Karla Leitzman

Karla Leitzman has served as a Philanthropic Advisor with Global Refuge/ LIRS for two and a half years. A native Minnesotan who lives in St. Paul, Karla is responsible for connecting with donors in the Midwest and Southern California to solicit and steward support for the missions and ministries of Global Refuge. In addition to her work, Karla is also an endorsed candidate for Word and Sacrament in the St. Paul Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is a senior Master of Divinity Student at Luther Seminary. She is currently serving as a part time vicar/ pastoral intern at Faith Lilac Way Lutheran Church in Robbinsdale, MN, a northern suburb of Minneapolis. Karla is passionate about the church’s role in justice- and peace- making around the world, and she is grateful for the multiple hats she is fortunate to wear during such a tumultuous time.