The Rev. Greg Schaefer is a California native, having grown up right here in the Bay Area on a cattle ranch in the East Bay. A Lutheran pastor, he came to Stanford after serving as seminary pastor at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley. Before that, Pastor Greg was a graduate student at the Graduate Theological Union, studying religion and psychology. Pastoral Care is a real passion of his, so feel free to come by for a chat whenever you'd like. Besides such lofty things as theology, he loves golf, hiking, sailing, flying, cooking (and eating) Spanish food, traveling, horseback riding, and spending time with his wife, Gwen . . . not necessarily in that order! Contact PG at PrGreg@stanford.edu.

Kirsten Sauey is ELCM's Teaching Parish student from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Kirsten is new to California, having been a Youth Director in Colorado for 5 years. She has just finished her first year in seminary and is spending the summer as a hospital chaplain in Chicago!

ELCM President Erik Donhowe: A Senior at Stanford, Erik is majoring in Chemical Engineering with plans to go into Food Science. In his free time he is 13/16 Norwegian and eschews the dangerous chore of vacuuming. Contact him at norsed@stanford.edu.

Sonja Swanson is working on a masters in education. When she's not learning how best to improve the minds of future generations, she enjoys creating iTunes playlists, procrasti-baking, and being the ELCM Vice President. You can send your zucchini bread requests to sonja09@stanford.edu.

Pete Lovely is the ELCM Treasurer. Pete comes from Massachusetts and is a doctoral student in geological and environmental sciences. As you can see, he doens't shy away from adventure! Contact Pete at plovely@stanford.edu.