Staff - Lutheran Bible Translators

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Marlis Norton

Board of Directors

Board Member | Chair

About Marlis

Dr. Johnnie Driessner

Board of Directors

Board Member | Vice Chair

About Johnnie

Rev. Dr. Wayne Braun

Board of Directors

Board Member | Secretary

About Wayne

Ed Lamb

Board of Directors

Board Member | Treasurer

About Ed

Deaconess Sonja Baumeister

Board of Directors

Board Member

About Sonja

Rev. Dr. Marin Cerchez

Board of Directors

Board Member

About Marin

Robin Domeier

Board of Directors

Board Member

About Robin

Rev. Dr. Peter Meier

Board of Directors

Board Member

About Peter

Rev. Dr. Paul Mueller

Board of Directors

Board Member

About Paul

Nickie Wilson

Board of Directors

Board Member

About Nickie

ABOUT MARLIS NORTON

Previously worked in Information Technology project management in the marketing and media arenas; retired and serving in numerous capacities at church and elsewhere.

ABOUT NICKIE WILSON

USAF Lieutenant Colonel, retired; varied international and domestic mission experience.

ABOUT DR. WAYNE BRAUN

Senior Pastor at Fishers of Men Lutheran Church in Sugar Land, TX, former missionary to Germany.

ABOUT ED LAMB

Retired IT Executive. Currently an Executive Advisor/Life Coach and Owner of Fruitful Connections. Board Secretary at Christ Greenfield Church in Gilbert, AZ.

ABOUT DR. PETER MEIER

Serves the Florida-Georgia District, LCMS, as Executive Director of Missions and Outreach. Prior to the FLGA District, Peter served as Executive Director of the Center for United States Missions, Concordia University Irvine from 2013 to 2019. He is a Senior Master Trainer for Dynamic Church Planting International, Oceanside, CA. Peter is a Director on the Mission Haiti Board and serves as Chairman of the Board of Project Video, which proclaims the Gospel through locally produced video in Southeast Asia. Peter served the Minnesota South District, LCMS, as Executive Assistant to the President (2005-2006), and Assistant to the President for Missions (2005-2013). He served as Senior Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church and School in Mayer, MN from 1982-2005.

ABOUT DR. PAUL MUELLER

Now retired, served as the Executive Director of the Center for Applied Lutheran Leadership and Director of the Mission Training Center, Concordia University, Portland; Regional Director – Africa and Evangelistic Missionary in Liberia for LCMS World Mission; and full professor teaching mission and outreach courses at Concordia in St. Paul, MN and Portland, OR. He is the secretary for the North American Mission Executives group.

ABOUT DR. JOHNNIE DRIESSNER

Doctoral Faculty and Dissertation Chair (Part-Time), University of Phoenix; previously served in a variety of faculty and administrative posts at Concordia University Portland, including Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, and Interim President; previously deployed to the Concordia University Educational Network (CUEnet) as Director of Academic Programming.

ABOUT DEA. SONJA BAUMEISTER

Program Coordinator for Mission Training Center which helps lay leaders learn to engage in God’s mission in their own communities.

ABOUT ROBIN DOMEIER

Owner and operator of Nibbles Personal Chef and an associate with Project Outpour, a mobile-shower service for the homeless.; former journalist, and a student with the Lutheran Diaconal Association.

ABOUT DR. MARIN CERCHEZ

Pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Jenison, MI; LCMS U @ GVSU Director; Ratio Christi Michigan Area Director, LWML Grand Rapids Zone Pastoral Counselor; born under the Soviets (Moldavia), grew up as an atheist and worked as a medical doctor and a university professor in Moldova; became a Christian in the 1990s.