• Board of Directors

  • Oakwood Lutheran Senior Ministries is governed by boards of directors whose members are respected Madison-area pastors, health care professionals and business executives – many of whom have relatives and friends who live at our Oakwood Village communities. The organization is comprised of five corporations and is governed by five separate boards of directors:

    Oakwood Lutheran Homes Association, Inc.
    DBA Oakwood Lutheran Senior Ministries

    • Chairperson: Bernie Knesting
    • Vice Chairperson: Keith Yelinek
    • Secretary: Terry Hanson
    • Treasurer: Tom Hanson

    Members: Brett Armstrong, Darrell Behnke, Richard Bohling (Ex-Officio), Alice Gustafson, Barbara Gessner, Gary Hertel, Sigrid Knuti (Ex-Officio), Sarah Kruger, Paul Schmidt, Earl Thayer, Reverend Bill White

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    Oakwood Village Apartments, Inc.
    DBA Oakwood Village University Woods Apartments

    • Chairperson: Bernie Knesting
    • Vice-Chairperson: Alice Gustafson
    • Secretary: Dr. Robert Cole
    • Treasurer: Tom Rivers

    Members: Richard Bohling (Ex-Officio), Sigrid Knuti (Ex-Officio), Karl Marquardt

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    Oakwood Village East Lutheran Homes, Inc.
    DBA Oakwood Village Prairie Ridge Homes

    • Chairperson: Richard Bohling
    • Vice-Chairperson: Donna Ulteig
    • Secretary: Rev. Ron Mach
    • Treasurer: Rick Nuernberg

    Members: Bernie Knesting (Ex-Officio), Sigrid Knuti (Ex-Officio), Dr. Arnold Krubsack, Larry Larrabee, Brad Liddle, Jr.

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    Oakwood Village East Apartment Homes, Inc. Board of Directors
    DBA Oakwood Village Prairie Ridge Apartments

    • Chairperson: Richard Bohling
    • Vice-Chairperson: Donna Ulteig
    • Secretary: Larry Haas
    • Treasurer: Rick Nuernberg

    Members: Larry Jenkins, Bernie Knesting (Ex-Officio), Sigrid Knuti (Ex-Officio), Dan Stein, Nancy Young

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    Oakwood Foundation, Inc.

    • Chairperson: Sigrid Knuti
    • Vice-Chairperson: Ed Young
    • Secretary: Donna Beestman
    • Treasurer: Steve Koch
    • President: Joseph J. Xanthopoulos

    Members: George Austin, Richard Bohling (Ex-Officio), Reverend George Carlson, Bernie Knesting (Ex-Officio), Sally Lee, Tom Rivers, Gary Steinhauer, Terry Von Haden, Carolyn White

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