, Business Owner, Sonn Associates
• John Stueve, Business Executive (Ret.)
• Pamela Frese Wade '82, M.A. '95, Business Executive
• Pam Wheeler, Senior Vice President, Kimco Staffing Services, Inc. (Ret.)
• Howard R. Worthington, Business Executive, Pacific Gas & Electric

Life Members

• Treasurer: Donald C. Lahn, Business Executive, Prudential Overall
• Kim Alsop, Business Executive, Union Oil
• Michael D. Antonovich, County Supervisor, Los Angeles
• Ronald E. Barnes, M.D., Desert Plastic Surgery
• James Beam, Business Owner, Developer & Investments
• Rev. Eugene Beyer, Pastor, North Scottsdale Mission
• William H. Boltz
• Londa L. Borer-Skov, Ph.D., University Professor, California State University, Sacramento
• Russell Campbell, Business Executive (Ret.)
• William E. Dannemeyer, Former Congressman
• Ruth E. DeNault '07, MBA '09, President, DeNault's True Value Hardware
• Jack E. Fleischli, Business Executive, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
• E. Vernon Frost, Business Executive, Frost Engineering (Ret.)
• Lee R. Hallerberg, Business Owner (Ret.)
• Robert Odle, Business Owner, Real Estate Development
• Gregory E. Preuss, Business Executive, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
• Delbert Schmidt, Business Owner, CPA, Schmidt & Associates
• J. David Theis, Jr.
• Thomas B. Trollan
• Jo Voertman, Business Owner, Real Estate & Investment
• Richard J. Wendt
• Carol Schroeder Wold, Vice President, Five Point Communities
• Eldred G. Wolf, Controller (Ret.), Rosarita Mexican Foods

Ex Officio

• Amy Neben '02, M.Ed. '07, President, Alumni Association