Board of Directors

Diane Schroeder – President – and her husband, Carl, are parents of four children. Diane has been active in LFL since 1985 when she helped organize the DuPage County chapter in northern Illinois. She also participated in starting the Illinois federation of LFL and served as its president until her election as an at-large member of the national LFL board of directors in 2000. In 1991, she helped organize Word of Hope (formerly known as LFL Healing Hearts), the post-abortion outreach ministry of LFL. She is also on staff at CareNet Pregnancy Services of DuPage as Director of Communications. Diane and her family are members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, Illinois.

Rodney Rathmann – Vice-President – taught and served as administrator of Lutheran schools in Minnesota and Ohio before joining the editorial staff of Concordia Publishing House where he now serves as the senior editor of day and midweek school materials. Rodney was a member of the LCMS Sanctity of Life Task Force. He and his wife, Dawn, attend Christ Memorial Lutheran Church in suburban St. Louis. They are the parents of two grown sons and two grandchildren.

Richard A. Greiner – Treasurer – and his wife Laura, of Dansville, Michigan, have nine children. Rich and his wife own and manage a real estate management firm: GFP Management LLC. He serves on many community associations and is actively involved at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Greiner is a director of a local community bank and MOST Ministries where he serves as treasurer. Greiner’s business experience dates back to the 1970s and includes construction, investment, real estate, and military service. Greiner has extensive international missionary travel experience.

Lynette Auch – State Representative – and her husband, Douglas, are the parents of two grown, homeschooled, children, Crystal and Zachary. Crystal and her husband, Marcus Snearley, PO2 US Navy, are the parents to Isaac. Lynette has been active in LFL since 1985, helping to form and charter Southeast South Dakota LFL and the South Dakota State Federation. She has served on the board of directors of LFL of South Dakota since 1993 and as state president since 1997. One of her biggest joys in the pro-life movement has been being involved in the groundwork and fund-raising for an ultrasound machine gifted to a local crisis pregnancy center, with on-going fund-raising for the continuation of this ultrasound ministry. Lynette received a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Mount Marty College, Yankton, South Dakota, in 1990 and has worked as a staff RN in the Women’s Center of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton since 1990. Lynette assists her husband in the family business, D&Z Energy Systems and Contracting, featuring alternative energy sources of wind and solar energy systems and general contracting. Lynette and Douglas formerly worked with the South Dakota team of Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ—in which both their children were also involved. The Auchs attend lead Bible studies and are active on committees and other various activities at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Yankton. They have also been active in the local organizations of 4-H and the Yankton Area Ice Association.

Laura Davis is the daughter of a Lutheran pastor and a Lutheran preschool teacher from Katy, Texas. She received a Bachelor of Arts in history from Texas A&M University in 2010 and is currently working towards a Master of Public Service and Administration at A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, with an emphasis on non-profit management. She is a volunteer and sidewalk counselor with the Brazos Valley Coalition for Life and an active member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, serving as a Zone Young Women’s Representative. She is currently completing an internship at a pregnancy resource center in Lynnwood, Washington. In addition to her pro-life interests, Laura also enjoys singing in her church’s praise team and choir.

John Eidsmoe is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and Alabama State Defense Force Colonel, Headquarters Judge Advocate, and Deputy Chaplain. He is a Professor of Law at the Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy, and in his various teaching assignments his students have giving him the Outstanding Professor Award or Prof of the Year Award five times. He has served as Senior Staff Attorney at the Alabama Supreme Court and is currently Legal Counsel for the Foundation for Moral Law. He is an ordained pastor with the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations and serves on the Board of Lutherans for Life and on the Board of the Plymouth Rock Foundation, and is a constitutional attorney who has defended home schools, Christian schools, the right of students to study the Bible in public schools, and the right of public officials to display the Ten Commandments. He has authored 13 books and numerous audio and video lecture series. He holds six academic degrees in law, theology and political science, as well as graduating from the Air Command & Staff College and the Air War College. He is Third Degree Black Belt with the American Taekwondo Foundation, a Fifth Degree Black Belt with the Gospel Martial Arts Union, and a Fifth Degree Black Belt with Black Belts of the Faith International. Colonel Eidsmoe is an avid horseman and skier. He and his wife Marlene have been married since 1970, have three children (David, Kirsten, and Justin), and live in rural Pike Road, Alabama.

