He became a member of the National Association of Social workers; Academy of Certified Social Workers and became a Board certified diplomat.

He was employed by Lutheran Children's Friend Society, now known as Lutheran Counseling and Family Services for 36 years, the last 19 years as Executive Director.

He has been an active member of Benediction Lutheran Church since January 1961. Served as Chairman of the Board of Elders and Board of Stewardship and a number of terms as Congregational President.

Presently serving a second term on the board of North Milwaukee Chapter of Thrivent after being off the board for 2 years.

Before settling in Milwaukee, he worked in New Brighton, MN and Bismarck, ND. He currently works at Manpower Group.

In 1960, Jerold joined the Wauwatosa Police Department and retired as a Detective in January 1993.

He has been a member of Wellington Park Lutheran Church since 1953, and served on the council, as president and as the congregational advocate.

He and his wife Joan serve at the food and clothing pantry at church and assist with the Stephen Ministry.
They have been married for 49 years, have three children and five grandchildren.

Mr. Lutz grew up in Clintonville, WI. He received a BS in Civil Engineering in 1960 and a MS in Structural Engineering in 1962 from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a PhD in Structural Engineering from Cornell University in 1966. He taught Structural Engineering at UW-Milwaukee for seven years. He was Vice President and cofounder of Computerized Structural Design, SC, a structural consulting firm, until his retirement in 2005.

He is still currently a member of specification subcommittees for the steel design code, the concrete design code and the aluminum design code.

He has been an active member of Benediction Lutheran church since 1969. He has been a member and chairman of the Boards of Stewardship and Elders. He was Records Director of the North Milwaukee County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

He is married to Anne since 1969. They have three children and currently have 5 grandchildren.

After graduating from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2002, Pastor Buske was first assigned to serve as tutor at Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, Wisconsin, where he served as pastor, teacher, coach, and dorm supervisor for the 42 boys that lived on his floor. After two years Jim was then reassigned to serve as associate Pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Bremerton, Washington. Pastor Buske accepted the call to serve as Pastor and Executive Director of the Lighthouse Youth Center and has begun this exciting ministry to the youth on the north side of Milwaukee.

Pastor Buske has experience organizing and recruiting volunteers, and through the dedication and Christ-like love he has shown for his members he has proven to be a strong mentor and guide for the Lighthouse youth.

A member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Brown Deer, she has sung in the choir, served on the Board of Parish Education and is a member of both the Ruth Guild (LWML) and the quilt group. Most recently, she was also the Thrivent congregational coordinator for the congregation.

From 1971 until 1984 he served as principal and eighth grade teacher at St. Peter's Lutheran School in Fond du Lac, WI.
From 1984 until the present he continues to serve at Atonement Lutheran School. Until 2008 he served as principal and now is the Director of Program Development.

Stephen has served on the executive boards of
Winnebago Lutheran High School and WLHS. He has also served on the WELS district special ministries committee and Metro Milwaukee Teacher Conference.

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Kris is a Certified Public Accountant who earned her Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and her undergraduate from Concordia University - Wisconsin.

Kris is a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Glendale, WI and performs as Church Organist throughout the Milwaukee area.

Sara graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2004 with an International Business degree and has a background of experience in marketing and communications. She joined St. Marcus in 2010 and assists in leading the day-to-day operations of the Development and Communications Team.

She has been married for 29 years to a great man (Michael) and they have 2 children, 25-year old son and a 21-year old daughter.

She moved to Milwaukee when she was 4 years old from Youngstown, Ohio and has lived in Milwaukee ever since. Regina attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology (now known as Clinical Lab Scientist). She is employed as Lab Manager in one of the Research Labs at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

She is excited about her position on the North-Metro Milwaukee Chapter Board. She has great joy in working with our chapter board members and the congregational coordinators in our chapter. Before coming to the chapter board, she was a Lead Congregational Coordinator at Salem.

She looks forward to meeting and working with all of the congregational coordinators within our chapter. “Together, with God’s help, we can strive for great things for our Chapter”.