Pacesetters 2025
The Concordia University Foundation established the Pacesetter Program as a means of recognizing and honoring donors who share the vision of this Christian University, which is dedicated to faithfulness to Christ Jesus and to academic excellence. A donor who has contributed $1,000 or more to any area on campus is recognized as a Pacesetter. For this support, the students, staff, faculty, alumni, campus regents, trustees and volunteer leaders are eternally grateful.
Golden Pacesetter, Gifts of $250,000 or more
- Mr. Michael & Mrs. Caryn Borland '85
- Estate of Maxine Bernhardt Goldbeck
- Estate of Mrs. Elvina Miller
- Estate of Barbara Robinson
- Mr. Paul A. & Mrs. Cathy † Schroeder
- Estate of Mrs. Mary Jean Spallino
- Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zhang
- The Zhang Trust
Golden Pacesetter, Gifts of $100,000 to $249,999
- Airtech International, Inc
- Charles Schwab
- Crean Foundation
- Mr. & Mrs. William R. Dahlgren
- Fidelity Investments
- Mr. & Mrs. David Melilli
- Estate of Rev. Warren & Mrs. Nylene Naegele
- Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.
- Estate of Roland Schroeder
- Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Thiessen
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
- Warne Family Charitable Foundation
Golden Pacesetter, Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999
- Asset Mark Trust Co.
- Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Biang
- Comerica Wealth Management
- The Gathering Lutheran Church
- Mrs. Cheryl Keithly
- Ms. Donna Kelsey
- Kramer Family Foundation
- LCMS Foundation
- National Financial Services LLC
- Estate of Julia Hinrichs Pretzer
- Estate of Mrs. Patricia A. Schutte
- Estate of Mrs. Mary Louise Stevens
- Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Voertman
Golden Pacesetter, Gifts of $25,000 to $49,999
- Mr. & Mrs. John D. Alsop
- American Endowment Foundation
- Anonymous
- Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Aschbrenner
- Mr. & Mrs. Ronn C. Cornelius
- Drs. Neil & Robin Cowen
- Mrs. Eunice A. Dexter
- Estate of Mr. Paul & Mrs. Mabel Ebel
- Mr. Brian & Mrs. Nicole Frasz '04
- Fred and Trisha Gebhardt
- Dave & Pamela Hemker
- Mr. & Mrs. Ramsey Israwi
- Mr. Scot '05 & Mrs. Andrea Klein
- James & Deborah Klein Family Foundation
- Mrs. Deborah Klein
- Dr. & Mrs. Kurt J. Krueger
- Mr. & Mrs. Halden Miller
- Dr. Russell & Mrs. Susan Ness '98, MBA '01
- Pacific Campus Services, Inc.
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pelascini
- Pragmaclin Research Inc.
- Mrs. Gail Rahn
- Schwab Charitable Fund
- Segerstrom Center for the Arts
- Estate of Mr. Donald & Mrs. Beverly Tietjen
- U.S. Charitable Gift Trust
- Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
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Golden Pacesetter, Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999
- Alsop & Associates
- Anonymous
- Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Aschbrenner
- Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan K. Bartels
- Mr. & Mrs. Phil Bellomy
- Bethany Lutheran Church
- Mr. & Mrs. Darren Carson
- Ms. Barbara Carter
- Mr. & Mrs. Rick Chan
- Mr. Gary Couch
- Mr. Ryan '97 & Mrs. Lyndsay Ermeling '96
- Mrs. Sue Fleischli
- Garth & Claudia Flint
- Mr. & Mrs. Dale Gerling
- Dr. & Mrs. Delbert Glanz
- Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Gordon
- Estate of Mrs. Lillian W. Greenlee
- Henley Foundation
- Mr. Doy Henley
- Mrs. Marion Hentz
- Estate of Mr. John Herklotz
- Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Hoch
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert Horn
- Mark & Lauri Howell
- Mr. Tab & Mrs. Sarah Johnson '91
- Mr. J. Darrow Johnson
- Mrs. Linda K. Koch
- LCMS Pacific Southwest District
- Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Levesque
- Lutheran Church Extension Fund
- Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McCafferty
- The McCarron Family Trust
- Mr. & Mrs. John J. McHugh
- Estate of Dr. Glenn & Dr. Dorothy Molyneaux
- Morgan Stanley
- Dr. Jason '94, M.A. Ed '08 & Mrs. Amber Neben
- Mr. & Mrs. Craig W. Olson
- Mr. & Mrs. Johnny "Ace" Palmer
- Mrs. Conya Pembroke
- Mr. Christopher '04 & Mrs. Katherine Pond '05
- Mrs. Joanne Roeder, MAED '91
- Mr. Jim Rowe
- Sand Storm Lacrosse
- Mrs. Dianne Schautschick, T.C. '93
- Mr. Steve Schedler '84 & Ms. Cynthia Steinbeck, M.A. '02
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church
- Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Larry Stoterau
- Estate of Mr. Henry & Mrs. Violet Stuckert
- Dr. & Mrs. John Townsend
- Vanguard Charitable
- Viant Technology
- Mr. James '92 & Mrs. Kris Vitale
- Dr. & Mrs. Carl Weinert, Jr.
