Rick Aman
Dr. Rick Aman was selected in December 2017 as inaugural president of College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) in Idaho Falls. Previously Aman had been president of Eastern Idaho Technical College since July 2015.
Aman has a doctorate in community college leadership from Oregon State University.
He was vice president of instruction and student affairs at the College of Western Idaho from 2008-12, Aman led the then-startup of CWI.
Originally from Oregon, Aman was commissioned as a U.S. Air Force officer after college and spent four years as an active duty pilot before returning to the Portland area as an Air Force Reserve instructor pilot. He retired as a lieutenant colonel with 21 years of service and 5,000 flight hours.
Chip Schwarze
Chip has been the CEO for the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce and the Idaho Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau since March 2017. He has a strong background in the administration of large volunteer organizations, fundraising, business to business sales, sales management, finance, and entrepreneurship. He most recently worked as a district director for the Boy Scouts of America in Olympia, Washington, where he was the lead administrator for three districts covering all of southwestern Washington. Schwarze also has ties to the Idaho Falls area, as he previously worked as a financial advisor and sales manager in Idaho Falls for several years.
Schwarze is a graduate of Brigham Young University–Idaho. Schwarze and his wife have five grown children, three of whom reside in the Idaho Falls area.
