Angela Zimmann (1990, OH)

Rev. Angela Zimmann, PhD, CFRE, serves at United Lutheran Seminary (Gettysburg & Philadelphia) as the vice president of institutional advancement and adjunct professor of homiletics. 

Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after attaining a degree in industrial engineering, Angela served as a parish pastor from 1998-2014 in Southeast Michigan and overseas in Jerusalem, Palestine/Israel. She also taught full-time at Bowling Green State University in Ohio while pastoring in Southeast Michigan, simultaneously teaching honors classes and intensive introductory classes for students who needed more help.

Her elected experience includes serving as president of the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West School Board, trustee for the Ohio School Boards Association, president of the Northwest Region of Ohio School Boards, and member of the School Board of the Anglican International School in Jerusalem.

In 2012, Angela was the Democratic candidate for the US House of Representatives in Ohio’s 5th District. Endorsed by Democracy for America, the campaign garnered a larger percentage of votes and raised more campaign funds than any candidate in the recent history of OH-5.

Locally, Angela is involved in the Gettysburg Area Dollars for Scholars as a board member and has served on the board for the ARC of Adams County.

Angela is the author of the book Turning the Noose that Binds into a Rope to Climb as well as a chapter in the volume entitled Composing Feminist Interventions and articles in a number of journals and magazines.

Angela is married to Rev. Martin Otto Zimmann, PhD. Together they have an adult son, Seth, and a teenage daughter, Chelsea. Prior to moving overseas, the Zimmann family fostered a number of beautiful children through Lucas County Children’s Services.