Who We Are

Board of Trustees

The 2023-2024 Board of Trustees

List of 16 items.

  • Jason Christ, Chair

    Jason is a Senior Software Engineering Manager for The Boeing Company in their Phantom Works organization.  He and his wife, Jill, are members of St. John’s Lutheran Church (Arnold) and the parents of two Lutheran South graduates (2021 and 2022).
     
  • Dean Eggerding, Vice Chair

    Dean is the President of USI Insurance Services in Saint Louis and a 1992 alumni of Lutheran South. He and his wife, Erica (LHSS '95), are members of Concordia Lutheran Church (Kirkwood) and the parents of one elementary school student, one Lutheran South student and one Lutheran South graduate.
  • Lisa Johnston, LN Chair

    Lisa is a retired CPA previously employed as an auditor for Price Waterhouse. She and her husband, Don, are members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Collinsville) and the parents of two Lutheran North graduates.
  • Mark Cannon, Treasurer

    Mark is the Chief Financial Officer for the LCMS Foundation. He and his wife, Cristyn, are members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Des Peres), and the parents of two Lutheran South graduates and one current Lutheran South student.

  • Jonathan Schultz, Governance Committee, Chair

    Jonathan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Concordia Publishing House. He and his wife, Susan, are members of Glendale Lutheran Church and the parents of three Lutheran South graduates. 
  • Alan Fuller, Secretary

    Alan is a Financial Services Advisor for Missouri Baptist University.  He and his wife, Christy, are members of the Chatham Bible Church and the parents of one Lutheran North high school student and two Lutheran North graduates.
  • Angela Ballenger

    Angela is the Director Epic Technical Services and Infrastructure for Mercy Hospital. She and her husband, Melvin, are members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Olivette and are the parents of a current Lutheran North student and two Lutheran North alumni.
  • Rev. Dr. Gerard Bolling

    Rev. Boling serves as the full-time Lead Pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Saint Louis while simultaneously serving as the full-time Assistant Professor of Leadership and Theology at Concordia University Texas. His wife Lorenda teaches preschool at Word of Life Lutheran. They have one child in preschool and one in grade school.
  • Shawn Bradley

    Shawn Bradley is a Chiropractor and the owner of Bradley Chiropractic. He and his wife, Cory, are members of Faith Lutheran Church (Oakville) and the parents of one child at Lutheran South, one middle school child, two elementary school children, and one pre-school child.
  • The Rev. Matthew Clark

    Pastor Clark, LHSSv’98, is the senior pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church.  He and his wife, Lisa, are the parents of one student at Lutheran South and one Lutheran South graduate.
  • Jennifer Kaetzel

    Jennifer is a Pharmacy Manager for Walgreens. She is a 1998 graduate of Lutheran South. She is a member of Peace Lutheran Church and the parent of one elementary school child and one Lutheran South student.
     
  • Clayton Klein

  • Brian Kowert

    Brian Kowert Jr. is a Partner/Vice President of Russell.  He and his wife, Annie, are members of Concordia Lutheran Church (Kirkwood) and the parents of one Lutheran South student and one elementary school student.
  • Scott Negwer

  • Aaron Pawlitz

    Aaron is a partner in the law firm of Lewis Rice LLC, where he serves as leader of the Business Transactions Practice Group.  He is an alumnus of Lutheran High School South. Aaron and his wife, Jennifer, are members of Concordia Lutheran Church (Kirkwood) and the parents of a 2021 graduate of Lutheran High School South.
     
  • Ebony Williams

    Ebony is the Associate Director-Technology-Chief Data Office & Strategic Planning at AT&T. She is a member of Shofar Christian Church and the parent of one Lutheran North graduate.

Strong Leadership for Excellent Schools

The Lutheran High School Association Board of Trustees, elected to three-year terms by delegates from the Association's member congregations, meets at least six times a year to set policy, plan strategically for the future of Lutheran secondary education in the St. Louis area, and monitor progress on those goals.
Providing excellence in our two, co-ed, Christian schools in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Lutheran High School Association

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