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STAFF TEAM
The HRDC staff team consists of eleven 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:
Rita C. Albrecht
Development Specialist
ralbrecht@hrdc.org
Rita joined the HRDC staff in late August 2007.
Rita provides a variety of developmental assistance,
focusing mainly on community development, grant administration
and local planning. |
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. |
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 transportation planning
and parks and trails. |
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. |
Laurie Kramka
Development Specialist
lkramka@hrdc.org
Laurie started working for the HRDC in early 2006. Laurie
provides a range of development assistance, focusing
most heavily on economic development, but also assisting
in local planning, housing development, community
development, grant writing and grant administration. |
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
conducts bookkeeping services for the organization. In
early 2007, Jackie moved to the Administrative Support
Specialist position where receptionist and secretarial
work were added to her duties. |
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 development activities. | |
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