Leadership

Officers

Rev. Heath Curtis, President

Rev. Dr. Stephen Krenz, First Vice-President

Rev. Mark Surburg, Second Vice-President

Rev. Lyle Buettner, Secretary

Mr. Gary Hemmer, Treasurer

District Board of Directors

The Lay and Commissioned Members below were elected at the 2025 Convention in February.  Once updated, contact information for leadership will also be found on the Databook page.

Larry Barringer
Lay Member

Bill Becker
Commissioned Member

Paul Bertels
Lay Member

Matt Bierman
Lay Member

Rev. Lyle Buettner
SID Secretary

Rev. Heath Curtis
SID President

Gary Hemmer
SID Treasurer

Kurt Johnson
Lay Member

Kevin Koenigstein
Lay Member

Rev. Dr. Stephen Krenz
SID First Vice-President

Ken Krueger
Commissioned Member

Dr. James Munden
Lay Member

Rev. Chris Prumm
Chair, Board of Spiritual Care

John Schaff
Commissioned Member

Rev. Dr. David Schultz
Chair, Board of Missions

Don Stallman
Lay Member

Rev. Mark Surburg
SID Second Vice-President

George Trammel
Lay Member

Board of Missions

The names below were elected at the 2025 Convention in February.  Once updated, contact information for leadership will also be found on the Databook page.

Walter Blotevogel

Alice Decker

Frank Glaub

Sharon Holcomb

Joseph Meador

Rev. David Otten

Rev. Dr. David Schultz, chair

Rev. John Sedwick

Board of Spiritual Care

The names below were the circuit visitors ratified at the 2025 Convention in February. Once updated, contact information for leadership will also be found on the Databook page.

Rev. Christen Prumm, chair
Circuit 1

Rev. Scott Busacker
Circuit 2

Rev. Timothy Appel
Circuit 3

Rev. Kyle Wright
Circuit 4

Rev. Chris Spelbring
Circuit 5

Rev. Ralph Laufer
Circuit 6

Rev. James Hennig
Circuit 7

Rev. Eric Wood
Circuit 8

Rev. David Kollmeyer
Circuit 9

Rev. Scott Hojnacki
Circuit 10

Rev. Jay Holden
Circuit 11

Since the 2025 Convention in February, changes to the below committees will be updated over the coming months.  Once updated, contact information for leadership will also be found on the Databook page.

Finance Committee

Mr. Bill Becker

Mr. Paul Bertels

Mr. Gary Hemmer

Mrs. Anna Rowden

Mr. Don Stallman

Fund Advisory Committee

Mr. Gary Hemmer

Mrs. Julie Johnson

Mr. Bradley Small

Mr. Richard Watson

Office and Personnel Committee

Mr. Kevin Hartkemeyer

Rev. Mark Nebel

Mrs. Deitt Schneider

Constitution Review Committee

Mr. Bill Becker

Rev. Peter Ill

Rev. Ralph Laufer

Mr. Zachary Stegman

Commission on Communication

Rev. Joseph Nehring

Rev. Scott Schilbe

Mrs. Carol Walther