Experience

• First Presbyterian Church

  Pastor

  Lead, listened, and journeyed with a generous and forgiving congregation in Hallock, Minnesota.

• Mayo Clinic

  Client Experience Architect

  Responsible for delivering strategy, architecture, and design for the Mayo Clinic Laboratories client experience. Synthesize and translate client insight, practice objectives, business imperatives, and information technology concepts into vision and design in support of an intramural department serving the Mayo Clinic practice.

• Luther Seminary

  Assistant Professor of Leadership & Director of the Center for Stewardship Leaders

  • Direct the Center for Stewardship Leaders by developing programming, editing a weekly e-newsletter for over 4,000 end users, partnering with cross-divisional teams, and managing the center’s website
  • Plan and implement Center budget; supervise employees; strategic planning for new initiatives
  • Lead and innovate faculty and community practices using design thinking and digital pedagogy best practices
  • Sought-after speaker and writer on the topics related to generosity, digital giving, philanthropy, non-profit leadership, and social causes
  • Writer with over 10 years of experience publishing: author of over 30 articles for a range of genres from academic journals to Op-Eds, book chapters to online newsletters; editor of two books
  • Design and host innovative conferences in partnership with multiple local and national constituencies
  • Secured and participated in leadership teams overseeing more than $1m in competitive grants
  • Teach courses, including Design Together: Praxis for Innovative Leadership, Proactive Ministry in a Media Culture, Funding Forward: Leading Organizations to Financial Sustainability, Money and the Mission of the Church
  

• Concordia College

  Faculty Director for Faith & Leadership

  • Served as the founding Faculty Director for the Faith and Leadership Concentration of the religion major
  • Developed and administered the faith and leadership internship program; fostered partnerships with non-profits and congregations
  • Taught various courses, including Vocation and the Quest for Life’s Purpose, Word to the Wise: Writing for Religious and Social Change, Religion and Popular Culture
  

• The Project F-M

  Director and Mission Developer

  + Launched and directed, by fostering and leveraging interpersonal relationships, a non-profit for young adult constituents
  + Developed products, collaborative practices, and engagement techniques for internal and external stakeholders
  + Leveraged digital technologies for shared-outcomes, curated new learning opportunities, and managed online platforms