LWF World Service Director Granke to Join Canadian Church Development Agency
Mr Robert Granke, director of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Department for World Service (DWS), has been appointed executive director of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR).
Granke, 51, begins his new tasks in March 2006, succeeding Dr Ruth E. Jensen, who resigned at the end of 2005 after serving nine years.
Prior to joining the LWF in March 2002, Granke, a Canadian, was secretary of the Winnipeg-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). He had previously worked in the international department of CLWR, the service delivery arm for overseas development programming and relief for the ELCIC and Lutheran Church-Canada.
As DWS director, he leads the work of the LWF’s humanitarian and development agency comprising the department’s Geneva secretariat’s offices, and field programs in 37 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin and Central America and Europe.
Granke holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and has taken various courses in international management. He served as program manager with the Canadian Hunger Foundation, an Ottawa-based non-profit international development organization.
Robert Granke and his wife, Rev. Lynn Granke have three children. (191 words)
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