(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund (SWIHTF) have announced that Sherri Clark, the Executive Director of Nishna Productions, Inc. has joined its board of directors. The SWIHTF is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the housing options for low to moderate income individuals in the Southwest Iowa counties of Harrison, Shelby, Cass, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page. Over the past 5 years the trust fund has rehabilitated over 120 homes, assisted more than 100 homebuyers secure $8 million in home mortgages, and demolished 18 dilapidated houses that were beyond repair. The SWIHTF is administered by the Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) in Atlantic.

Housing trust fund board chairman, Red Oak City Administrator Brad Wright said, “I’ve known Sherri a long time and she brings years of non-profit management experience to the housing trust fund board team. The organization she leads, Nishna Productions, Inc., is an outstanding provider of services to our disabled residents and she understands how fundamental the need for affordable housing is for everyone.” 

In addition to Wright and Clark, the SWIHTF board members are Kelly Mahlberg with West Central Community Action, Renee Riedel with Cornerstone Bank, Trent Svendsen with Midstates Bank, Debbie Waterbury with Atlantic HomeRealty, Stephanie Bowden with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, and Dr. Mike Wells, Superintendent of Schools in Hamburg and Essex. The trust fund is funded by grants from the Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa West Foundation, as well as the generous support of the boards of supervisors of the counties it serves.