Your 2021 Board Candidates

Dr. Randy Swarts

Dr. Randy Swarts (incumbent) previously served on the MEMBERS1^st Board from 1991 to 2001. He held positions on the Audit Committee in addition to serving as Chairman and CFO. Dr. Swarts joined the board again in 2012 and has again served on the Audit Committee. He is currently Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Swarts is a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and maintained successful dental practices in Marshalltown and Toledo until their sale in 2016. He was recently employed in those same practices with Kimball Beecher Family Dentistry retiring in March 2021. Dr. Swarts’ hobbies include bicycling, scuba diving, traveling and skiing. He has two adult children, Lauren and Logan.

Tami Lichtenberg

Tami Lichtenberg (incumbent) has been at Telligen for 2.5 years, and is a Director of Healthcare Management. With more than 20 years of experience in her field, Tami has worked in many different areas of non-clinical and clinical healthcare management including operations, policy, innovation, EMS and hospice. She is also an Adjunct Instructor for the MHA program at Des Moines University and writes for a rural e-publication at the University of North Dakota.

Tami’s volunteer efforts include serving on the inaugural board of the Marshall County Crimestoppers and being a Boy Scout leader. She has served on the MEMBERS1^st Board of Directors for 6 years. Tami believes her previous experience and her desire to give back to credit union membership will benefit the board going forward.

Dan Aastrup

Dan Aastrup (incumbent) has been seated on the MEMBERS1^st Community Credit Union Board for 3 years. He is a resident of Iowa Falls and has been the Director of Rural Iowa Waste Management for 15 years. Prior to that position, he worked as Superintendent for Charlson Excavating for 25 years. Dan believes his experience managing a business, as well as his compassion for others, will continue to benefit the MEMBERS1^st Board. When asked why he wants to serve on the board after joining the credit union 6 years ago, Dan said, “I believe in credit unions and what they do for the working person, and now I believe it’s time to give back.”

Ronda Kelley

Ronda Kelley has served as a librarian of the Ericson Public Library in Boone for the last 8 years and holds a degree from Durham College in Ontario, Canada. She has also served as a MEMBERS1^st Associate Board Member for one year.

She cites MEMBERS1^st‘s consistently high level of caring, personal service as the defining element of her own member experience and believes her extensive career in customer service will benefit the board’s perspective and decision-making processes. If elected, Ronda looks forward to collaborating with and learning from her fellow board members. In her free time, she participates in multiple book clubs and has volunteered at many church programs and activities in the past.

Jack Evans

Jack Evans is a Mechanical Engineering and incoming concurrent MBA student at Iowa State University, where he is also employed as a Manufacturing Lab Technician. A MEMBERS1^st member for 21 years, Jack believes that serving as a board member would be a great way to learn more about the credit union and its relationships with community partners, in addition to exploring the ways in which the entire field of membership can be served. Jack says, “I would really enjoy getting to develop and vote on new ideas to benefit the credit union and its members.”

Jack is a member of the Iowa State University Varsity Marching Band, where he has been captain of the sousaphone section for two years. He is also a member of Tau Beta Sigma, a service-focused band organization.