Program Team Staff
Dana McNamara
Interim Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Katie Hotze-Wilton
Director of Educational Technology
Jill Baker
Director of Academic and Vocational Discernment
Shamar Jordan
Director of Music
Julie Jennings
Associate Dean of Enrollment and Student Support
Robin Davidson
Assistant Registrar and Administrative Assistant for Academic Programs
Scott Holl
Theological Librarian/Archivist | Bookstore Manager
Justin Head
Executive Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Seminary & Programs Team
Amy Pisaneschi
Accountant
Justin Shamell
Relationship Manager and Recruiter of Congregations
Institutional Advancement Team Staff
Mary Schaller Blaufuss
Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Communication
Sandi Boehlein
Director of Development
Scott Jones
Development Manager
Deanne Swaringen
Communication Associate
President's Team Staff
Kristi Murdock
Executive Administrative Assistant to the President
Denise Stauffer
Director of Administration and Implementation | Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Michelle Wobbe
Director of Assessment and Registrar
Facilities: HOME Team
Todd Theissen
Director of Facilities
Danita Carter
Outside Events Coordinator
Edgar Moore
Maintenance
Bill Brakemeyer
Grounds
Yvonne Buckner
Custodial Engineer
Walker Leadership Institute Staff
Dietra Wise Baker
Director of Walker Leadership Institute
Steve Lawler
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Deborah Krause
President | Professor of New Testament
Dietra Wise Baker
Assistant Professor of Community Leadership
Christopher Grundy
Academic Dean | Professor of Worship and Preaching | Dean of the Chapel
Benjamin Hartley
Professor of Contextual Education, Mission, and United Methodist Studies
Henry Kuo
Associate Professor of Church Histories and Historical Theology
Raquel Lettsome
Professor of New Testament and Womanist Biblical Interpretation
J. Clinton McCann
Evangelical Professor of Biblical Interpretation
Damayanthi Niles
Professor of Constructive Theology (Allen and Dottie Miller Professor of Mission and Peace)
Board of Trustees
Rev. Kevin Anthony
St. Louis, MO
Mr. Paul Brady
St. Louis, MO
Rev. Charles Burton
Godfrey, IL
Rev. Karla J. Cooper, EdD
Crete, NE
Rev. Dr. Kirk FosterArlington, TX
Rev. David Gerth
St. Louis, MO
Rev. Shana Johnson
Highland, IL
Mr. David Luckes
St. Louis, MO
Rev. Matthew Miofsky
St. Louis, MO
Rev. Dr. Deborah Patterson
Salem, OR
Mr. David Sauerhoff
St. Louis, MO
Mr. Mark Schafale
Beaver Falls, PA
Ms. Darlene Sowell
St. Louis, MO
Ms. Caron Strother
St. Louis, MO
Mr. Noah Jensen Tabor
Ankeny, IA
Mr. Matt Wagner
New York City, NY
Rev. Dr. Jesse Williams, Jr.
Stony Point, NY
