Nominee Qualifications

The board of directors desires to have a membership with appropriate diversity in business experience and expertise, gender, geographic location, ethnicity, and representation from the Lutheran church bodies/synods.

Required Qualifications

• Benefit member.
• For election to an initial term, a nominee must be eligible to serve the duration of one full term; therefore he or she cannot have passed his or her 69th birthday as of January 1 of the year immediately following his or her election.

Prohibited Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts that would prohibit you from serving for election to the board of directors – as defined by law and by the organization's articles and bylaws:

• Thrivent Financial employees, employees of Thrivent Financial subsidiaries or affiliates, employees or officers of a direct competitor, and persons who sell or manage the sale of the Thrivent Financial's insurance or insurance of another insurer that is a direct competitor of Thrivent Financial, are not eligible for election to the board until two years following their employment or agency.
• No person serving simultaneously as a director for another insurer that is a direct competitor of Thrivent Financial may serve on the board of directors.

Recommended Qualifications

Overall a nominee for our board should be a skillful decision-maker; have the ability to analyze, evaluate, communicate, exercise sound judgment, and provide direction regarding our organization's business and fraternal opportunities and performance. This would include persons with some or all of the following, or related, qualifications:

• 15+ years of broad business or organizational leadership experience.
• High integrity and credibility, with a values and mission-centered focus.
• Demonstrated ability to understand, guide, and provide oversight to a sophisticated organization, such as a background in senior management and/or membership on other boards of directors.
• Experience in leading large-scale organizational change.
• Successfully building and growing a large-scale business enterprise or entrepreneurial enterprise.
• A proven track record of successfully leading and/or working in large group committees.
• Experience in investment management and oversight and/or financial operations.
• History of active membership and leadership in Lutheran institutions; ability to effectively represent the organization to its members, chapters, the church and its communities.
• History of membership and leadership in non-profit organizations.
• Commitment to expend the necessary time and effort to serve on this board. This includes a minimum of 40 hours of preparation and attendance at board and committee meetings (scheduled over 2 days), approximately 4 times per year. Additionally, the board will hold two 2-hour teleconferences during the year. This level of participation could increase depending on committee assignments.
• Commitment to continually increase his/her knowledge and learnings on key issues affecting the organization, through structured or unstructured education opportunities. This would include gaining knowledge of the organization's regulatory and rating agencies and their effect on Thrivent Financial.