Meet the Staff
Anthony Briggs
Executive Director
Anthony Briggs joined the staff of LRCC in January 2005. The summer of 2006 marked his 20 year in Outdoor Ministry for the Lutheran Church. He is originally from North Carolina but loves everything about Southern California….except the traffic! He loves most everything about his responsibilities as Executive Director for LRCC…except for writing his Bio for websites and such.
Pastor Glen Egertson
Camp Director, El Camino Pines and Associate Director, LRCC
Glen is the proud father of four children and grandfather of two. He is a third generation Lutheran pastor. Before being ordained in 2001, Glen worked as a janitor, carpenter, philosopher (pro-bono), and psychotherapist. Glen is a graduate of the Lutheran Bible Institute, California Lutheran University (twice), and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. He enjoys woodworking, watching old movies and eating his dessert before dinner. Glen has been married to Lauri for fifteen years.
Lauri Egertson
Camp Director, El Camino Pines
Lauri is the proud mother of four children and grandmother of two. She was raised in San Diego, CA and joined the Catholic Church before becoming a Lutheran in 1980's. After completing a program in Nursing, Lauri worked as an Optician and Office Manager for several doctors while raising her family. She enjoys volunteering at her children's school and church, and is an avid scrapbooker. Lauri and Glen have been married for fifteen years.
Marzia Alegria (No picture available)
Interim Program Director, El Camino Pines
Marzia Alegria is originally from Lima, Peru. Marzia is the Interim Program Director at El Camino Pines. She began her third year with LRCC planning and facilitating the First Latino Family Retreat; this year she is working in the second Latino Family Retreat and soon with the Latino Youth Retreat. Marzia’s previous involvement with the ELCA Latino community & New City Parish has brought a great deal of ethnic diversity and culture to LRCC. Marzia is planning on pursuing a degree in Psychology/music and going to the Seminary during the next few years.
Michelle Meulemans (No picture available)
Day Camp Director
Michelle is a fun-loving girl originally from Wisconsin. For the past year she has been teaching Outdoor School at El Camino Pines. From 2006 to 2007 she traveled the West Coast of the United States with a youth ministry team called Captive Free. Prior to that she attended college in both Michigan and Wisconsin and pursued a degree in Theater Education. Michelle also completed an internship at Walt Disney World. She loves hanging out with kids, musical theater and playing outside. We are excited to have her lead our Day Camp program this summer.
