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Jennifer Koenig has been the associate college pastor at St. Olaf College since 1997. She choreographed and performed for three years with the professional modern dance company Ballet Harren and later served for three years on the dance and on the fine arts committee at Luther Seminary. Koenig served in parish ministry in Iowa before coming to St. Olaf.
Reverend Ann Svennungsen has been appointed to serve as interim college pastor for the upcoming academic year. A graduate of Concordia College and Luther Seminary, Svennungsen began her career as the first woman to serve as pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church in Iowa City, Iowa. She went on to serve congregations at Edina Community Lutheran Church in Edina, Minnesota; Beaver Creek Lutheran Church in Joice, Iowa; and Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, Minnesota. Svennungsen has also served the broader church in such prominent roles as president and CEO of the Fund for Theological Education and as president of Texas Lutheran University. Currently a resident scholar at the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research and director of the Presidents' Pledge Against Global Poverty, she begins her time at St. Olaf College on August 15 2011.
John Ferguson earned a B.M. from Oberlin College, an M.M. from Kent State University and a D.M.A. from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Russel Saunders. Ferguson is one of America's most respected church musicians and teachers. He has been invited as a visiting professor by the faculties of the University of Notre Dame and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He is respected as a fine teacher and performer, and his work as an improviser and leader of congregational song has received national acclaim. Each year he presents many hymn festivals across the country, both for local congregations and professional gatherings. Ferguson is the author of three books, numerous articles and has a large number of published organ and choral compositions. |
Jennifer Anderson Koenig '87 
Ann Svennungsen
John Ferguson
