Staff



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Rev. Paul Benz
Director

Paul has served as the director of LPPO since 2000. A graduate of Seattle Pacific University and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Paul served in congregations in Kentucky and Washington State before coming to LPPO.






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David Coombs
Assistant for Administration and Programs

David joined LPPO in the fall of 2006 as a member of the Lutheran Volunteer Corps. Raised in Kenmore, Washington, David graduated from Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa with a BA in Political Science.





Manda Truchinski
Seminary Intern

The fifth seminary intern to serve at LPPO, Manda is from Chicago, Illinois where she attends the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). At LSTC Manda is obtaining her Masters of Divinity and preparing for ordained ministry in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In addition to her work with LPPO she is also the pastoral intern at St. John United Lutheran Church in Seattle.