Carmen Richards of Hope, North Dakota, was elected president of Women of the ELCA at the 2005 Triennial Convention. She had previously served on the churchwide women's organization executive board as treasurer of the organization.

Read the interview with Carmen in the October 2005 issue of Interchange for information on her hopes for this triennium (2005–2008). Then get ready to make the connections in your area.

At the left is a letter from Carmen to synodical convention participants. This letter may be used in your synodical convention bulletin of reports. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download this file. Get Reader free if you do not have it already.)

For information about the work of staff, please see the reports of the executive director.