Leadership

Deacon Wendi Van Beek (she/her/hers) serves Lutheran Campus Ministry University of Arizona as the interim director. Wendi earned her MA degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in May of 2023, a M.Ed in Education Administration from the College of Counseling and Human Resource Development at South Dakota State University in 2011, a BS degree in Behavioral Science from Bellevue University in 2008, and an AA degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in History from Kilian Community College in 2007. 

Wendi feels her vocational call in the Church to accompany others, equip others, empower others in their process of discernment and their identity as disciples. She feels called to do this through the gifts of coaching, spiritual practices, spiritual direction, and personal development. She is committed to radical welcome and inclusion, so that we may more fully embrace our neighbor, our community, our world, and work for advocacy and justice in and for the world that God so loves. 

Wendi is an Arizona transplant from the Midwest and also calls Minnesota her part time home. In addition to her ministry at Lutheran Campus Ministry University of Arizona, she volunteers her time as Policy Council member with Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of Arizona and on the Internship Committee for Wartburg Theological Seminary. She likes to spend her free time reading, traveling, crocheting, camping, cheering for the Minnesota Twins, and spending time with beloved family and friends, including her partner and their incredibly spoiled greyhound.