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ELCA STATE PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTORS

ELCA Washington Office
122 C Street NW, Suite 125
Washington DC 20001
http://www.elca.org/advocacy

Mary Minette
Director for Environmental Education & Advocacy
202-626-7936
mary.minette@elca.org

Arizona
Karen Novachek, Director
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Arizona
4423 North 24th Street, Suite 400
Phoenix , AZ 85016
602-957-3223
karensnov@aol.com

California
Mark Carlson, Director
Lutheran Office of Public Policy–CA
1701 L Street
Sacramento , CA 95814
916-447-6666
lutheranadvocate@earthlink.net
www.lutheranpublicpolicyca.org

Colorado
Terri McMaster, Director
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry–CO
455 Sherman Street, Suite 160
Denver , CO 80203
303-777-6700
tmcmaster@rmselca.org
www.lam-co.org

Delaware
Shirley Seibert, Director
Lutheran Office on Public Policy in DE
1344 Birch Lane
Wilmington , DE 19809
302-764-3489
sos618@aol.com

Illinois
Daniel Schwick, Director
Jennifer DeLeon, Associate Director
Lutheran Network for Justice Advocacy
1001 East Touhy Avenue, Suite 50
Des Plaines , IL 60018
847-390-1418 (Dan) 847-390-1428 (Jennifer)
dan.schwick@lssi.org
jennifer.deleon@lssi.org
www.lutheranadvocacy.org

Iowa
Lyle Krewson, Director of Social Justice Advocacy
Lutheran Services in IA, Inc.
515-276-8947
lylekrewson@mchsi.com

Maryland
Lee Hudson, Director
Lutheran Office on Public Policy
41 State Circle, Suite 5
Annapolis , MD 21401-1991
410-268-4122
messiahodsq@netzero.net

Michigan
Ben Baldus, Director
Office of Public Policy and Advocacy/LSSM
328 West Ottawa Street
Lansing , MI 48933-1547
517-487-5776
bbaldus@voyager.net
www.lssm.org

Minnesota
Mark Peters, Director-Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in MN
Patricia Benson, Creation Care Coordinator
105 West University Avenue
St. Paul , MN 55103
651-224-5499
peters@lcppm.org
benson@lcppm.org
www.lcppm.org

Nebraska
Chuck Bentjen, Director
Justice Ministries , NE Synod, ELCA
5188 East Sargent Road
Beatrice , NE 68310
402-450-1003
cbentjen2000@yahoo.com
www.nejusticemin.org

Nevada
Larry Struve, Interim Director
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in NV
357 Clay Street – Good Shepherd LC
Reno , NV 89501
775-747-4201
ldstruve@sbcglobal.net
www.rainnv.org (Religious Alliance in NV)

New Jersey
Bruce Davidson, Director
Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry in NJ
176 West State Street
Trenton , NJ 08608
609-396-4071
bdavidson@njsynod.org
www.njsynod.org

New Mexico
Ruth Hoffman, Director
Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry–NM
1701 Arroyo Chamiso Road
Santa Fe , NM 87505-4775
505-984-8005 (w) 505-984-8005 (f)
505-660-7472 (c)
rh@logmnm.org
www.logmnm.org

New York
Dan Hahn, Director
Lutheran Statewide Advocacy
18 Computer Drive West, Suite 107
Albany , NY 12205
518-436-9319 x17
luthstad@knick.net
www.lsa-ny.org

Oregon
Norene Goplen, Director
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of OR
605 SE 39 th Street
Portland , OR 97214-3298
503-731-9519
lutheranadvocate@aol.com

Pennsylvania
Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA
245 Division Street, Suite 2
Harrisburg , PA 17110
717-232-9128
www.lamp.org

Washington
Paul Benz, Director
Lutheran Public Policy Office of WA State
766 John Street , Suite B
Seattle , WA 98109
206-464-4133
pbenz@lcsnw.org
www.lppowa.org

Wisconsin
Sue Moline Larson, Director
Lutheran Office for Public Policy in WI
322 East Washington Avenue
Madison , WI 53703-2834
608-255-7399
suelarson@mcleodusa.net
www.loppw.org

Administration
Lynette Engelhardt Stott
ELCA Director for State Public Policy Advocacy
1216 2 nd Street, NW
Rochester , MN 55901
507-536-4921
lynette.stott@elca.org