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STAFF TEAM

The HRDC staff team consists of thirteen 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:
Aaron Chirpich
Development Director
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
Housing Support Specialist
nclancy@hrdc.org
Nikki joined the HRDC in May 2010. Nikki provides homebuyer education and counseling services as well as manages the Hubbard HRA rental properties. Nikki also conducts payroll and various clerical work. |
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. |
Marcus Grubbs
Development
Specialist
mgrubbs@hrdc.org
Marcus joined the HRDC staff in January 2012. He works on a variety of community development and planning activities. Marcus's professional passion is to help communities encourage long-term vitality. |
Jackie Meixner
Financial Analyst
jmeixner@hrdc.org
Jackie has been with the HRDC since January 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 loan servicing for our various loan pools. |
Josh Pearson
Development
Specialist
jpearson@hrdc.org
Josh joined the HRDC staff in February 2012. Josh provides a variety of assistance in transportation planning, community development, and active living programs. His interests include sustainable development and smart growth. |
Andrew Roiger
Accounting Support
Specialist
aroiger@hrdc.org
Andrew joined the HRDC in the fall of 2012. He is responsible for accounts payable and receivable, bookkeeping and clerical work. He also assists in funding reporting and fiscal year closing documents. |
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. |
Kurt Wayne
Development
Specialist
kwayne@hrdc.org
Kurt joined the HRDC in December of 2012. He has a background in many community planning topics, but his highest interests are developing complete transportation networks and improving community design. |
April Wedin
Administrative Support
Specialist
awedin@hrdc.org
April joined the HRDC in 2009. April focuses her time on receptionist and secretarial work. |
Ryan Zemek
Economic Development Director
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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