- Rev. & Mrs. Mark J. Wikstrom
- Mr. & Mrs. Darryl R. Wold
- Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Woods
- Mrs. Ridell Wright '96
Golden Pacesetter, Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
- Mrs. Walda Anderson
- Ms. Geraldine Anderson
- Anonymous
- Mr. & Mrs. Calvin M. Arnold
- Mr. & Mrs. Matthew S. Baldys
- Rev. Dr. Kenneth † & Mrs. Kenneth W. Behnken
- Jim & Judy Bergman
- Mr. & Mrs. Gary Borning
- Mr. Peter & Mrs. Alyssa Brakke '04, M.Ed. '06
- Drs. Stephen & Jacqueline Brown
- Mr. Thomas, M.A. '90 & Mrs. Helga Butz
- Mr. Michael Carilo
- Concordia University Wisconsin
- Mr. & Mrs. James R. Covington, III
- Crean Lutheran High School
- CyberGrants, LLC
- Bruce & Debbie Dannemeyer
- Mrs. Ruth E. DeNault '07, MBA '09
- C.W. Driver
- Eagle Basketball Inc.
- Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth K. Ebel
- Ecologic Furniture
- Mr. & Mrs. John Eide
- Mrs. Patricia A. Elliott and Thomas C. Elliott
- Ms. Joycelyn Fawaz
- Mr. & Mrs. Barron L. Fong
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael Gibbons
- Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Gunther
- Mr. & Mrs. Anthony E. Harnack, II
- Dr. William & Linda Heide
- David Mietzner & Joanne Heins
- Hephatha Lutheran Church
- Mr. Jakob M. Hexberg '19, MBA '21
- Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Hirsch
- Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Howard
- Immanuel Lutheran Church
- Dr. Lori, M.A. Ed '95 & Mr. Timothy Jaeger, L.M.C.'87
- Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. King
- Estate of Wilmer & Elsie Koerwitz
- Rev. Dr. Ronald & Ruth Kusel
- Wanda Lahn
- Mr. & Mrs. David Leichtfuss
- Mr. Walter & Mrs. Leann Luchinger, M.A. '13
- Ms. Alyssa N. MacMurphey
- Rev. Dr. & Mrs. James Marriott
- Mr. Kevin G. McGibben
- Mr. Thomas & Dr. Deb Mercier
- Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Millan
- Mr. Tim Molnar
- Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Shang Ik Moon
- Dr. Sara & Mr. Matthew Morgan
- Mr. & Mrs. Sid Morris
- Dr. Barbara Morton
- OC Vibe
- Mrs. Chris Ohlendorf
- Olson Family Foundation
- Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
- Peace Lutheran Church
- Mr. Andrew G. Perry, M.A. '19
- Mr. Paul R. Prentice
- Mrs. Sherry Preus
- Mr. Bruce Radloff
- Rev. Alan '81 & Mrs. Linda Rosnau, AA '80
- Dr. David '96 & Mrs. Andrea Rueter '01
- Mr. & Mrs. Jamshid Sadeghipour
- David & Heather Schautschick
- Mr. Stephan Schliebe
- Mrs. Mary K. Schlueter
- Mrs. Conni Schramm '81, M.A. '92
- Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Schulteis
- Dr. Michael '95, M.A.Ed. '98 & Dr. Melinda Schulteis '95
- Dr. James & Mrs. Lahoma Schulze
- Dr. Peter & Mrs. Kathryn Senkbeil
- Mr. & Mrs. David Siebert
- Kristen Silsby
- Rev. Phillip & Mrs. Mary Sipes
- Steve & Diane Sonnenberg
- St. John Lutheran Church
- Mr. & Mrs. Walter Straub
- Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Tang
- Dr. Bret & Mrs. Myra Taylor
- CDR & Mrs. Arthur Terrell
- Dr. Michael and Kim Thomas
- Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael Tiberg
- U.S. Bank
- Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Voortman
- Mrs. Joann Weber
- Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Wright '02
Golden Pacesetter, Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999
- Adrenaline Lacrosse
- American Online Giving Foundation, Inc.
