{"id":5848,"date":"2007-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2007\/08\/31\/luther-seminary-elects-new-board-directors-and-trustees\/"},"modified":"2007-08-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-31T00:00:00","slug":"luther-seminary-elects-new-board-directors-and-trustees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2007\/08\/31\/luther-seminary-elects-new-board-directors-and-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Luther Seminary Elects New Board Directors and Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two new members have been appointed to the Luther Seminary board of directors for a four-year term, Beth Lewis, CEO of Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, and Bob Torkelson, retired executive, Excelsior, Minn. They join 22 other directors on the Luther Seminary board.<\/p>\n<p>The board also elected three members as officers of the board. Paul Dovre, (President Emeritus, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.) was named Chair of the Board; David Hayes, (Attorney, Half Moon Bay, Calif.), was named Vice Chair and Anne Andert, (Parish Pastor, Benson, Minn.), was named Secretary. In addition, the board elected the following committee chairs: Jim Lindus, academic affairs; Rick Foss, student services; Bob Torkelson, administration and finance, and Janet Anderson, seminary relations.<\/p>\n<p>The new member of the board of trustees is Ed Hawxhurst (International Accounting Executive, Kirland,Wash.). Officers of the board of trustees are: Chair &#8212; Janet Anderson (Church and Civic Leader, Minneapolis, Minn.); Vice Chair &#8212; Gordon Sprenger (Retired Health Care Executive, Edina, Minn.), and Secretary&#8211; Michael Schwartz (Attorney,Bloomington, Minn.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new members have been appointed to the Luther Seminary board of directors for a four-year term, Beth Lewis, CEO of Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, and Bob Torkelson, retired executive, Excelsior, Minn. 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