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.
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.
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.
Rev. Christen Prumm, chair
Circuit 1
Rev. Tim Appel
Circuit 2
Rev. Dr. Scott Busacker
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.
Finance & Fund Advisory Committee
Mr. Paul Bertels
Mr. Lee Eggemeyer
Ms. Mindy Fischer
Mr. Gary Hemmer
Mr. Ken Krueger
Mr. Kevin Koenigstein
Mr. Don Stallman
Office and Personnel Committee
Mr. Larry Barringer
Mr. Joseph Meador
Rev. Mark Surburg
Youth Advisory Committee
Mr. Eric Dunn
Rev. Jay Holden
Mr. Noah Jost
Mrs. Carrie Kober
Mr. Barry Pfeiffer
Mr. Bob Polansky
Constitution Review Committee
Mr. Bill Becker
Rev. Peter Ill
Rev. Ralph Laufer
Mr. Zachary Stegman
Commission on Communication
Rev. Gunnar Campbell