- Ms. Donna M. Anderson, M.A. Ed '99
- Anonymous
- Ms. Cynthia R. Attebery '86
- William & Angelica Ayala
- Mr. Earl Bengel
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Bern
- David and Alicia Bogardus
- Mr. Luther & Dr. Londa Skov
- Mr. Raymond A. Bosch
- Ms. Elizabeth A. Brehm '86
- Mr. & Mrs. Roger G. Brown
- Buku Events, LLC
- Mr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Campbell
- Mr. Terry & Mrs. LaVeda Carter
- Dr. & Mrs. Curt W. Cattau
- Christ Lutheran Church
- Mrs. Paula E. Cleland, AA '80
- Mrs. Paula E. Cleland AA '80
- Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Cox
- Crown Of Life Lutheran Church
- Rev. & Mrs. Robert A. Dargatz
- Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Davis
- Mr. & Mrs. Rhett Del Campo
- Mr. Neal DeLoye
- Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Sheri Esswein '05
- Faith Lutheran Church
- First Lutheran Church
- Fountain Of Life Lutheran Church
- Peter & Kitty Fyfe
- Paul Multari & Lynn Gardner
- Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Michael E. Gibson
- Ms. Lorena Gomez
- Dr. Elmer R. Gooding
- Mrs. Peggy Hallerberg
- Mr. & Mrs. Ernst Hansen
- Mrs. Jeanne Held
- Estate of Irene L. Henkel
- Rev. James '94 & Mrs. Liane Henkell
- Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jin
- Ms. Norma Jones
- Kanahoma, LLC
- Mr. Clayton Kritzer '20
- Lacrosse Academy OC, LLC
- Rev. Dr. David & Mary Loy
- LPL Financial
- Estate of Mr. Harold & Mrs. Elma Mattfeld
- Mrs. Jeana R. Michalko
- Mary Moore
- National Christian Foundation
- Newport Rib Company
- Robert & Lucinda Nimtz
- Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Odle
- Pat & Chris Olsen
- Mrs. Barbara Olson
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Pacific Symphony
- Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Prange
- Rev. & Mrs. Walter H. Quandt
- Mr. Helfried † & Mrs. Sylvia Rahlfs
- Redeemer Lutheran Church
- Mr. Gerald '93 & Mrs. Denise Ruud
- Salem Lutheran Church
- Dr. Kent & Mrs. Cindy Schlichtemeier '91
- Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schmidtke
- Mr. Keith R. Yost & Ms. Xavria A. Schwarz '96
- Mr. Tyler Schweickert '22
- Dr. Daniel, MBA '03 & Dr. Mary Scott
- Mr. & Mrs. Edan Sheklow
- Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie E. Spharler
- St. John's West Bend
- Mr. Thomas '14, MBA '15 & Mrs. Autumn Stangl
- Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Stoddard
- Mrs. Isabel J. Stuewe
- Topaz Systems, Inc.
- Mr. Joseph, MCAA '13 & Mrs. Taylor Turgeon
- Mr. & Mrs. John Urrutia
- Mr. & Mrs. John Ursini
- Dr. Heather & Mr. Tony Vezner
- Vital Energy Inc.
- Ryder Wade Foundation, Inc.
- Mrs. Martha Wade
- Mrs. Emily Weingarth
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Wendt
- Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Willett
- Mrs. Daniela Wright, M.A. '21
- Mr. Keith R. Yost & Mrs. Xavria A. Schwarz '96
Pacesetter, Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
- 23 Bayporte Associates, Inc.
