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Director of Volunteer Relations

651.333.0337

Virginia joined Lutherans For Life in September 2013 and currently resides in Eagan, Minnesota, where she is a member of Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Church and School. She has spent her life in a dual career both in business management, working for several major corporations, as well as making a career in church work. She has worked extensively in the areas of Christian education, stewardship, evangelism, music.  Her strong conviction For Life has given her the opportunity to speak on many life issues. She grew up in a family that welcomed foster children who found a safe home with them in the country. Virginia has served as an LFL life chapter president and is now working across the United States helping equip Lutherans to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life.

Assistant Director of Volunteer Relations

612.816.6194

Michele Hartshorn joined the Lutherans For Life Volunteer Relations team on November 8, 2023. Before joining LFL, Michele was the Center Administrator at Amnion Pregnancy Center in Burnsville, MN for 8 years. Prior to that, she served as Communication Coordinator at Messiah Lutheran Church, LCMS, in Lakeville, MN. Throughout Michele’s career, she has served in ministry and non-profit organizations overseeing administration, communications, fundraising, special events, and volunteer management. Michele grew up in Mosinee in Central Wisconsin. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Emphasis in Public Relations) and a minor in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. After college graduation, she moved to Minnesota. Currently, Michele lives in Lakeville, MN with her husband, Jim, and their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Dakota Marie. They have two adult sons, Patrick and Nicholas. Michele enjoys spending time outdoors, traveling, and relaxing on Lake Dubay in Wisconsin. She is a prayer warrior. She feels blessed to be called by God to be a part of the Volunteer Relations team to work nationwide to help equip Lutherans to be “Gospel-motivated voices For Life.” 

Volunteer Relations Associate

830.935.3415 (H)

830-388-8640 (C)

Dr. Barbara Lane Geistfeld, LFL Volunteer Relations Associate and her husband, Dr. James Geistfeld, are “Texans by Choice” after retiring to the Hill Country in 2008. Barb retired from owning a small-animal veterinary hospital and Jim retired from his job as a board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian for Taconic Biosciences. They have a son and daughter-in-law, a daughter and son-in-law, and FOUR adorable granddaughters. She has taught teen and adult Bible Studies for many years and has been a voice for life in the various churches she has attended. Raised in the First Church of God (Anderson, IN), confirmed by faith into the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), active in an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregation in New York, and now a member of a Christ-centered Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) congregation. Barb believes these different churches have shaped her faith and reaffirmed her profound desire to be a voice For Life. She values life at all stages and ages and wants to share that commitment to life with others. Barb accepted the position of Lutherans For Life Regional Director of Texas in July of 2015, and in those seven years has given LFL presentations to Lutheran churches, schools, and conferences all over Texas. She is a certified Life Team Leader at the church she attends. Barb believes her medical background and her conviction that we are to be “Gospel-motivated voices For Life” equips her to help others become gospel-motivated voices For Life in Texas. Now that she is the Assistant Director of Volunteer Relations, her ministry has expanded beyond Texas to offer support and encouragement to anyone wanting to become a gospel-motivated voice For Life.