The Rev. Dr. Eric O. Ledermann grew up in Southern California, and attended San Diego State University, earning a bachelor's degree in political science in 1994. He went on to earn a Master of Divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary, and was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 2001. He has served in churches in Ohio, New York, and California, before coming to Arizona to serve as pastor at University Presbyterian Church in Tempe in 2012. He earned a Doctor of Ministry from McCormick Theological Seminary in 2017, with a focus on sacramental theology and social ethics. Dr. Ledermann is the pastor and faculty advisor for the UKIRK Presbyterian Campus Ministry at ASU student organization, a ministry of University Presbyterian Church.