- Abiding Savior Lutheran Church
- Mr. & Mrs. George H. Allen, III '11
- Mr. & Mrs. Ken Ammann
- Mr. & Mrs. Rick Anderson
- Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Anderson
- Anonymous
- Ms. Leona Aronoff Sadacca
- Rev. Dr. Scott & Mrs. Ann Ashmon
- Atonement Lutheran Church
- Dr. Marian Baden
- Dr. Marina A. Ball
- Dr. & Mrs. Ernest Baughman
- Mrs. Eunice Behnken
- Mr. & Mrs. David E. Beiter
- Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Liz Belden
- Mr. & Mrs. Chad E. Beveridge
- Rev. Dr. Charles R. Birner
- Mr. Steve '98 & Mrs. Christine Bishop '96
- Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Blanchard
- Boeing Gift Matching Program
- Mrs. Yoko Boucher
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bouslaugh
- Mrs. Pauline Brehm
- Estate of Mr. Richard Bristor
- Mr. & Mrs. Greg Brown
- Mr. & Mrs. Wayne W. Brueckner
- Mr. Chris Buchbinder
- Mr. Paul Buelow
- Dr. Michael & Mrs. Michele Busch
- Mrs. Marilyn Dow Byrne
- Mr. & Mrs. Fernando Cabaccang
- Mr. Arthur Cambeiro
- Mr. & Mrs. Glen Campbell
- Mr. & Mrs. Trent Campbell
- Campus Jack's LLC
- Chapman Baseball Compound, LLC
- Chick-fil-A
- Mr. Jeffrey Childers
- Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
- Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Clark
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clow
- Concordia Lutheran Church
- Costco Wholesale Executive Matching Program
- Hon. & Mrs. Keith D. Curry
- Mr. Ronald de la Motte
- Mr. & Mrs. Steve DeNault
- Mr. & Mrs. Shawn A. Diamond
- Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Doering
- Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Doherty
- Mrs. Mina Doyle
- Dr. & Mrs. Darrell N. Dudley
- H.E. Durbin '93 Family
- Mr. & Mrs. Blaine Edwards
- Enterprise Mobility Foundation
- Mr. Scott '15 & Mrs. Ariana Esswein '17
- Mr. Michael '92 & Mrs. Silvia Fleischli
- Dr. Roberto & Mrs. Luci Flores de Apodaca, M.A.Ed. '03
- Mr. & Mrs. Scott M. Folks
- Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Folsom
- Mr. & Mrs. James A. Friebus
- Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert Fugitt
- Ms. Dana Galluppi
- Mr. John Garvish
- Mrs. Janice G. Gilbert
- Mr. & Mrs. John M. W. Graham
- Mr. & Mrs. Philip Grant
- Hon. & Mrs. James P. Gray
- Ms. Rose Greenawalt
- Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Grudt
- Mr. Tim & Mrs. Susan Guebert
- Mrs. Jean Hackmann
- Mr. Michael Hall
- Dr. & Mrs. Doyle D. Hansen
- Mr. Nicholas '03 & Mrs. Genevieve Hanson '00
- Mr. Sean Hatch
- Mrs. Cheryl Haulman
- Mr. & Mrs. Hank Hellfeld
- Mrs. Audrey Henry '93
- Mr. Don W. Hilgendorf
- Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Hill
- Hilton Garden Inn Irvine OC Airport
- Susan and Mark Hirzel
- Mrs. Barbara Hochgesang
- Dr. Holt & Mr. Wyper
- Hope Lutheran Church
- Pastor & Mrs. Dave Housholder
- Mr. Jonathan '04 & Mrs. Christina Howard
- Drs. Avak & Barbara Howsepian
- Ms. Lisa Huang
- Ms. Wendy Isbell
- Mr. Terry Jacobson
- Paul & Linda Jaeger
- Mr. Wade '81 & Mrs. Michelle Janssen
- Mr. & Mrs. Maury Johnson
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Johnson
- Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Keller
- Rev. & Mrs. Scott Klemsz
- Mr. & Mrs. James Klingler
- Mr. Mark, M.A.Ed. '94 & Mrs. Rachel Klitzing, M.A.Ed. '98
- Mr. & Mrs. Cornelis Koelmans
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Koppe
- Mr. & Mrs. Andrew M. Kvalheim
- Mrs. Virginia A. LaBahn
- Ms. Elizabeth K. Lang, M.A. Ed '21
- Dr. & Mrs. Michael D. Lange
- Mr. & Mrs. Steve LeBlanc
- Mr. & Mrs. Brad Ledwith
- Mrs. Aimee A. Ledwith
- Mr. Eric Lee
- Rev. Steven '81 & Mrs. Catherine Leinhos, AA '80
- Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leland
- Mr. Tom Dominguez & Dr. April Lopez
- Dr. & Mrs. David B. Luce
- Mr. Paul & Mrs. Amy Lucker
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ludwig
- Mr. Rob MacDonald
- Dr. & Mrs. David L. Maggard, Jr.
- Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mangahis
- Mr. & Mrs. Doug Mason
- Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Matson
- Ms. Carynn McCann
- Mr. Jeffrey '03, M.Ed '07 & Mrs. Bethany McDaniel '11
- Mr. Matt McWhirter
- Dr. Robert L. Meyer
- Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Michael Middendorf
- Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Miner
- Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Morgan
- Mr. Frank R. Naumann
- Mr. & Mrs. Grady Nelson
- Mr. & Mrs. Henry Nilson
- Mr. & Mrs. Eric Noyes
- Mr. & Mrs. John Oakson
- Mr. Robert H. & Mrs. Susan Odle '86
- Rev. Dr. Norbert & Mrs. Jackie Oesch '06
- Dr. Terry & Mrs. Michele Olson, TC '02
- Estate of Mr. Ozzie and & Mrs. Nan Osbon
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Pond
- Rev. & Mrs. Lloyd D. Powers
- Mr. & Mrs. Ed Radmore
- Raymond James Global Account
- Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Renteria
- Mr. Jesus '05 & Mrs. Joyanna Rios
- Riverside Aquatics Water Polo
- Major (USA) Scott '98 & Mrs. Marisela (Rios) Robinson
- Mr. David Rodriguez
- Mrs. Casey L. Rodriguez '21
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard Roethke
- Rev. Dr. Graeme Rosenau
- Mr. & Mrs. William Santana
- Mr. & Mrs. Mark Saxlund
- Wayne & Madonna Saxton
- Mrs. W. Gladys Schalm
- Mrs. Donna Schedler
- Rev. & Mrs. Roger E. Schlechte
- Mr. Ken H. Schlichtemeier
- Paul & Kristen Schmidt
- Mr. Scott & Mrs. Robin Ertman Scott '82
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Senkbeil
- Mr. Ricardo Serrato
- Sgt. Pepperoni's Pizza
- Mr. Daniel J. Shine '14
- Mr. & Mrs. David Shore
- Mr. & Mrs. Mark and Lori Siekmann
- Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Silva
- Ms. Tara Sirvent
- Mr. Ron Spitler
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. St. John
- St. John's Lutheran Church
- St. Luke Lutheran Church
- Mr. & Mrs. Patrick C. Stacker
- Stacker & Associates
- Rev. Adam '11 & Mrs. Jessica Stetson '08
- Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Symank
- Mr. Winford L. Teasley
- Mr. & Mrs. William F. Thoele, III
- Mr. Jerry, MCAA '15 & Mrs. Veronica Thor
- Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Walter C. Tietjen
- Titan HST
- Trans-Sierra Investments, Inc.
- JR Urrutia Consulting, Inc.
- Mr. & Mrs. John Utke
- Ronald A. '83 & Stephanie L. Van Blarcom '83
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Vanderklugt
- Mr. Christopher '04, MCAA '10 & Mrs. Sara Victor
- Mr. Brian & Mrs. Pamela Wade '82, M.A.Ed. '95
- Mr. & Mrs. Blaine Wanke
- Robert Waxdahl
- Marc Weisberg Photography
- Mr. & Ms. Dan Welden
- Wells Fargo Bank
- Mr. Chad J. Whiteaker '16, MCAA '17
- Mrs. Cecilia Wong
- Mr. Mike Yeh
- Mr. Jim Yokoi