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Under the Articles
of Incorporation (PDF, 146K), the board of directors is Thrivent
Financial’s supreme governing body. The board directs the management
of the Society’s affairs. It has oversight responsibility in all matters
involving Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. The board is responsible for
dealing with the corporate policy for the full range of purposes carried
out by the Society.
The board consists of 10 to 12 elective
directors, up to four appointive
directors and not more than two principal
officer directors. No fewer than two-thirds of the directors must
be elected directly by the membership.
Main Areas of Oversight for the Board:
- Approving a corporate mission statement.
- Selecting, evaluating,
compensating, and replacing the CEO, other senior executives and appointive
directors.
- Ensuring management succession.
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Reviewing and approving management’s strategic and business
plans, and monitoring performance against the plans.
- Reviewing and approving material transactions not in the ordinary course
of business.
- Establishing policies:
- Ensuring that systems are established so that the Society’s
activities are conducted in an ethical and legal manner.
- Ensuring its own effectiveness.
- Ensuring management succession.
Meet our Board of Directors
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Contact our Board of Directors
You are welcome to contact the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Board of Directors with questions or concerns about the organization. To do so, send a letter addressed to:
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Board of Directors (or name a specific director)
Office of the Corporate Secretary
625 Fourth Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
The Corporate Secretary for Thrivent Financial will collect the letters and forward them to the Vice Chairman of the Board (the lead independent director) or to a specific director if named.
Letters on the following topics will be forwarded as indicated:
A complaint relating to a specific product or contract: Referred to Member Relations.
A complaint relating to accounting matters: Referred to the Chair of the Audit Committee.
Committee Structure
Under the bylaws of the organization, the board may designate a governance committee
and one or more additional committees of directors. Each committee shall have
such authority as delegated to it by the board.
The current committee structure is:
Elective Directors
Ten to 12 benefit members shall be elected to the board for terms of office
of four years each, three or four members being elected each year in which
there is an election. Elective directors are elected by the benefit members
of the Society in the manner prescribed in the bylaws of the Society.
Appointive Directors
The board may appoint up to four benefit members of the Society to serve as
appointive directors for a term of office of up to one year. Any appointment
or reappointment shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the
elective directors. An appointive director shall be eligible for election
pursuant to Section 17 of the bylaws or appointment pursuant to Section 18
of the bylaws if the date of initial appointment as an appointive director
preceded such director’s 67th birthday and if the director is otherwise
eligible for election under these bylaws.
Principal Officer Directors
The board may also appoint not more than two principal officers of the Society
to serve as directors as the board shall from time to time determine to be
in the Society’s best interest.
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