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2025 Board of Directors Elections

Benefit members elected two incumbents to Thrivent’s board in the 2025 election: Deborah “Debbie” M. Ackerman and Nichole “Nikki” B. Pechet. Their new terms begin February 2026.

For more information about Thrivent’s board members, see the Leadership Biographies page.

If you voted in the election, thank you for voting!

Detailed results:

Name of Candidate
Qualified Votes1
Deborah “Debbie” M. Ackerman
85,838
Nichole “Nikki” B. Pechet
64,381
Kerri M. Tietgen
41,304
Diana L. Anderson
29,866
Jeb A. Myers
15,353
John A. Buric
14,122
Matthew “Matt” J. Davidson
12,338
Justin S. Wynter
11,168
Donnie C. McCleskey
8,907
Itzel A. Lopez Gonzalez
8,567
Elizabeth “Beth” Bradner Davis
7,090
JC Hurtado-Prater
6,745

 

Regional Board Results1

In addition to the Thrivent Board election, 23 uncontested regional board elections took place. In those elections, the candidates were all elected to their positions.

1 Tabulated by YesElections, an independent election services company.

 

Make your board recommendations

Any Thrivent client with membership can suggest candidates for the national board. If you know an active Thrivent client with membership who you think would be a strong candidate, contact your Thrivent Member Network board chair by May 15. Not sure who that is? Call 800-847-4836; say “fraternal” at the prompt. Or go to thrivent.com/tmn and enter your ZIP code in the “Locate your Thrivent Member Network” section. You’ll be taken to your Thrivent Member Network page; click on “contact us.”

You also can make candidate suggestions for your local Thrivent regional board. Simply fill out the form at thrivent.com/about-us/member-networks/tmn-nominee.

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