Prior to accepting his first pastoral call in 2002, Westermeyer worked for 10 years at major public relations agencies in Minneapolis and Los Angeles, where he focused on media relations, special events and crisis communications for technology, corporate and arts-based clients. When he left the business world to enter the world of parish ministry, he was managing one of the largest accounts at the largest PR agency in the upper Midwest. Since 2007, he has served as Executive Pastor of St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Minn. In addition to his business experience, Westermeyer also holds graduate degrees in theology and ethics from Luther Seminary and The University of Notre Dame, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. He lives in Plymouth with his wife, Amy, and their four children.