Genetics Task Force
Per Anderson, Ph.D. (Task Force Co-chair)
Professor, Department of Religion
Chair, Division for Global Education
Concordia College
Moorhead, Minnesota
Jerald DeWitt, Ph.D.
Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Leland Glenna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology
College of Agricultural Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Juliette Kahle
Ph.D. candidate in Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Rev. Judith A. Klusman
Assistant to the Bishop
North Carolina Synod, ELCA
Salisbury, North Carolina
Robert Roger Lebel, Ph.D.
Chief, Medical Genetics Section and Professor of Pediatrics
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Frank Maenpa, Ph.D.
Vice President for Quality and Technical Services
USB Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Rev. Yvonne I. Marshall
Pastor, Christ and Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sedalia, Missouri
Susan Martyn
Stoepler Professor of Law and Values
University of Toledo College of Law
University of Toledo College of Medicine
Toledo, Ohio
Rev. Robin D. Mattison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paul Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
Wittenberg University
Springfield, Ohio
Linden Olson
Farmer and Pork Producer
Worthington, Minnesota
Rev. Richard J. Perry, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Church and Society and Urban Ministry
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Ted Peters, Ph.D.
Professor of Systematic Theology
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Berkeley, California
Carmelo Santos
Ph.D. Candidate in Systematic Theology
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Richmond, Virginia
Rev. Steven Ullestad
Bishop, Northeastern Iowa Synod
Waverly, Iowa
Aana Marie Vigen, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Theology
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
Janet L. Williams (Task Force Co-chair)
Genetics Counselor
Intermountain Clinical Genetics Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah
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ELCA Governance Body Advisors
Sandra Schlesinger
Midland, MI
ELCA Church Council
Jadon Berry
Ellensburg, WA
Church in Society Program Committee
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ELCA Church in Society Studies Staff
Rev. Ronald W. Duty, PhD.
Assistant Director for Studies
Rev. Roger A. Willer
Director for Studies
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Staff Consultants
Belletech Deressa
Director for International Development and Disaster Response
Global Mission unit
Chicago, Illinois
Mary Minette
Director for Environmental Education and Advocacy
ELCA Washington Office
Church in Society unit
Washington, DC
Patricia Zerega
Director for Corporate Social Responsibility
Church in Society unit