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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

June 23, 2004

Sue Rothmeyer Named To ELCA Leadership Post With DHES
04-127-JB

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), announced the appointment
of Sue E. Rothmeyer as interim executive director of the ELCA Division for
Higher Education and Schools (DHES), effective July 19.
     Rothmeyer, 44, is currently director for campus ministry with DHES.
She succeeds Dr. Leonard G. Schulze, who left the churchwide organization
June 15 at the conclusion of his four-year term as executive director.
Schulze will assume a new academic role this fall at Carthage College, an
ELCA higher education institution in Kenosha, Wis.
     Rothmeyer will serve as interim executive director through the 2005
Churchwide Assembly, Hanson said. Hanson made the appointment in
collaboration with Rod Schofield, Colorado Springs, Colo., chair of the
DHES board, and other members of the board's executive committee.
     "Sue Rothmeyer, a respected colleague on the staff of the Division
for Higher Education and Schools, brings to the position of interim
executive director a deep commitment to ELCA colleges, universities,
campus ministry and schools, strong administrative experience and
visionary leadership," Hanson said. "Her gifts are undergirded by her
faith and are reflected in her passion for God's mission in the world.
She will be a strong voice for Lutheran higher education and schools in
the current strategic planning process."
     Rothmeyer, an ELCA associate in ministry, joined the ELCA churchwide
organization in 1995 as director for administration and planning for DHES.
She also served as acting co-director for campus ministry before she
became director for campus ministry in 2001.
     Prior to joining the churchwide organization, Rothmeyer was a lay
campus minister at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
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     Information about the ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools
is at http://www.elca.org/education/ on the ELCA Web site.

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