Lutheran Social Services of New York Board of Directors
Andis Akerfelds, Bronxville: Entrepreneur, engineering, construction, fashion/ merchandising; Village Lutheran Church, Bronxville; Property Trustee, development and construction of the addition to VLC/Chapel School; Honored with several awards for volunteering; Board of Governors of the Bronxville Field Club; Westchester County Swim Conference in the role of Recording Secretary; United States Swimming certified National Referee; husband and father of two daughters; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member
Julie Butler, New York: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; entrepreneur, 145th Street Animal Hospital; Mount Zion member, past president and member Journal Committee for 60th anniversary; Executive Board / President Veterinary Medical Association of NYC, Founder and VP for NY SAVE (Animals in Veterinary Emergencies); Lutheran Social Services of New York board member serving as Board Secretary
Lujuana Butts, Tuckahoe: Professor of Education; current member of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church having served as interim director of after school tutorial ministry, Homework Help, teaches Sunday school and lead bible studies; member of the board of Managers for the Worker Benefit Plans, The board for Diaconal Ministry for the Atlantic District, the Lutheran Schools Association board of directors, and board of directors for Wheat Ridge Ministries; frequent presenter at conferences and workshops. Lutheran Social Services of New York board member and Vice Chair of The New LIFE School board.
Twila Evanson, Brooklyn: Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist; St Peter’s Lutheran Church Brooklyn, Trustee, Sunday School Teacher, LWML congregation co-President; Founder/Director, Tevanson Social Services, LCSW P.C.; Medical Social Worker, Nephrology Foundation of Brooklyn; Member of the National Association of Social Workers, Milenium Sistahs-Medical Caribbean Missions, We Care Child Care; Lutheran Social Services New York board member
Eric Golberg, Croton-on-Hudson: Portfolio Manager at Minerva Alternative Strategies; Our Saviour Evangelical Lutheran Church, Croton-on-Hudson. Former vice president at JP Morgan Chase and analyst at The Daiwa Bank Ltd. Member of the Lutheran Social Services of New York Subsidiary Board of Directors; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member serving as Finance & Governance Committee Chair.
Warren Gutheil, Merrick: President of Tecoptics, Inc.; Grace Lutheran Church, member, past President of Church Council, past Sunday School Superintendent; Member of American Society of Precision Engineering, Lutheran Social Services of New York board member serving as Vice Chair
Michael Jakob, Whitehall: Insurance and investment broker and as a principal of both Carriage Trade Insurance Agency and Carriage Trade Financial Services; member of Evangelical Immanuel Lutheran Church, Whitestone having served in many capacities including president; Member Task Force 3, Atlantic District LCMS Committee for Finance and Stewardship; Secretary of the Board Lutheran High School Association (Martin Luther HS); Member of the Board Lutheran School’s Association; Member of the board Lutheran Social Services
Zoë E. Jasper, Brooklyn: Attorney, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP. Member, St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York Episcopal Diocese. Past member, the Social Justice Commission of The Riverside Church of New York and former staff member of Riverside’s Social Justice Ministries; Key note speaker, 2011 Thurgood Marshall Law Day, St. Philip’s Church, New York, NY; past board member, Concord Family Services; volunteer, outside general counsel and secretary to a NYC not-for-profit corporation that funds after school activities; volunteer instructor for elder and youth self-defense programs; professional advisor, Brooklyn Law School, mock trial program; past volunteer, the Legal Aid Society, Micro Enterprise Unit. Repeat campaign volunteer for local and national politicians and for national political party; member of local political club. Native New Yorker and parent of two children; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member and serving as Vice Chair of the Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York board.
