Two new Directors join NLC Board
We're thrilled to welcome Beverly Tipton Hammond (Minneapolis, MN) and Sandra Cline (Belmont, NC) to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.
Beverly is an artist and an ordained elder, currently serving as Worship Leader at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Beverly’s father, Thomas Tipton, was a soloist on NLC’s recording SOUL (circa 1998-99). That a notice of Mr. Tipton’s death in the spring of 2020 led to her nomination, and the Tipton family’s re-connection with NLC, was poignant for both Beverly and NLC. She grew up singing with her father, and even performed with him at the Clinton White House (the only father-daughter duo to sing at the White House besides Natalie and Nat!) She majored in liturgical dance in the SUNY system and has since also developed her skills as a painter, theater performer, and graphic artist. Beverly holds a masters degree from Concordia University with an emphasis in public health.
Sandra is currently the Call Process Coordinator for the North Carolina Synod of the ELCA. She is a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne University and has served on their Board of Regents. Sandra has also served as Director of Philanthropy for Agape Kure Beach Ministries and as Alumni/Church Relations Director for the Southern Theological Seminary. A native Tarheel, Sandra has lived in Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City while pursuing her first career as a sales representative in the home textile industry. The last time she sang in a choir was in 1962 as a camper at Camp Lutheridge Music Week. But she loves traveling on choir tours, including the Lenoir-Rhyne tour to Ireland led by NLC Alumni Ryan Luhrs.
