Presenter Bio
Walk This Way - May 18-21, 2009
If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:7
Joel Hochmuth
Joel Hochmuth currently serves as WELS director of communications, a position he has held since 2007. As director of communications, he oversees and coordinates all communication coming from synod administration, both to internal and external WELS audiences. Before coming to Milwaukee, Hochmuth was a professor of journalism and communication at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. The bulk of his professional career was spent at CNN in Atlanta where he worked from 1987 to 2002. There he had numerous positions including correspondent, writer and copy editor. Hochmuth was raised in California, the son of WELS Pastor Robert Hochmuth. He earned a B.A. in communication studies from California State University, Sacramento and an M.A. in radio and television from San Francisco State University. He has been married to his wife Heidi for 15 years. They have a son, Adam, 13, and attend Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Waukesha, WI.