Board Officers for 2023
Susan Worst, chair
The Rev. Jessica Chicka, vice chair
Hope Genty, secretary
Bruce George, treasurer
Timilehin Odunuga, assistant treasurer
Board Member Profiles
Hope Genty
Hope Genty, a Colorado transplant, found the Lutheran Episcopal Campus Ministry at Northeastern while earning her Masters in Library and Information Science at Simmons University. Hope is currently a children's librarian at the Boston Public Library. “I serve on the LMF Board because campus ministry was able to make me feel at home when I was thousands of miles away. I want other students to feel like they can have a spiritual home no matter where they are from or where they go to school.”
Timilehin Odunuga
Timilehin Odunuga, who hails from Lagos, Nigeria, graduated in 2021 from Northeastern University, majoring in Computer Science and minor in Environmental Science. He has been part of LECM since his freshman year, and he is also the Lutheran Student Movement representative for region seven. “The campus ministry has impacted me so much and has been another family on campus,” he writes. “I serve on the LMF Board because I want to be part of the campus ministry to create a more welcoming and inclusive family for other young adults.”
Thomas Van Dyke
Tom Van Dyke has been a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Needham since moving to Boston in 1995. He was a professor at Boston University School of Dental Medicine from 1995 to 2010 before moving to the Forsyth Institute and Harvard University. “I serve on the LMF Board because I believe that campus ministry has an important place on today’s university campus. With the stresses of today’s world, including career decisions, a spiritual support system should be available to all.”