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LEADERSHIP
Three Elected to Board
Members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans elected three incumbents to four-year terms on the organization’s 13-member board of directors. Adrian M. Tocklin, Allan R. Spies and Frank H. Dick Moeller received the highest number of votes after benefit members voted by mail during the period of Oct. 15-Nov. 30, 2006. Votes for the open positions were cast by 284,096 Thrivent Financial benefit members. The independent accounting firm Schenck Business Solutions tabulated the results.
Tocklin, of St. Petersburg, Florida, has served on the board since 2003. Spies, of Denver, Colorado, has served on the board since 2005. Moeller, of Austin, Texas, has served on the board since 2005.
Election Results
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| Name of Candidate |
Qualified Votes |
| Adrian M. Tocklin |
178,994 |
| Allan R. Spies |
166,704 |
| Frank H. Dick Moeller |
163,775 |
| Harry P. Dorman |
52,288 |
| Bruce A. Fenske |
47,075 |
| James E. Carlson |
32,457 |
| Gene Leiter |
27,146 |
| Victor V. Pavlenko |
26,946 |
| Charles A. Stoerzinger |
26,795 |
| William E. Gusenius |
25,058 |
| Christopher J. Jones |
24,279 |
| Donald E. Currie |
21,393 |
| Lee Johnson, Jr. |
21,348 |
Board Retirements
Richard E. Beumer, Robert H. Hoffman and the Rev. Thomas R. Zehnder retired from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Board of Directors effective Jan. 31, 2007, due to age and/or term limits as defined by the bylaws of the organization.
“We thank them for their years of service and commitment to the organization and for the experience, leadership, integrity and wisdom they have brought to the board of directors,” says Bruce Nicholson, chairman, president and chief executive officer.
Choose Your Board
Thrivent Financial benefit members, as members of their local chapters, have a unique opportunity to participate in the nomination of candidates for the 2007 board election. Chapters can make nominations between April 1 and May 31, 2007. To make a nomination or learn more, contact your chapter president. To find out which chapter you belong to, call 800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836) and select option 3 for Fraternal Services. Or visit www.thrivent.com/members. First-time visitors will need to register.
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