President:  Mary Ann Waldon
Vice-President:  Ruby Reviere
Records Director: Sheri Foltz
Financial Director:  Kathy Olson
Congregational Service Team Director: Pat Schmidt
Assistant Financial Director: Michele Wilson
Community Service Team Director: Claudean Smith

MaryAnn Waldon has served previously on the Galveston County Chapter Board as the Records Director and has served in many positions previously for Aid Association for Lutherans.  She is a retired professor who is active at Hope Lutheran Church as a Stephen Minister and Prayer Circle Leader.  

Ruby Reviere  is a member of Christus Victor Lutheran Church.  Ruby has been a resident of Friendswood since 1970.  She has four adult children, two of whom live outside the United States.    She loves to travel and has been to 32 countries.   She is presently the president of the Friendship  Force of Houston, an international exchange organization whose major goal is to make friends around the  world.  She is retired but previously worked in Texas City and Goose Creek Food Service. This is Ruby’s third term as Vice – President.

Sheri Foltz was born and raised in the Houston area, but has lived in San Angelo, Midland, Kingsville, Austin, Galveston, and now Texas City.   She received a Bachelor’s degree from Angelo State University in San Angelo,  Texas  and a Master’s degree in Molecular Biology from Texas A&M-Kingsville in 2002.   She has worked at UTMB for 6 years, and has spent the last three years in the Microbiology Department working in a Select Agent Lab.  She purchase a small house in Texas City recently and enjoys fixing it and making it her home.  She has previously served as Congregation Coordinator and looks forward to serving on Galveston county Thrivent board.

Kathy Olson is a graduate of the University of New Orleans with a BS in Chemistry. She is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and lived there until she went to work in 1979 for Celanese Chemical Company in Houston. Her position when she retired was Corporate Account Manager. She has been a widow for three years. She has served at Hope Congregation as the Financial Director, as a member of the Board of Directors and taught Sunday School. She is a member of the Hope Ladies Guild and the Women’s Christ Care Group. She loves to read fiction and enjoys painting.   This is her second year as Financial Director.

Pat Schmidt became a Lutheran in 1982 when she married her "Lutheran" husband.  She has been an active Christian teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School at churches in Dallas, Texas and in Anchorage Alaska.  She has held the offices of Church Treasurer, Youth Director, LWML President, and Glori-Anas President (WELCA).  She has participated in Church choirs since the age of 4, and several community/symphony choirs.   She has been a Thrivent Congregational Coordinator and has served on several other Boards and Committees in Dallas, Anchorage and Galveston.  

Michele Wilson is a Math and Science high school teacher.  She taught at Bay Area Christian High School for 10 years (until June 2008).  Currently she is a substitute teacher and Math tutor in the Clear Creek Independent School District.   She will be working on a Masters Degree in Library Science in2009.  Michele is married to David Wilson who works for a heating and air conditioning company in League City, TX.  They have two children and one grandchild.  

Claudean Smith has served previously as Records Director for the Galveston County Chapter.   Claudean has been a Missouri Synod Lutheran for 50 years and is a member of St. John’s Lutheran in Galveston where she is church treasurer.  She also has served as the president of the Ladies Aid Society and the treasurer of the Gulf Coast Zone of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.  She has served as Congregational Coordinator for Thrivent since the merger, and she previously held offices for pre-merger Aid Association for Lutherans.  Claudean and her soldier husband are retired from the U. S. Army after 28 years in the service traveling in the United States and abroad.  They have six children, five of them are adopted.  They have lived in Galveston since 1983.

Vacant at the present time are Communications Diector, Youth Director and Events Director.

First Lutheran also held several clean-up days after Hurricane Ike hit the island, and we will receive our Congregational $1,300.00 in connection with those activities.

Each Congregation should have three coordinators who assist with Care in Congregation Fund projects.  If new coordinators are named bring the names to the Chapter Board meeting for appointment.

The chapter website is www.lutheransonline.com/galvestoncountychapter

Please contact any member if you have questions or concerns.

NOTE:  The first Chapter Board meeting in 2009 will be held on Thursday, January 8 at 7:00 P. M. at Peace Lutheran Church in Texas City.