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HEADQUARTERS AND U.S. STAFF

President's Office
John Arthur Nunes President and CEO jnunes@lwr.org	Jeff Whisenant Executive Vice President jwhisenant@lwr.org
Barbara Castle Johnson Executive Assistant to the President bjohnson@lwr.org

External Relations
Lisa Baumgartner Bonds Vice President, External Relations lbonds@lwr.org	Vicky Whetstone Outreach Associate vwhetstone@lwr.org
COMMUNICATIONS
Emily Sollie Director, Communication & Media Relations esollie@lwr.org	Daniel Lee Communication Project Coordinator dlee@lwr.org
Erik Piisila Electronic Media & Creative Services Coordinator epiisila@lwr.org	Nikki Massie Staff Writer nmassie@lwr.org
Marisa Gobby Program Assistant for Communications and Experiential Learning mgobby@lwr.org
PARISH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Brenda Meier Director, Parish and Community Engagement bmeier@lwr.org	Kattie Somerfeld Fair Trade Projects Coordinator ksomerfeld@lwr.org
Rebecca Lange-Thernes (Becky Thernes) Study Visit Coordinator rthernes@lwr.org	Terri Speirs Study Visits and Speakers Bureau Coordinator tspeirs@lwr.org
Mary Amdahl Program Assistant for Parish & Community Engagement mamdahl@lwr.org
MISSION ADVANCEMENT
Fran Troxler Director, Mission Advancement ftroxler@lwr.org	Debbie Platt Database Associate dplatt@lwr.org
Joanne Negstad Midwest Mission Advancement jnegstad@lwr.org	Fred Longhenry Administrative Assistant flonghenry@lwr.org
Andrea Greise Part-time Data Entry Clerk agreise@lwr.org	Rachel Steele Lutheran Malaria Initiative (LMI) Coordinator rsteele@lwr.org
PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY
Rebecca Phares Director, Public Policy rphares@lwr.org	Annalise Romoser Associate Director, Public Policy and Advocacy aromoser@lwr.org
Gretchen King International Policy Analyst gking@lwr.org	Britta Schaffmeyer Fellow for Public Policy and Advocacy bschaffmeyer@lwr.org
Mary Duvall Midwest Grassroots Advocacy Organizer mduvall@lwr.org

Organizational Effectiveness
Lisa Negstad Senior Internal Consultant lnegstad@lwr.org	Heather Dolphin Monitoring & Evaluation Manager hdolphin@lwr.org
Ann Mertens Internal Consultant amertens@lwr.org

International Programs
Timothy McCully Vice President, International Programs tmccully@lwr.org	Rah-ed Ghuma Program Assistant, International Programs rghuma@lwr.org
Aubrey Winterbottom Manager, New Business Development awinterbottom@lwr.org	Trevor Knoblich Program Associate, Material Resources tknoblich@lwr.org
Michael Kauder Emergency Response Manager mkauder@lwr.org
AFRICA
Evariste Karangwa Director, Africa ekarangwa@lwr.org	Alissa Karg Deputy Regional Director, Africa akarg@lwr.org
Leigh Hartless Program Associate, Africa lhartless@lwr.org
ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST
Maryce Ramsey Director, Asia & Middle East mramsey@lwr.org	Joanne Fairley Deputy Regional Director, Asia and the Middle East jfairley@lwr.org
Emily Burtt Program Associate, Asia & the Middle East eburtt@lwr.org	Kimberly Bostwick Program Associate, Asia & the Middle East kbostwick@lwr.org
LATIN AMERICA
Michael Watt Director, Latin America mwatt@lwr.org	Jean Makowski Waagbo Deputy Regional Director, Latin America jwaagbo@lwr.org
Alex Wilson Program Associate, Latin America awilson@lwr.org

Finance & Administration
FINANCE
Laura Morales Director for Finance lmorales@lwr.org
Marianne Freedman Associate Director for Finance mfreedman@lwr.org	Charise Brown Office Coordinator chbrown@lwr.org
Nikolos Oakley Senior International Finance Coordinator noakley@lwr.org	Linda Kelch Senior Staff Accountant lkelch@lwr.org
David Macfarlane Finance Officer, Grants dmacfarlane@lwr.org	Helen Joxhe Staff Accountant hjoxhe@lwr.org
Simone O'Flaherty Finance Officer, Grants soflaherty@lwr.org	William Doyle Finance Officer, Regional Offices wdoyle@lwr.org
Peter Kahuki Staff Accountant, Client Services pkahuki@lwr.org	Carrie Costantini Finance and Administration Assistant ccostantini@lwr.org
HUMAN RESOURCES
Wendy Rothenberger Director for Human Resources wrothenberger@lwr.org	Julie Thompson Benefits & Recruitment Coordinator jthompson@lwr.org
Anissa Weems Employment Recruiter aweems@lwr.org	Ann Fries Part Time Clerk afries@lirs.org