Cornerstone Protestant Campus Ministry

 

The Protestant Campus Ministry Board

Board Bio’s

  • Rev. Sandy J. Damhof, Director:  Sandy is an ordained minister with the United Church of  Christ.  She has served churches in the Bronx, NY and Delmar, NY and now resides in Albany with her husband, Curt.  She serves as the Director of the Protestant Campus Ministry and also works part-time Public Relations Coordinator for the Eastern New York CROP Walks.  She has experience in contemporary worship, outreach/evangelism, small group ministry and spiritual formation.  She loves golf, Wii Boxing and has never met a piece of chocolate she didn’t love. Email:  sdamhof@uamail.albany.edu

  • Rev. William Hempel, President

  • Wendy Samson, Vice-resident  Email:  midjill@nycap.rr.com

 

 

 

 

  • David Anderson is Professor of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Information Science at the University at Albany.  His work at the University centers on helping government and non-profit organizations build computer simulation models and information systems.  He lives in Delmar with his wife, Deborah, who is also on the faculty in Information Science.  He has three daughters, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Madeline who have all moved away to do more wonderful things with their lives.  He enjoy jogging, camping on the islands in Lake George, and mowing his lawn in the summer sunshine.  Email:  danderson@uamail.albany.edu

  • Dorothy Carlson is an Associate in Ministry in the ELCA.  She has served congregations in Ithaca and Albany.  She is recently retired from The Community Hospice where she served as one of the chaplains for six years.  To celebrate her retirement she canoed the Yukon River from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Eagle, Alaska.  She likes to travel, reads a wide range of fiction, and enjoys the movies.  If she had a cat, her life would be perfect.  Email:  D37carlson@aol.com

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  • Robert Gibson   Email:  rgibson@uamail.albany.edu

  • Larry Johansen  is the Actuary for the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System.  Mr. Johansen joined the staff of the Retirement System in 1973 and was appointed to his current position in August, 1989.  He is a Past President of the American Academy of Actuaries and has served his Profession in several capacities including current service as the Vice-Chair of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline.  He is currently the Lay-President (Vice-President) of First Lutheran Church, Albany (ELCA) and has also served as the Church’s Treasurer.  He is currently a member of the Chapel House Board and a former member of the Board of SonRise Outdoor Ministries and the Board of Good Samaritan Lutheran Homes.   His wife, Carolyn, is a reading teacher in the Guilderland School District.  He has two grown daughters, Karen and Alyssa and a new granddaughter, Erika.  He graduated from the University of Buffalo in 1971 with a BS in Mathematics and Economics. Email:     LJohanse@nystrs.state.ny.us

  • Rev. Robert C. Lamar is an ordained minister of Word and Sacrament with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and is Pastor Emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church of Albany, NY.  Following his retirement he served for nine years as the Executive Director of the Capital Area Council of Churches.  He is married to Marion and between them, they have 6 children and 9 grandchildren.  Bob enjoys music and golf.  Email:  rlamar@nycap.rr.com

  • Patti Kreckeler

  • Nancy Landrigan