ELCA Region 1 Staff
Region 1 Office
766 John Street Ste. B  Seattle, WA  98109
206-624-0093   1-800-755-5831   www.elcaregion1.org 

Region 1 Staff

Philip Reitz   x104        Philip.reitz@elca.org
EOCM - Stewardship     reitzpl@msn.com

Janet Nelson   x103        janet.nelson@elcaregion1.org
Stewardship Support       jnelson125@hotmail.com

Alyce Bakker   x107        alyce.bakker@elcaregion1.org
Financial Service Officer   fso_region_1@yahoo.com

Judy Webb   x108         judy.webb@elcaregion1.org
Bookkeeper                   judy_webb@hotmail.com

Support Staff

ELCA Region 1 Executive Staff

Stacy D. Kitahata, Coordinator for Evangelical Outreach
stacy.kitahata@elcaregion1.org
Before coming to the northwest Stacy served as Dean of theCommunity and memberof the faculty at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and asAssociate Director for Global Education, ELCA Division for Global Mission. Stacy’s extensive educational, cross cultural, and anti-racism experience began with her growing up in south central Los Angeles, California.  Her writings include contributions to Weaving God’s Love Across Cultures, Sacred Sea, Lutheran Woman Today, Women of the ELCA Cross Cultural materials, and youth ministry resources. Stacy’s education includes degrees from UCLA and McCormick Theological Seminary. 

Red Burchfield, Mission Director
red.burchfield@elcaregion1.org
Rev. Brian "Red" Burchfield has served rural, suburban and urban congregations in Iowa, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and through Global Missions in Cape Town, South Africa. Red seeks to engage leaders in the formation of evangelizing congregations that make disciples for Jesus Christ and equip people to use their gifts for God's reign in the world. He sees great opportunities for individual and congregational transformation and outreach in Synods and congregations of the "None Zone" (as the Pacific Northwest is often called) by leaning into and reclaiming our deeply biblical Lutheran voice for the gospel. Red is personally committed to doing the "white privilege" and "anti-racism" work of the dominant culture and listening to the multicultural voices among us as an essential part of transformational outreach. 

Darius Larsen, Mission Director and Stewardship Specialist
 darius.larsen@elcaregion1.org
Before moving to Montana, Darius was a campus and parish pastor in St. Cloud, MN. He has also served a parish in Longmont, CO and has been a campus pastor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Darius has a passion for the mission of the church, the out of doors and family. Besides serving in multiple and variious ways in the ELCA, Darius has worked nationally and locally with Amnesty International and other peace and environmentalist groups. Darius hopes that people see him as a person of prayer who loves the church and the world that God has made.

Harvey Blomberg, Mission Director for Oregon Synod
harvey.blomberg@elcaregion1.org

Philip Reitz, Stewardship Specialist (Alaska, Northwest Washington, Southwestern Washington,  and Oregon Synods)
philip.reitz@elcaregion1.org