Tiffany Gustin serves as the Director of Management and Insurance Trust Services for the MN School Boards Association.  Before working for MSBA, she served as a school district Business Manager for ten years. Prior to working in school finance, she was a software engineer and database analyst in the private sector and worked in county government. In her spare time, she is a volunteer first responder and church pianist.  She and her husband, TJ, have two adult children, and TOO MANY ANIMALS.

Mr. Eichten is a principal with the Governmental team at LBCarlson. LBCarlson completed a strategic merger with Malloy, Montague, Karnowski, Radosevich, & Co., P.A. on January 1, 2025.

He has worked with school districts and other local governments for over 35 years. His areas of expertise include governmental auditing, accounting, federal financial assistance programs, Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting programs, management consulting services, internal control studies, operational reviews and cash flow projections. Mr. Eichten is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, Minnesota Government Finance Officers’ Association, and Minnesota Association of School Business Officials. He is also a past Chairman of the board of the Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants and past member of Council of the AICPA.

Jeff assists our school district clients in developing financial solutions that improve and enrich their learning communities. Prior to joining Ehlers, he was Director of Fiscal Affairs with Winona School District for eight years. He also served as the Financial Director for three Wisconsin school districts. Jeff’s hands-on experience as a school district business official gives him unique insight into the challenges his clients face and empowers him to devise unique solutions helping to move their projects forward.

Shelby is a Senior Municipal Advisor and serves as the Managing Director of Ehlers’ School Finance team. She assists districts across Minnesota and Wisconsin with long-term capital planning and navigating the implications of legislative proposals on debt issuance. Before joining the firm in 2016, Shelby worked with the Minnesota Senate as a non-partisan research analyst and fiscal analyst, developing education finance and tax policy. While there, she helped craft language for, and review the financial implications of, the School Building Agricultural Credit as well as legislation related to Maximum Effort Capital Loan districts.

As a PreK-12 education planning specialist, Sue offers over 25 years of experience in referendum and strategic planning, community organizing, educational programming and charter school development, fundraising, marketing, school communications, and pre-referendum support. She has extensive experience collaborating with planners, architects, and engineers to guide school systems through the visioning, long-range facility planning, and bond referendum planning processes. A champion of education and innovative learning environments, Sue is passionate about helping school districts plan for the future and guides them in making decisions that are in the best interest of their students and community. During her 14 years in PreK-12 education, Sue developed community and business partnerships to further enhance the learning experience and better leverage resources.

Randy is a Product Manager with our School Finance team, bringing nearly 25 years of school finance experience to his role with the firm. Prior to joining Ehlers, he led the Business Services functions for several Minnesota school districts, including New Prague, Elk River, Lakeville and North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale. Since retiring from North St. Paul in 2021, Randy has remained active in education finance as well as coaching tennis for Red Wing Public Schools. Our clients appreciate Randy’s keen understanding of the challenges Minnesota school districts face and how his analysis helps them drive projects toward successful completion.

Matthew joined Ehlers in 2018 as a Municipal Advisor with our School Finance team and was promoted to Senior Municipal Advisor in 2022. He brings more than a decade of direct school district experience to his role with the firm, most recently serving as the Director of Finance and Operations for Fridley Schools. Our clients appreciate Matthew’s specialized expertise in finance leadership, financial planning and operations management.

Ryan joined Ehlers as a Senior Investment Adviser in 2018, bringing more than 10 years’ financial and investment management experience to his role. Instrumental in driving the growth of our Investment services and capabilities, he was promoted to Managing Director in 2021. Previous to joining Ehlers, Ryan served as a Cash Management Officer with a Twin Cities-based community bank.

Josie Dingmann serves as Superintendent of BBE Schools with over 22 years of experience in education, grounded in a strong foundation in early childhood and child development. Beginning her career in Early Childhood education, she understands the importance of nurturing environments, family partnerships, and developmentally appropriate learning experiences for young children. Her background also includes roles as a math instructor, Community Education Director, and Elementary Administration, where she focused on supporting the whole child—academically, socially, and emotionally. Known for her collaborative leadership and student-centered approach, Josie is committed to fostering a positive, innovative learning environment for all students in the BBE district.

Currently serving as the Director of Community Education & Communication Services for Big Lake Schools, Stephanie Hillman specializes in building sustainable, high-growth district programming. She has a proven track record in childcare innovation, including developing a wrap-around preschool program that doubled enrollment in its first year and successfully transitioning school-age childcare back in-house. During her tenure at ROCORI Public Schools, she oversaw enrollment surges in early childhood and childcare programming and nearly doubled the Community Education budget.  She holds an MS in Educational Administration and Leadership and a Director of Community Education license from St. Cloud State University.

Lynn Jenc is the Community Education Director at Alexandria Public Schools. Prior to Alexandria Public Schools, she was at Willmar Public Schools and Albany Area Schools.  She is the past president of MN Community Education Association (MCEA), served on the National Network for Community Education, and past president of the Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce.  She is currently on the Alexandria Community Foundation Board, Chamber Ambassador, Forada Lions Club, and St Mary's Church volunteer.  Throughout the years, Lynn has been involved in other local chambers, BPW, LAPW, Jaycees, 4H and various other volunteer and community opportunities and initiatives.

Brian joined Ehlers as the Director of Investment Services in 2024, bringing our clients more than 20 years’ experience in developing fixed-income portfolio strategies, cash flow forecasting and investment policies for public funds investors. He previously worked for nearly a decade for a public-sector asset management firm, where he provided fixed-income investment services to municipalities, school districts and other public entities. Prior to that, he spent more than 10 years with two Minneapolis-based broker-dealer firms.

Jodie is a Senior Municipal Advisor who joined Ehlers’ School Finance team in 2009. She previously served 15 years as the Director of Financial Operations for the South Washington County School District. Her first-hand knowledge of district financial operations gives her unique insight into referendum planning, tax impacts and debt issuance for education projects.

As the Director of School Finance for Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), Cathy oversees teams that support general education and categorical funding, levy process and certification, financial management audits and Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS), aid payments, budget and forecasting, fiscal notes, data management including students, transportation, and MDE-ORG sites, special education funding and compliance and monitoring, and facilities and Long-Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) funding.

Before joining MDE in July 2022, Cathy gained 23 years of school finance experience serving as Executive Director of Business Services/CFO at Duluth Public Schools, Finance Funding and Management Specialist at Arrowhead Regional Computing Consortium (ARCC), and Business Manager at Lake Superior School District.  In addition, Cathy was an adjunct instructor for St. Mary’s University teaching school finance to educators seeking administrative or superintendent licenses.

Cathy earned her bachelor’s degree in management from the College of St. Scholastica.