Meet Our Staff
Being a Lutheran school professional is more than a job, it is a calling. ESM is blessed to have a dedicated staff of people that are committed to establishing Christ firmly at the center of life and connecting children and families to the grace freely offered by our loving Savior. All of our classroom educators are rostered and called to serve as Lutheran Church Missouri Synod teachers.
Learn more about our staff and faculty and contact them using the directory below.
PRINCIPAL
Principal
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
Assistant Principal - Preschool
Assistant Principal and Preschool Director, Jennifer Ackmann, is a product of Emmanuel-...
Assistant Principal - Union Street Campus
Ms. Greener was born and raised in Fort Wayne graduating from Emmaus Lutheran School an...
Assistant Principal - Getz Road Campus
Keri Latin is ESM's Assitant Principal and has her office at the Getz Road cam...
Administration
Secretary - Getz Rd Campus
Finance Manager
School Counselor
Director of Admissions
Food Service Director
Administrative Assistant - Union St. Campus
Shepherd of the School
Pastor Meyer is from northeast Indiana. He attended ESM for his 7th and 8th grade years...
Preschool Teachers
Preschool Teacher, Getz Campus
Preschool Teacher, Union Campus
Gwen Kanning’s commitment to early childhood education spans three decades. ...
Preschool Teacher, Getz Campus
Colleen Kobi-Berger is one of our morning Pre-K teacher at the Getz Road Camp...
Preschool Teacher, Union Campus
Mrs. Ali Lebamoff was born and raised in Fort Wayne, where she attended ESM and Ho...
Kindergarten
Teacher - Kindergarten
Jewell LaBrash is a graduate of Taylor University with a BS in Elementary Education and...
Teacher - Kindergarten
Stephanie Mueller is a graduate of Concordia University Nebraska with a BS in elementar...
First Grade
Teacher - Grade 1
Mary Smith is another proud graduate of Concordia University Chicago. With a BA in elem...
Teacher - Grade 1
First grade teacher, Bethann Wright, holds a BA in elementary education with a minor in...
Second Grade
Teacher - Grade 2
Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mrs.Faley attended Southwest Allen County Schoo...
Teacher - Grade 2
Sarah Smith joined the ESM teaching staff in 2022. Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Sarah...
Third Grade
Teacher - Grade 3
Understanding that there is good-natured rivalry between graduates within the Concordia...
Teacher - Grade 3
After years of joyfully serving as teacher aide at ESM, Amy Konow turned her attention ...
Fourth Grade
Teacher - Grade 4
Teacher - Grade 4
As a mother of three, Susan Murphy brings her maternal instincts and nurturing nature t...
Fifth Grade
Teacher - Grade 5
When Joshua Eggold is not front and center in his fifth-grade classroom, he is likely t...
Teacher - Grade 5
Rachael Johnson is a native of Fort Wayne. She attended Bethlehem Lutheran Sc...
Sixth Grade
Teacher - Grade 6
Abby McCoy joined the ESM family in 2021 as one of our 4th grade teachers and is now se...
Teacher - Grade 6
The youngest of six children in her family, Kathy Palmreuter grew up on a farm in Vassa...
Seventh Grade
Middle School Math Teacher
Anna Davis teaches 7th & 8th grade math at the Union Street Campus. She is ori...
Teacher - Grade 7
Mrs. Amber Franz is from Decatur, Indiana and is a graduate of Indiana University ...
Teacher - Grade 7
Mrs. Kristen Labahn grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and attended Holy Cross Lutheran Sch...
Eighth Grade
Teacher - Grade 8
Ms. Miesner grew up in Frohna, Missouri, on her family dairy farm. She gradua...
Teacher - Grade 8
With a BS in secondary education and a concentration in biology and instrumental music,...
PE, Art, Music, & Media Center
Teacher - Getz Rd Music
Mrs. Pauline Benner teaches in a variety of capacities at ESM. She teaches preschool mu...
Media Center Director - Union Street Campus
Mrs. Tara Childs grew up in Indiana and graduated from New Haven High School. She ...
Teacher - Physical Education
Kevin McGuigan is our PE teacher at both campuses, Athletic Director, and boys varsity ...
Teacher - Physical Education
Mr. Dan Rubrake has lived in the northeast part of Indiana his entire life. He gre...
Art Teacher - Union Street Campus
Ms. Cecelia Siefer, born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, recently graduated fro...
Resource
Resource Teacher - Union St. Campus
A Fort Wayne native, Lisa Heilman grew up attending St. Michael Lutheran Church and has...
Resource Teacher - Getz Rd Campus
Dana Hildebrand is a graduate of Concordia University-River Forest. She serves at...
Resource Teacher - Union St. Campus
Lisa Meeks graduated from Purdue University with a BA in elementary education. After se...
Resource Teacher - Union St. Campus
The 2019-2020 school year marks Kelly Steffen’s twenty-first year in the educatio...
ROTATIONAL TEACHERS
Rotational Teacher - Union Street Campus
Michaela Blume has lived in Fort Wayne since 1993. She attended the Southwest Allen Cou...
4-5 Rotational Teacher - Union Street Campus
Mrs. Hockemeyer was born and raised in Allen County. She attended St. John-Em...
Rotational Teacher - Getz Road Campus
Carol Miller was born in Jackson, Michigan, and lived in Michigan, Ohio and Virginia gr...
Church Leadership
Asst. Pastor - Emmanuel
Pastor Dan Sheafer has served as associate pastor at Emmanuel since July 2016. He share...
Missional Pastor - St. Michael
Pastor Shawn is the son of a retired Air Force Chaplin. Shawn and his wife Anna met at ...
Senior Pastor - St. Michael
Rev. Dr. Dennis Goff was born in Columbus OH, the youngest of four children born to Lor...
Senior Pastor - Emmanuel
Pastor Eggold shares that "I love our church family. Preaching to, teaching, and c...