Beth Lewis

Beth is the Principal for Getting2Transformation, through which she serves as an independent director for several boards, including Chair of the Thrivent Credit Union Board, as keynote speaker and workshop leader, and she provides consulting for both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations on financial and cultural transformation, strategy and governance. She is also Executive Director for the PCPA, a trade association of not-for-profit Christian publishing companies.

Prior to her retirement in 2019, she served as for 1517 Media, the ministry of publishing of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Before working for 1517 Media, Beth was an entrepreneur/owner of Computer Coach, Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida. Before that she worked in a wide variety of roles including CMO and general management for Time Warner, McGraw-Hill and Times Mirror.

Originally from Lexington, KY, Beth is a lifelong Lutheran. She attended the University of Kentucky and completed her undergraduate degree at Maryville University in St. Louis. She is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School. In May 2008, she received the Doctor of Divinity honorary degree from the Wartburg Theological Seminary.

Beth is married to the Rev. Dr. Richard (Rick) Rouse and are active members of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Everett, WA. Beth and Rick have three adult children and four grandchildren.