LMM Blog
Farewell from Drew Genszler
I am so proud to have been a part of this community for eight years and of what we have accomplished with active support from all of you.
The Road to Recovery: LMM Shelter in Transition
As LMM transitions into the next phase following the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to work to ensure that homelessness be brief, rare, and non-reoccurring. We need your help to make this happen: 1. Know a landlord? Encourage property owners to accept housing...
A Summer With LMM – Mark Grabowski (Pt. 2)
As I sit here and prepare to write my second blog post on my journey with LMM, I cannot even believe how fast time moves as I have now completed five weeks of my ten-week internship experience this summer. The month of June and the first few weeks of July have been...
Seeking Shalom: Our Experience in Independence While Sheltering Homeless Individuals
On the heels of our country’s celebration of Independence Day, the men from the Shelter at 2100 Lakeside are still in pursuit of their independence and their right to shelter. Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM) is a 52-year-old, social service and advocacy...
LMM’s statement: Providing shelter to homeless at hotel hub locations in NEO
Hotel Hub Statement Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM) is contracted by the Cuyahoga County Office of Homeless Services to run the Men’s Shelter at 2100 Lakeside, the largest shelter in the state of Ohio. When the pandemic began, we, along with the homeless...
President & CEO, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Andrew D. Genszler has been the President and CEO of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry since June of 2013. From 2007 to 2013 Genszler was the Director for Advocacy with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). This position included leadership of offices in Washington, D.C., at the United Nations, and in 19 state capitals, as well as a Corporate Social Responsibility office. Previously Genszler was the Associate Director for Public Policy for Lutheran Services in America (LSA), a national umbrella of social service organizations. In both positions, he led national campaigns to address hunger and housing policy and his portfolio included health, economic development, and budget issues. He built strong bi-partisan relationships with the Bush and Obama Administrations, federal officials and members of Congress.
A 1991 graduate of Wittenberg University in political science, Genszler has a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus and completed a thesis year at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA. He earned a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford in 2004. Genszler was a student intern for Congressman David L. Hobson. Genszler is a chaplain in the United States Navy Reserve.
Genszler has also worked as a district underwriter for Nationwide Insurance in Canton and Columbus, and for the Cleveland Interfaith Hospitality Network (now Family Promise), an organization serving homeless families. He has served on the boards of the Alliance to End Hunger and the Coalition on Human Needs, national inter-sector responses to hunger and poverty and currently serves on the Advocacy Committee of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, and the Board of Directors for Campus District, Inc. and Maximum Accessible Housing Ohio. He and his family live in Cleveland Heights.
