Council of Deans by Conference

District A

Redwood (1)
Vacant





The Vineyard (2)
Rev. Robert Willse
Shepherd of the Hills
580 Trinity Drive,
Vacaville, CA 95687
707.448.8599
bobwillse@comcast.net 		Gateway (3)
Rev. Newton W. Kerney
Cross & Crown Lutheran Church
5475 Snyder Lane,
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707.795.7853
revnewt@crossandcrownrp.org 		Delta Diablo (4)
Rev. Jeff Thiemann
St Matthew Lutheran Church
399 Wiget Lane
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
925.932.1955
jefft@saintmatthew.org

District B

Northern Mountain Valley (5)
Rev. Peg Schultz-Akerson
Faith Lutheran Church
667 East 1st Avenue
Chico, CA 95926
530.895.3754
pastorpeg@sbcglobal.net 		Sierra/Nevada (6)
Rev. Paul Theiss
Gift of Grace Lutheran Fellowship
P.O. Box 1041
Fernley, NV 89408
775.575.5400
theiss.paul@gmail.com 		Foothill (7)
Rev. Don Haven
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
6365 Douglas Boulevard
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.4661
prdon@lcrchurch.org 		Sacramento (8)
Rev. Jose Luis La Torre
St. John Lutheran Church
1701 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.444.0874
prjoseluis@stjohnslc.org

District C

San Francisco (9)
Rev. Susan M. Strouse
First United Lutheran Church
1537 Franklin St., Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.359.1025
smstrouse@juno.com 		East Bay (10)
Rev. Katie Hines-Shah
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
401 Grizzly Peak Blvd.
Berkeley, CA 94708
510.848.1424
katie@eshah.com 		Southern Alameda (11)
Rev. David Beard
Trinity Lutheran Church
1225 Hopyard Road
Pleasanton, CA 94566
510.895.2286
trinl@aol.com

District D

Peninsula (12)
Rev. Susan L. Scott
Stanford University Hospital
300 Pasteur Dr., Ste. HG004
Stanford, CA 94305
650.736.1040
suscott@stanfordmed.org 		Santa Clara(13)
Rev. Robert M. McKee
St. Luke Lutheran Church
1025 The Dalles
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
408.736.9216
pastor.mckee@gmail.com 		Monterey Bay (14)
Rev. Ed Bastedo
Grace Lutheran
205 Canal St.
King City, CA 93930
831.385.5563
pastor_ed@gracelc.com

District E

Sierra San Joaquin (15)
Rev. Mary Sanders
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
604 E Street
Galt, CA 95632
209.745.1825
marysandrs@aol.com 		Central Valley (16)
Rev. Dean H. Nelson
St. John Lutheran Church
250 W. Adams
Los Banos, CA 93635
209.826.2474
pastordnelson@sbcglobal.net 		Central San Joaquin (17)
Rev. Robert O'Berg
Trinity Lutheran Church
3873 North Cedar Avenue
Fresno CA 93726
559.229.8581
revrob@tlcfresno.com 		South Valley (18)
Rev. Sandy Bentz
Trinity Lutheran Church
764 W. Henderson Ave.
Porterville, CA 93257
559.784.4202
pastorsandyb@yahoo.com