Volunteers

Board of Regents

• Chairman: Ronald R. Levesque, Retired Executive, Raytheon Company
• Vice Chairman: James Henkell '94, Senior Pastor, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Pacific Beach, CA
• Secretary: Steven Buuck, Executive Director, Faith Lutheran Middle and High School
• Jeffrey Beavers '89, Teacher/Executive Director, Crean Lutheran High School, Irvine, CA
• Jason J. Bredeson, Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Sacramento, CA
• Neil Cowen, Senior Management in Biotech Industry
• Ryan P. Ermeling ’97, Founder of College Athletics Video Streaming Provider
• Matthew Flandermeyer, Business Owner
• Michael E. Gibson, President, Pacific Southwest District, LCMS
• Anthony Harnack, Wellington Foods Incorporated
• David J. Hemker, Ph.D., Senior VP/ Chief Technology Officer, Lam Research Corporation (Ret.)
• Laura G. Hemminger, Director, Y4Life, Lutherans for Life
• Scott Klemsz, Pastor, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Salinas, CA
• Peter K.S. Lee, Retired Healthcare Finance Executive
• Paula Meyer ’80, Attorney, President, Paula E. Meyer & Associates
• Craig Olson, Retired CEO/CFO, International Bakery Supplier
• H.E. Durbin II '93, Ex Officio, CUI Trustee Chair, Executive, Thrivent Financial
• Rachel Klitzing, MAEd '98, Advisory, Executive Director of School Ministries, Pacific Southwest District LCMS
• Dr. Michael Thomas, Ex Officio, CUI President
• Michael Lange, Advisory, President, California-Nevada-Hawaii District, LCMS
• Roger Schlechte, Advisory, President, Rocky Mountain District, LCMS

Board of Trustees

• Chairman: H.E. Durbin II '93, Executive, Thrivent Financial
• Vice Chairman: David Leichtfuss, President, Broadview Mortgage (Ret.)
• Secretary: Cheryl M. Keithly, Business Owner, Keithly Williams Seeds
• Treasurer: Paul A. Schroeder, Owner, Schroeder Management Company
• Robert Bein, Chairman Emeritus, RBF Consulting
• Paul Belden, Investment Executive, WLA Investments, Inc.
• Ronn C. Cornelius, Managing Partner at Montauk TriGuard Funds
• Ramsey Israwi, Executive, Thrivent Financial
• Cathy Joeckel, Manager, Oil & Gas Entities
• Sarah Johnson ’91, former educator
• Chris Pond '04, Director of Sales Planning & Analytics, Allergan
• Dianne Schautschick, Educator (Ret.)
• E. Steven Sonnenberg, Business Owner, Sonn Associates
• Donna Thiessen, Human Resources Consultant
• James N. Vitale '92, Systems Manager, TGS Management Company
• Pamela Frese Wade '82, M.A. '95, Business Executive, Pamela Wade Consulting
• Pam Wheeler, Senior Vice President, Kimco Staffing Services, Inc. (Ret.)
• Scott Esswein '15, CUI Alumni Association President, Ex Officio
• Dr. Michael A. Thomas, CUI President, Ex Officio
• Tim Jaeger, CUI Vice President for Advancement, Marketing and Communications, Ex Officio

Alumni Board of Directors

• President:  Scot Esswein '15
• Secretary: Rob Blaney '93
• Sarah Anderson '15, MAOL '20
• Chris Pond '04, MBA
• Ryan Jones '22, ASCUI President
• Kyle Duport '98
• Nicholas Ellersick '20
• Emily Eltiste '11, MAOL '19
• Nick Garl, '09
• Sam Gelberger '10, MCAA '13
• Daniel Jenkins '06 
• Kelley Lawson '04, MA '08
• Mark Manning '90 
• John Randall '94
• Brian Moore, MBA '12
• James Morrison, MBA '17
• Raquel Porter '18 
• Amanda Serocke '09, MED '14
• Mark Siegert MA '94
• Bryan Valentini '99
• Tamara Sauer '02, MAOL '18, Ex Officio