| Our Staff Team
The HRDC staff team consists of fourteen professionals
with extensive experience in a wide variety of planning
and development areas, including economic development,
community development, housing, transportation, land use
planning, recreation, natural resources, environmental
protection, and business financing. Staff work on dozens
of projects each year to help communities, cities, counties,
school districts, townships, businesses and other customers
address their most critical issues. Present staff of the
HRDC include:
Emily Brooks
Development Specialist
ebrooks@hrdc.org
Emily Joined the HRDC as an intern in 2009 and moved to a temporary, full-time position in January 2010. Emily provides a variety of development assistance, focusing mainly on transportation planning and active living. |
Aaron Chirpich
Development Specialist
achirpich@hrdc.org
Aaron joined the HRDC staff in March 2007. Aaron
provides a variety of development assistance, focusing
mainly on housing. Aaron manages the Headwaters
Housing Development Corporation (HHDC) and its activities. |
Nikki Clancy
Administrative Support Specialist
nclancy@hrdc.org
Nikki joined the HRDC in May 2010 as a full-time permanent position. Nikki conducts bookkeeping services for the organization. She also provides receptionist and secretarial work. |
Matthew Dyrdahl
Development Specialist
mdyrdahl@hrdc.org
Matthew joined the HRDC staff in May 2007. Matthew
provides various developmental assistance, focusing
most of his attention on local planning, community
development and transportation planning. |
Tiffany Fettig
Business Loan Consultant
tfettig@hrdc.org
Tiffany joined the HRDC as a consultant in early
2006. Tiffany manages the Headwaters Regional
Finance Corporation (HRFC) and its Revolving Loan
Fund. |
Tim Flathers
Community Development
Director
tflathers@hrdc.org
Tim has been with the HRDC since 1983. Tim
provides local planning and housing assistance, grant
writing, grant administration and other community
development assistance. |
David Hengel
Director of Community
Stewardship Development
dhengel@hrdc.org
Dave has been with the HRDC since 1988. Dave
focuses on economic development activities and is
the Director of the HRDC’s Center for Community
Stewardship. |
Tony Mayer
Technical Planner
tmayer@hrdc.org
Tony has been with the HRDC since 1996. Tony
is responsible for developing and maintaining the
HRDC’s geographic information system (GIS)
and is involved in a broad range of development activities. |
Jackie Meixner
Administrative Support
Specialist
jmeixner@hrdc.org
Jackie has been with the HRDC since early 2006. Jackie packages loan financing for our home sales as well as markets and processes a number of additional loan pools we have available. Jackie also manages our external contracts and provides financial counseling to individuals throughout our Region. |
Mareike Stoutenburgh
Development Specialist
mstoutenburgh@hrdc.org
Mareike joined the HRDC in 2009. She spends her
time marketing the HHDC homes as well as maintaining
the geographic information system (GIS). She is also
involved in a broad range of community development activities. |
Mary Thompson
Accounting & Administrative
Director
mthompson@hrdc.org
Mary has been with the HRDC since 1992. Mary
is responsible for the administrative management
of the HRDC, the Headwaters Housing Development Corporation
(HHDC) and the Headwaters Regional Finance Corporation
(HRFC) as well as the accounting, financial and grants
management for all three entities. Mary also
assists in housing development and homebuyer education
and counseling. |
Cliff Tweedale
Executive Director
ctweedale@hrdc.org
Cliff has been with the HRDC since 1975. Prior
to becoming Executive Director in 2000, Cliff served
as planning director for 25 years. In addition
to organizational management and leadership responsibilities,
Cliff is an active participant in the Commission’s
community stewardship activities. |
April Wedin
Administrative Support
Specialist
awedin@hrdc.org
April joined the HRDC in 2009. April focuses her
time on receptionist and secretarial work while also
managing the Home Stretch registration process and
doing data entry. |
Ryan Zemek
Development Specialist
rzemek@hrdc.org
Ryan started working for the HRDC as an intern during
the summer of 2008. Ryan began full-time status in
September 2008. Ryan provides a range of development
assistance, focusing most heavily on economic development. |

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