Staff
Pastor Chad Kohlmeyer
Lead Pastor pastorchad@atonementboulder.org | 303-499-4567 x1
Pastor Chad Kohlmeyer served as pastor for Children, Youth and Household ministry at Atonement from 2008-2016. He moved into the role of Lead Pastor in April, 2016. He received degrees in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. After spending two years on music ministry teams that took him to East Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Hong Kong, he entered Luther Seminary. Following, he served a call in two congregations in Northwest Wisconsin for three years before receiving a call to Atonement, beginning in September of 2008.
Pastor Chad, his wife Pastor Aly (also a pastor in the ELCA), and sons Holden, Eaven & Sullivan love a life immersed in ministry and the church and enjoy spending time re-creating in the Colorado wilderness. Pastor Chad spends “free time” memory-making with family and friends, skiing, biking, and watching kids sports.
Pastor Stephani Shumaker
Associate Pastor pastorstephani@atonementboulder.org | 303-499-4567 x2
Stephani Shumaker is the Associate Pastor at Atonement starting May 2022. She is a graduate of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Before Atonement, Pastor Stephani worked as a pediatric chaplain resident at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Stephani is a native of San Antonio and has a BS in Public Health from Schreiner University. In 2019 Stephani was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the United States Air Force as a Chaplain Candidate. In her ministry, she is passionate about fostering meaningful experiences for people of all generations in worship, service, action, and community.
Pastor Stephani is mom to a 2-year-old dog Pico De Gallo and enjoys spending time outside, exercising, riding horses, baking, and knitting.
Hannah Joy LeCroy
Director of Music hannahjoy@atonementboulder.org
Hannah Joy LeCroy (originally Bloom) is a Colorado native born and raised in Golden with her appreciative inquiry consultant mother, Amanda, and Unitarian Universalist minister/counselor father, Barry. She has played the piano since she was 5 years old, attending Denver School of the Arts as a piano major in high school, and later graduating with a degree in piano performance/choral education and a minor in English literature from CU Boulder.
Hannah has been blessed to do many amazing musical things in her life, including singing mass at the Vatican, singing in Carnegie Hall under Andrea Ramsey, and being one of four soloists to perform with Big Wild to a sold out crowd at Red Rocks. She was just married to Tyler LeCroy this past July and they are both so blessed to be a part of the Atonement congregation and praise God through song and community.
Mario Barbosa
Associate Director of Music mario@atonementboulder.org
Mario Barbosa graduated from Baylor University with Master’s Degrees in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano. He is active as pianist in the U.S. and his native Brazil, as well as in Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East, and has worked with the Music in the Marche program in Mondavio, Italy, as pianist and conductor since 2012. Recent engagements include teaching masterclasses in Damascus, Syria, as soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Central Texas Choral Society, as a regular guest with the Beeville Concert Association, and masterclass collaboration for Tony Award winner William Jermaine Heredia.
He was invited to play a solo recital in the “Série Jovens Pianistas” in Cabo Frio, Brazil, and was a finalist in the Gloria Artis International Piano Competition of Vienna, Austria. Barbosa has recently appeared as soloist in Beirut, Lebanon, and with the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra. He is currently the music director for the Boulder Opera Company and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Piano Performance at CU Boulder. Mario has recently recorded the film score for the documentary “Radiating Joy: The Michelle Duppong Story.” Mario is so thankful to be a part of the wonderful ministry and community at Atonement!
Ann Maki
Faith Formation Coordinator for Children and Families deacann@atonementboulder.org
Deaconess Ann Maki serves as Deacon for Faith Formation Coordinator for Children and Families. After completing her bachelor’s in music education, she went on to become a consecrated Deaconess in the Lutheran Diaconal Association and a Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). She has served in several other congregations in the area over the past decade. At this time, she feels God is calling her to serve families and their younger children and is grateful to serve this community of faith.
Deaconess Ann and her husband have two young children and enjoy tea at the Dushanbe Boulder Teahouse and time in the mountains. They also love visiting with family, those near and those in Ohio (where Ann and her husband are originally from).
Kathryn Strong
Office Administrator kathryn@atonementboulder.org | 303-499-4567 x0
Kathryn is the Office Administrator and can be found at Atonement four days a week, mostly mornings. With a degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, she recently retired from the City of Lakewood’s Head Start program where she was the education coordinator for 26 years. Coordinating a federally funded preschool program is not unlike managing the “behind the scenes” details of a busy church, so she is looking forward to the variety of work at Atonement!
Kathryn lives in Broomfield with her husband, dog and cat. She has two grown children who are living their dreams. She enjoys baking, reading, jigsaw puzzles and being by water– lakes, rivers, oceans, you name it!
Lori Shields
Communications & Publications Coordinator lori@atonementboulder.org
Lori has owned an administrative services business since 1998. During this time, she also worked for various churches in many different capacities from Children’s Ministry to Office Administration. She has always felt a strong calling to work for the church and with a degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, and Creative Writing is enjoying the opportunity to put those skills to use at Atonement.
Lori and her husband, Ron, have two children. Their son, Ryan, and daughter-in-law, Rachel, live in Tennessee, and their daughter, Tara, daughter-in-law, Sam, and granddaughter, Emory, live in Virginia. In her spare time, Lori enjoys traveling, hiking, painting, writing, and yoga (one might call her a yoga enthusiast). She writes a weekly devotional, has written a children’s book of poems, and is currently working on her first novel.
Sam Glover
Multi-Media Tech Coordinator sam@atonementboulder.org
Sam has dedicated most of his adult life to music and audio engineering. He studied at Ithaca College before taking time off to tour with his band at the time. He was head Sound Engineer at Syntax, a music venue in Denver for six years, but decided that the night life surrounding the music scene was not a great fit for his values.
In his free time, he studies Christianity and the rich history of Mystics, as well as makes a lot of art in various mediums. He is pleased to work in a wonderful church environment and hopes to contribute all he can to Atonement Lutheran.
Jody Rinehart
Financial Administrator
Jody enjoys doing our accounting, financial reporting and recordkeeping, and joining in on other data and financial projects when helpful. In her personal time she loves to play with kids, read, hike, bike, play piano, make cards, paint and do artistic things!