Renee Gibbs is, first and foremost, a daughter of the King! She is the wife of Dr. Jeff Gibbs who teaches at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, where they have lived for 19 years. Renee has earned advance degrees both in Special Education (Webster University) and in Theology (Concordia Seminary). A leading pro-life advocate, Renee speaks out on behalf of the unborn and in love for those women who have been wounded by abortion. She frequently speaks on life issues to groups and seminary classes, encouraging students in their future roles as pastors and leaders. Renee participates in regular prayer vigils at Planned Parenthood. She and Jeff serve as advisors for the Concordia Seminary Life Team. She advised the Teens for Life group at Lutheran High, St. Charles County, Missouri, taking teens to Washington, DC, for the March for Life the last 15 years. Renee leads numerous Bible studies and mentoring groups for seminary wives. She also speaks at retreats and other functions for Christian women. She has led many seminary mission trips to Guatemala. Renee taught and consulted in Special Education for 18 years. The Gibbses have four grown children and seven grandchildren.

Stephenie Hovland was born and raised in southern Wisconsin. She received her Lutheran teaching degree from Concordia University – Wisconsin. She has been teaching, playing the organ, and volunteering at churches (in Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin) since she was a teenager. Her husband, Greg, is an LCMS pastor. They currently serve Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Green Bay where their two teen girls attend Lutheran schools. Now a part-time teacher, Stephenie has found more time to volunteer in her church and write devotions, curriculum, and children’s books. She is a Life Advocate and participates in prayer vigils outside a local abortion provider.

Rev. Everette E. Greene was born March 6, 1961, in Baltimore, Maryland where he grew up. He attended Concordia College, Bronxville, New York, from 1979-1983, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He went on from there to attend Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1983-1985 at which time he left school to help his then ailing parents. After leaving school he had various jobs, most involving his occupational second love, driving. He drove everything from armored cars to armored tractor-trailers, regular tractor-trailers and finally motor coaches (charter buses). During this time his mother went on to her eternal rest in 1987. His father has had many strokes but is now doing well. In 1997 he met Rhonda Sherrice Smith and her daughter Paige. He and Rhonda were married on Christmas Eve that same year. In the summer of 2000 he returned to his studies, this time at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. After completing his classroom preparation, he was assigned to Ebenezer Lutheran Church-Greensboro, NC. There he served as Vicar for a year. He received his Master of Arts in Theology in 2003. On April 7, 2003, he received his call to be pastor at St. Philip Lutheran Church, Chattanooga, TN. He was ordained on June 29, 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was installed as pastor at St. Philip on July 6, 2003. On January 6, 2006 he became pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Pastor Evan McClanahan is the pastor of First Evangelical Lutheran Church near downtown Houston, Texas. From Shreveport, Louisiana, he attended Centenary College of Louisiana, earning a B.A in music. Following two years of work as an executive recruiter, he attended the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago for his M.Div. Before moving to Houston, he was an associate pastor at Living Word Lutheran in Grapevine, Texas. Since arriving in Houston, he has focused on a ministry to community college students and young adults, especially those who struggle with unexpected pregnancies. He and his wife Amanda married in 2006, and they have two young children, Adalyn Rose and Alister Gregory.

Gary Mrosko - His pro-life activities include daily prayer for life issues and financial support for life ministry. Experienced in non-profit management and strategic planning, he helped the LFL Board of Directors develop its current mission, vision, and values statements. Before retiring, Gary directed various nonprofit Christian based facilities for people with disabilities for over 40 years. Gary and his wife, Barb, live in Faribault, Minnesota.