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Christina Jackson-Skelton is the treasurer of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She
was elected by the Church Council of the ELCA to
serve a six-year term that began Feb. 1, 2002.
As treasurer, Jackson-Skelton is responsible for
proposing financial policy for review and action by
the Church Council and provides for the
implementation, within such policies, of the
financial, accounting, audit, property management,
investment, banking and related systems and services
for the units of the churchwide organization. As
treasurer, Jackson-Skelton also provides oversight
of information technology and building management
services for the churchwide organization and serves
as president of the Mission Investment Fund of the
ELCA.
Prior to her term as ELCA treasurer, Jackson-Skelton
served in the ELCA Division for Global Mission.
Beginning in 1989, Jackson-Skelton held various
positions in the finance department of the Division
for Global Mission, ultimately serving as the
director for finance for the division from 1996 -
2001. In that role she planned and directed the
division's financial policies and budget and
provided financial oversight and advise to division
staff, mission associations, missionaries and
related churches and agencies.
Jackson-Skelton is originally from
Madison,
Minnesota.
She earned a bachelor's degree in business
administration and Spanish in 1987 from
Concordia
College,
Moorhead, Minnesota and a master's in business
administration in 1988 from Thunderbird Graduate
School of Global Management, Glendale, Arizona.
Concordia is one of 28 colleges and universities of
the ELCA.
Jackson-Skelton is an active member of Joy! Lutheran
Church in Gurnee, Illinois. She and her husband,
Timothy, are the parents of three children,
Benjamin, Anna and Ella. |
