Leadership
Our Leadership Team
LCM Canterbury is led by a council of students and young adults
who work together with Pastor Mike to plan our activities and events.
Spencer Keithley
President
Pronouns: they/them
Major: Astrophysics
Minors: Computer Science and German
Class: 2025
Favorite carnivorous plant and why: Horses, because they are carnivorous and they're plants.
Abby Bachman
Vice President and Music Minister
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Major: Vocal Performance
Class: 2025
Favorite carnivorous plant and why: Fluffy dogs with cute faces because they bring me joy.
Pastor Mike Girlinghouse
Interim Chaplain
Pastor Mike comes to LCM Canterbury after having served for twelve years as the bishop of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the ELCA. Before being elected as bishop in 2011, Pastor Mike served for twenty years in campus ministry at Wayne State College, Wayne, NE, the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD and at the University of Oklahoma, OK. Pastor Mike loves to cook, read, watch sci-fi and photography. He also plays the trombone and djembe drum. Pastor Mike lives with Terrie, his wife of forty years, and their two pups.
Our Board
LCM Canterbury is the campus ministry of the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at NAU. Beginning in 2022 our ministry is governed by one covenanted board, along with the leadership and guidance of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona and the Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA.
Gwen Brandfass
Lutheran Vice-President
Cecily Combs
Board Member
NAU Staff Advisor
Kurt Fangmeier
Lutheran President
Cheryl Fox
Episcopal President
Martha Garner
Lutheran Treasurer
Kelsey Hitchcock
Episcopal Secretary
Ken Kumon
Lutheran Secretary
Alison Lee
Board Member
Katie Martin
Board Member
Zach Nance
Board Member
Lucy Redman
Board Member
Phil Shaw
Board Member
Charly Spining
Episcopal Treasurer