As a kid, everything Brenda experienced on the family farm in northwestern Minnesota was a lesson in grace, gratitude, and generosity. Little did she know she’d spend her entire vocation helping others learn those same lessons at the intersection of faith and philanthropy.
Brenda’s first capital campaigns helped establish new churches all across the country. By mid-career, she led a $100 million campaign for Gustavus Adolphus College following a devastating tornado.
But her “best campaign ever” will always be the one she helped her home congregation conduct, inviting major gifts side-by-side with her Dad and turning the spade at ground breaking with her 90-year-old grandmother. Passing on the legacy of faith to the next generation means everything to her!