
Diane Albers, President – St. Louis, Missouri
Diane Albers, President – and her husband, Mike, are the parents of three children. Tim is an engineer and with his wife, Jackie, gave Mike and Diane their grandsons, Drennon
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Rev. Dr. Byrene K. Haney, Vice President – Fort Dodge, Iowa
Rev. Dr. B. Keith Haney serves as Assistant to the President for Missions, Human Care, and Stewardship for Iowa District West (LCMS). He has been an ordained pastor for 27
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Dr. Roni Grad, Secretary – Tucson, Arizona
Dr. Roni Grad is a retired pediatric pulmonologist (lung specialist). His wife Judy is a retired pathologist. He is a member at Catalina Lutheran Church (CLC) in Tucson, Arizona, where, having
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Alice Steljes, Treasurer – Pawnee, Illinois
Alice Steljes is a retired accounting instructor (Illinois Valley Community College). She is widowed and the mother of two sons (one deceased), seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren (one deceased). She
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Mike Albers – State Representative and COFP President
Mike Albers is, after 45 years, a retired LCMS secondary teacher/coach. He still volunteers at Lutheran High School South in St. Louis. Mike’s involvement with life issues came about because
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Kim Berry – Benton Harbor, Michigan
Kim Berry is a practicing Emergency Room Registered Nurse. She graduated from Concordia University Wisconsin with a bachelors in nursing and a minor in missionary studies in 2019. Her home
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Col. John Eidsmoe – Pike Road, Alabama
John Eidsmoe is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, a retired Alabama State Defense Force Colonel, and a Mississippi State Guard Colonel and Chaplain, and a graduate of the Air
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Dr. Adam S. Francisco – Wheaton, Illinois
Dr. Adam S. Francisco has advocated For Life on college campuses across the country for the last 20 years and, alongside his wife, serves as a foster parent to children
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Deaconess Pamela Nielsen – Ballwin, Missouri
Deaconess Pamela Nielsen has served in various capacities within The Lutheran—Church Missouri Synod for 37 years. Her early service as a parish deaconess working with the aged and dying shaped
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Rev. Dennis Norby, State Representative – Valley City, North Dakota
Pastor Dennis Norby and his wife, Samantha have been married since 2001. Dennis grew up mostly in Illinois and his wife was raised in Texas. They currently live in Valley
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Jason W. Reis, CPA – Mequon, Wisconsin
Jason W. Reis, CPA, is a partner at Reis & Reis, CPAs & Advisors, a family‑owned firm where he has served clients for more than 25 years in financial advisory
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John Talley – Newark, Illinois
John Talley was raised in a Christian home, the middle child of a Christian college business administration father and a stay-at-home mother. He considers Sioux Falls his boyhood home, though
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Diana Vaughan – Ponca City, Oklahoma
Diana Vaughan is a Special Education math and English teacher. She was asked to become the Teacher Sponsor for a new pro-life student led group at Newkirk High School. Diana has
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