The 2011 North Pinellas County Chapter Board
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President - Dawn Boughton
(727) 470-1305 Email Dawn
Dawn Boughton is a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clearwater, FL. She is a registered nurse at a local hospital. She and her husband are thankful to live in Florida where they can enjoy cycling and outdoor activities all year long.
Vice President - Marty Gregor
(727) 323-4246
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Marty Gregor is a cradle lutheran, growing up in the LCMS in Indiana. He settled in Florida in 1978 when the Navy transferred him to a ship here. His wife and son stayed as he traveled with the Navy. He retired from the Navy in 1991. He currently operates a small business specializing in synthetic lubricant sales.
Marty is married to his school sweetheart, Raye. They will celebrate 35 years of marriage this May. Raye and Marty have been members of St Matthias Lutheran Church (ELCA) for about seven years. They are currently enrolled in the Diakonia Program, and hope to become consecrated deacons very soon.
Records Director - Alice Poppler
(727) 531-1766
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Alice was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and moved to Clearwater in 1961. She retired from Honeywell after 27 years as a Senior Production Engineering Aide. Alice is an active member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where she is the Financial Secretary. She’s also the head teller and works with the tellers each week counting offerings. In addition, she serves as an usher and lector.
Alice’s hobbies include reading and dog training. In addition to working with her own dogs to compete in Obedience and Rally trials, she teaches at the Clearwater and St. Petersburg Dog Training Clubs. Currently she is training two of her dogs in Free Style which is dogs dancing to music. Alice is also very active in Project PUP, which is a local therapy dog organization that visits nursing homes, ALFs and hospitals.
Director of Congregational Advocates - Ralph Otte
(727) 712-3523
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Financial Director - Sue Lignell
(727) 461-1541
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Sue is a Catholic who came to the Lutheran Church via marriage. She relocated to Tampa in 1990 with her late husband and currently resides in Clearwater where she attends St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Sue is a Director for a Canadian comuter consulting company and is a certified project manager. She is active in several professional organizations and has served as a congregational coordinator for 4 years. Her spare time is spent working on projects for environmental issues like clean air, clean water, clean beaches. Sue is passoniate about her sports teams: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Michigan Wolverines or Jeff Gordon in the Nascar circuit. In 2011 she will add the Oklahoma State Baseball team to her cheering roster as her nephew is a top rated baseball recruit.
In the summer months she can found on her boat moored in Saugatuck, Michigan. In the winter months, she will likely be skiing somewhere.
Events Director - Mary Kolb
(727) 733-3498
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Mary Kolb is a life long Lutheran and wife of Pastor Peter Kolb for 38 years. Full time Travel Agent, specializing in cruises. Residing in Dunedin for 8 years and involved member of Faith Lutheran Dunedin. Active member of the Dunedin Kiwanis, Dunedin Boat Club, President of Dunedin Youth Sailing and also involved with a ladies sailing group called the Windlasses. Mary & Peter have two adult children, Paul who resides in Lakeland and Stacy who also lives in Dunedin.
Past President - Linda J Toth
(727) 631-5536 Email Linda
Linda was born & raised in Richfield, Ohio. She attended North Carolina State University, graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduation, she moved to the Raleigh, North Carolina area. In 2004, Linda, her husband Rob and their 2 Labrador Retrievers relocated to Clearwater, Florida. She is currently employed as Standards Manager for Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards
Linda is an active member of St. Matthias Lutheran Church and currently serves as President of the congregation. Linda is a past Congregational Coordinator and currently serves as Congregational Advocate for St. Matthias. She enjoys website design & maintains this website.
Financial Associate Advisors
Dennis H Miller (727) 698-1960
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Dennis was born and raised in a small town south of San Diego, CA. He has a MS in Chemistry from San Diego State University. He worked for 16 years in the citrus industry in CA and FL before going to work in 1986 for AAL, a predecessor organization to Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. He married his wife Vicki in 1967 and they have 2 boys and a girl and 7 grandchildren. He attends First Lutheran Church in Clearwater where he is an elder and a Stephen Minister.
Jenna R Buell (813) 475-5426
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Jenna was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Determined to leave behind the cold weather for good, she attended the University of Florida and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a minor in Marketing and Management. She was just married this March, so some of you may know her as her maiden name, Jenna Chiappetta. Jenna became a Financial Representative in for Thrivent in 2009 and loves the work she does for Thrivent and the Lutheran communities.
Thrivent Builds Chapter Specialist - David Geiger
(727) 372-1847
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Dave has a Packaging Engineering degree from Michigan State University and retired as a Senior Facilities Engineer with Ford Motor Company, after (32) years. Upon retiring in 2002, Dave and his wife of (34) years, Sue, relocated from West Bloomfield, Michigan to sunny Trinity, Florida. They have (2) daughters and (3) granddaughters that live in the area. The family are active members of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Tarpon Springs. Dave is currently Secretary of the church Mission Board, active in Men In Mission and sings in the church choir. Dave has been active with Thrivent Builds as Chapter Specialist, from the beginning of their (4) year partnership with Habitat For Humanity in 2006.
Vacant Positions
Communications Director
Community Service Team Director
Assistant Financial Director
Youth Director
Please contact any board member if you are interested in volunteering for any of these positions.
Lutheran Community Services Specialist - Kathy Emanuelson
(727) 733-3991
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Manager of Lutheran Community Services - Mary Weibel
(239) 389-4984
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Mary has been a Thrivent employee for over 23 years in a variety of roles including as a manager in our corporate fraternal department in Wisconsin, as a Financial Representative in Michigan and as a Divisional Director. Mary manages the team of Lutheran Community Services Specialists of Kathy Emanuelson, Darlene Kaiser and John Schultz as they work together along with the Financial Representatives to engage our members in meaningful projects around the state.
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