Dr. Shirley Bergman is the founding director of the Lutheran Institute on Aging and Family, located on the campus of Concordia University, Nebraska. In addition to founding the Lutheran Institute on Aging and Family, Dr. Bergman founded the Lutheran Education Center on Aging in 1983. Dr. Bergman is also a Certified Family Life Educator, a member of the Synodical Commission on Theology and Church Relations, and the mother of four.