David R. Maack is the son of Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Roy A. Maack and was born and raised in the Maryland area. After graduating from Baltimore Lutheran High School, he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in the Behavioral Sciences at Concordia College, Bronxville, New York. He then went on to Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri to earn a Master of Divinity.
During his time in Texas he also served as a reserve Chaplain at Carswell AFB, Texas. In 1986, he came on extended active duty and was assigned to Chanute AFB, Illinois. While in Illinois, he earned a Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois in 1988. Chaplain Maack was also assigned to Hickam AFB Hawaii from 1990-93; Langley AFB Virginia from 1993-96; Spangdahlem AB Germany from 1996-2000; Little Rock AFB, Arkansas from 2000-03; and McGuire AFB NJ from 2003 to 2005
Chaplain Maack served in a variety of ministries throughout his Air Force career. While serving as a Protestant chaplain at several bases he also had the opportunity to help with Mount Pinatubo Evacuation efforts in Hawaii (1991); Hurricane Iniki Relief at Kauai, Hawaii (1992); Haitian Refugees in Cuba (1994); mission trips and pastoral visitation to orphanages in Zagreb, Croatia (1997) and Bratislava, Slovak Republic (1998); Habitat for Humanity (2002); and Tsunami Relief in Thailand (2005). Some of the other highlights were his ministry to several deployed locations including: Jordan, Egypt, Korea, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Kosovo, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Peru, Brazil, Bahrain and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In 2005 Rev. Maack accepted a call to become Executive Director of the Lutheran Mission Society, a century old Christian Health & Welfare Agency headquartered in Baltimore, MD.
Pastor Maack’s wife, Susan, is presently teaching music at St. Martin’s Lutheran School in Annapolis. His two daughters, Christine and Linda, are now attending college in North Carolina, pursuing careers in business and marketing.
