2025

Atlantic District Lay Deacon Coordinator, Registrar

The Rev. Henry Albrechtsen
(Pastor Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Warwick, NY)

Director of Gospel Communications

The Rev. George Carstensen
(Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Niskayuna, NY)

Finance Associate

The Rev. Daniel Cohn
(Pastor of St. Mark Second Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hudson, NY)

Education Executive

The Rev. Dr. Joshua Hollmann
(Pastor of True Light Lutheran Church, Manhattan, NY; Professor of Systematic Theology, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN)

Mission Society Coordinator

Ms. Carol Mittelstaedt
(Member of St. James Lutheran Church, St. James, NY)

Mission Executive

The Rev. Dr. Johnson Rethinasamy
(Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Hicksville, NY)

Bishop and President

The Rev. Dr. Dien Ashley Taylor
(Pastor of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, The Bronx, NY)

Praesidium of the LCMS Atlantic District

The Rev. Dr. Robert Hartwell, Secretary (Village, Bronxville)
The Rev. Dr. Victor Nelson, Third Vice-President (Resurrection, Cairo)

The Rev. Matthew O. Staneck, First Vice-President (St. John, Glendale)

The Rev. Dr. Dien Ashley Taylor, Bishop and President (Redeemer, The Bronx)

The Rev. David Wackenhuth, Second Vice-President (St. James, St. James)

Circuit Visitors of the LCMS Atlantic District

Circuit One (North Country) The Rev. Paul Wagner (Good Shepherd, Glens Falls)

Circuit Two (Albany Metro) The Rev. Daniel Cohn (St. Mark, Hudson)

Circuit Three (Mid-Hudson) The Rev. Martin Tyce (Atonement, Stony Point and St. Paul, Monroe)

Circuit Four (Bronx Westchester) The Rev. Robert Boehler (St. Mark, Yonkers)

Circuit Five (Brooklyn-Staten Island) The Rev. Dr. Joshua Hollmann (True Light, Manhattan)

Circuit Six (Queens) The Rev. Curtis Dorsey (Redeemer, Glendale)

Circuit Seven (Nassau) The Rev. Justin Vetrano (The Life, Old Westbury)

Circuit Eight (Suffolk West) The Rev. Dr. George Kirkup (St. John, Hollbrook)

Circuit Nine (Suffolk East) The Rev. Peter Deberny (Grace, Mastic Beach)

Board of Directors of the LCMS Atlantic District

The Rev. Dr. Dien Ashley Taylor, Bishop and President (Redeemer, The Bronx)

The Rev. Matthew O. Staneck, First Vice-President, Non-Geographic (St. John, Glendale)

The Rev. David Wackenhuth, Second Vice-President, Eastern Region (St. James, St. James)

The Rev. Dr. Victor Nelson, Third Vice-President, Northern Region (Resurrection, Cairo)

Vacant, Fourth Vice-President, Central Region

The Rev. Dr. Robert Hartwell, Secretary (Village, Bronxville)

Atlantic District Lay Deacon Brian Martin, Treasurer (Good Shepherd, Hurley)

Deaconess Raquel A. Rojas, Commissioned Minister-at-Large (Redeemer, The Bronx)

Director of Christian Education Christopher Boccalupo, Commissioned Minister-at-Large (Trinity, Islip)

Deaconess Dr. Janine Bolling, Commissioned Minister-at-Large (Our Saviour, The Bronx)

The Rev. Adam Wiegand, Pastor, Northern Region (St. Paul, Saratoga Springs)

Atlantic District Lay Deacon Edward Kleinke, III, Layperson, Northern Region (Unity, Albany)

Vacant, Layperson, Northern Region

The Rev. Matthew Ryan Gonzalez, Pastor, Central Region (Trinity, The Bronx and Our Saviour, The Bronx)

Ms. Eliza Ko, Layperson, Central Region (True Light, Manhattan)

Atlantic District Lay Deacon Leonides Maldonado, Layperson, Central Region (Trinity, The Bronx)

Vacant, Pastor, Eastern Region

Mr. Mark Mather, Layperson, Eastern Region (St. Paul, Amityville)

Atlantic District Lay Deacon Ellen Farber, Layperson, Eastern Region (Resurrection, Garden City)

Floor Committee for the 62nd Regular Convention

The Rev. Matthew O. Staneck, chair

The Rev. Edward Alex Marque, vice-chair