Lois Jenkins, Glendale: Workers Compensation Specialist; recently joined Trinity Lutheran Church, in Middle Village, Queens. Previously, president of the church council at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Brooklyn. Former workers compensation specialist for Greater NY Mutual Insurance, CNA-Plus, Verizon, Atlantic Mutual Companies, UIS, Inc, NYC City Department of Corrections, Zurich Insurance Company and Insurance Company of North America; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member
Marva Jenkins, St. Albans: Pastor, Epiphany Lutheran Church, Laurelton, Queens; former Faculty position Queens College, The City University of New York. Served as director of counseling unit, SEEK Program (Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge) over thirty years; Director of Programming, Salvation Army, Lower Eastside Neighborhoods Association, Staff, Riverdale Children’s Association, Staff consultant, Lutheran Ministries in Higher Education Board of Directors, Multicultural Commission Metro NY Synod, Chair, Church Councils, President; Commission for Evangelical Outreach, Metro NY Synod, Interrelations Collaborative, Board of Directors, Parish Resource Center, Board of Directors, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Addlesleigh Park Civic Association; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member
Daniel Joy, Jamaica, Queens: retired Supreme Court Justice; Hope Lutheran Church, having served in many capacities; Volunteer Tutor – Learning leaders, NYC Board of Education 2002 – Present; Vice President – Community Planning Board #13 – 10 years till 1982, Member – Spring Civic Association 1968-present Board member – Jamaica Services Program / Older Adults – 2000 to present; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member
Harrison Oellrich, Garden City: retired President and Management Principal Ottauquechee Risk Consultants; Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and the LIFE Church in Westbury; completed his diaconate studies and will be commissioned and installed to serve both sites; past president of congregation; chaired several call committees; leadership roles in several public/private initiates; coordinator and editor of the insurance/reinsurance sectors’ contribution to the “National Plan for Cyberspace Security”; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member
Paul Saueracker, Merrick: Retired President / CEO for Minerals Technology Inc.; Grace Lutheran Church member, past church council president; Board Member of Institute of paper Science and Technology; Lutheran Social Services of New York board member serving as Board Chair
Donald Thorsen, Staten Island: retired from Staten Island Bank and Trust; Zion Lutheran Staten Island, numerous volunteer leadership position including youth leader, Church Council President, Stewardship Chairperson; Various community activities over the years including Lutheran Social Services of New York board member as Treasurer
James Darden, Locust Manor, Jamaica is the APICHA (Asian &Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS) serving as the Office Administrator, before joining APICHA he worked for New York Aides Coalition and for AXA Financial for well over twenty years in various positions. He is currently the president of Trinity Lutheran Church of Locust Manor in Jamaica, NY. He serves as a fire commissioner for the Bellerose Terrace Fire District. . He served as president of the Bellerose Terrace Civic Association where he enjoys the company of his community and dealing with the issues that face them in their hamlet. James represents the Bishop of the Atlantic District of the LC-MS on the Lutheran Social Services of New York board, acts as the vice chair of the board of directors for St. John Community House I and II, in the Bronx, NY a Lutheran Social Services of New York related entity.
Anthony Stephens, Croton on Hudson serves as pastor of Our Saviour Lutheran Church; he is a trained psychotherapist/pastoral counselor, recently finished his law degree and passing the NY bar exam; his clinical experiences include Lutheran Counseling Center, Mineola, Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center, North Tonawanda, Napa State Hospital, Napa, California. Intern. Albion Correction Facility, Albion, New York. Intern. North Central Bronx Hospital, rape victim advocate, Ground Zero Task Force; he received the 1997 Samuel Trexler Fellowship, Syracuse; his Professional Experiences include Lutheran Counseling Center, psychotherapist/pastoral counselor, Seafarers and International House, Manhattan, Chaplain / Mental health counselor; he is an associate member of the American Psychological Association, Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International, Lions Club International, and Institute of Marine Engineers. London, England; Anthony represents the Bishop of the Metropolitan Synod of the ELCA on the Lutheran Social Services of New York board, is the vice chair of the board of directors for Lutheran Community Services a Lutheran Social Services of New York related entity.
