Cannot send email using SharePoint designer 2013 workflow

I am having a problem which I see many others have also posted about. However, I don't find that any of their solutions fixes my problem.
Using SharePoint 2013 on Windows 2008 R2 server. SQL 2008 R2 on separate server. Created a pretty simple workflow that calls for an email to be sent. Created an Infopath form that is published to a SharePoint list. One of the
list fields is called "Approver" and is a people lookup field. The workflow assigns an approver based on certain criteria in the list, and then sends an email to the assigned approver.
During the testing phase of creating the workflow, I had the email sent to me specifically and I received the emails with no problems. When I change the email recipient to Current Item:Approver (who is also me), I don't receive the email. I have
tried selecting Display Name, Email Address, and Login Name, but none work. I also tried to send the email to the current item:creator (which was me) by selecting "User who created current item" from the select users dialog. This also
doesn't work. The workflow is shown in a suspended state in the Workflow status screen.
For informational purposes, I also included the Approver Display Name, the Approver Email Address and the Approver Login Name in the body of the email so that I could see what those fields actually returned as data. The display name, and email address
are correct, but the login name returned i:0#.w|domain\login (domain and login were my actual domain and login name).
I have tried several of the fixes I found online to resolve this, but none have worked. Any help is appreciated.

I don't see that it is possible to add CurrentItem:Creator to a list view. The CurrentItem:CreatedBy returns my name as it should. However, this does not help with my problem. I don't want the email to come to me. I want it to go
to the CurrentItem:Approver. This is a specific person who is assigned by the workflow based on various fields in the current item. The approver is assigned, then an email is sent to the assigned person.
There is a SharePoint group set up for Approvers. This is used to assign permissions to the site where this list is created.
Basically, I can't send an email to any recipient where I am using the current item lookup fields to populate the To: field. I can only send email if I specifically select a person by name.

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