MJ serves as part-time Director of Student Services. She oversees Advising, Admissions, and Mentored Ministry, as well as serving as Liaison to ECO’s Ordination Team and teaching Mentored Ministry coursework. MJ serves as Lead Pastor for First Church of La Junta, Colorado. MJ holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary, where she wrote her thesis on preaching in the aftermath of clergy misconduct. Her husband Chris Ludwig teaches science at Pueblo County High School, and they have two adult children, Eleanor and Karl.