Task Force Members

• Dawn Jeglum Bartusch
  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana; Member of Christ Lutheran Church, Valparaiso, Indiana
• Sue Berry
  Defense Attorney, Wilmington, North Carolina; Member of Kure Memorial Lutheran Church, Kure Beach, North Carolina
• Rev. Oliver Brown
  Prison Chaplain, Minersville, Pennsylvania; Member of Zion Lutheran Church, Minersville, Pennsylvania
• Ryan P. Cumming
  Doctoral Candidate, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois; Member of Faith Lutheran Church, Shelby Township, Michigan
• David Ellis
  Clinical Psychologist, Princeton, West Virginia; Member of Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Beckley, West Virginia
• Rev. David Fredrickson
  Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota; Member of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Rev. Hillary Freeman
  Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches and Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Member of Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina, Minnesota
• Rev. H. Julian Gordy
  Bishop, Southeastern Synod, ELCA, Atlanta, Georgia; Member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Franklin, Tennessee
• Judge Daniel Joy
  New York State Supreme Court (retired), Jamaica, New York; Member of New Hope Lutheran Church, Jamaica, New York
• Linda Manson
  Office of Admissions, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Member of St. Michael’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Rev. Derek Nelson
  Associate Professor of Religion and Co-Director of Thiel Global Institute, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania; Interim Pastor, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Greenville, Pennsylvania
• Cynthia Osborne (Task Force Chair)
  Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Program Development, Lutheran Services in America, Baltimore, Maryland;Member of Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Maryland
• Jane Otte
  Executive Director, Prisoner and Family Ministry, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Marion, Illinois; Member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Marion, Illinois
• Nancy Reed
  Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney, Page County, Virginia; Attorney, Reed & Reed, P.C., Luray, Virginia; Member of St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, Luray, Virginia
• Rev. Steve Rice
  Religious Services Coordinator, Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility, Miles City, Montana; Pastor, First Lutheran Church, Miles City, Montana
• Anamaria Schmid
  Homemaker, Ojai, California; Member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Ojai, California
• Robert Tuttle
  Professor of Law, Kerz Research Professor of Law and Religion, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Member of Christ Lutheran Church, Washington D.C.

ELCA Governance Body Advisors

• Jack Munday
  Member of the ELCA Church Council; Member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, East Bethel, Minnesota

ELCA Churchwide Staff

• Roger Willer
  Office of the Presiding Bishop