• Mark Hayes President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    Mark Hayes serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). His work supports the ministry’s mission and vision to share eternal hope, provide hope, and inspire hope. His responsibilities included developing and maintaining relationships, fundraising, and managing the mission’s advancement infrastructure and ministry outreach.

  • Patty Narveson Chief Finance Officer

    Patty serves as Chief Financial Officer for TLHA. She is responsible for TLHA’s financial functions including accounting, financial reporting, audit, and budget. She oversees the financial operations for our care communities and office of mission advancement.

  • Heidi Witz Director of Marketing and Communications | Mission Engagement Counselor

    Heidi serves as TLHA’s Director of Marketing and Communications and Mission Engagement Counselor. She will be responsible for leading and supporting TLHA in the outreach and marketing strategies of the ministry. She will oversee the marketing for the ministry’s care communities as well as serving chaplaincy and mission advancement.

  • Rick Krant Administrator

    The Lutheran Home: Belle Plaine, Belle Plaine, MN

  • Megan Lambrecht Director of Disability Services

    Hope Residence, Belle Plaine, MN

  • Stacey Sayler Senior Living Director

    Wellhaven Senior Living, River Falls, WI

  • Cassandra Ullom Executive Director

    Kingsway Retirement Living, Belle Plaine, MN

Board of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors are elected by the association of Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Evangelical Lutheran Synod churches that own and operate The Lutheran Home Association. Board members act as their representatives and provide oversight in the governing of the organization, and committees focus on specific aspects, such as spiritual care and financial performance. This Board meets regularly with the President and CEO and executive leadership to review the ongoing operation of the organization and to provide strategic direction for our ministry.

A Chair, assisted by a Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, governs the Board.

  • Rev. Matthew Rauh, Board Chair, Arlington, MN
  • Tim Schuth, Treasurer, Plato, MN
  • Lance Schwartz, Secretary, Mankato, MN
  • Rev. John Boeder, New Ulm, MN
  • Jeff Davis, Lake Mills, WI
  • Jon Maertz, New Berlin, WI
  • Rev. Michael Muehlenhardt, Cottonwood, MN
  • Randy Niemann, Castle Rock, CO