Our Team and Partners in Discipleship
Staff
Dick Amundson
Founder/Ambassador
Dick Amundson is the president and founder of TENTMAKERS. He started the ministry in 1979 in response to the need for more Christ-centered, equipped, and committed youth leaders to make young disciples of Jesus Christ. Over the past 40 years, TENTMAKERS has served ministries, associations and 25 denominations and has more than 25,000 graduates.
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Londa Amundson
Training Director
Londa Amundson is a manager and trainer in leadership development. In 1979, she co-founded TENTMAKERS with her husband Dick. Over the years, she has functioned in various capacities from accountant to cook, to trainer and director. Her major focus has been development of the organization’s unique training process.
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Monte Amundson
Interim Executive Director
As a high schooler, Monte was blessed by a Tentmaker-trained youth director coming to his hometown church. Monte soon after served as a Tentmaker-trained youth director himself. In 1988 he joined the staff serving in many leadership roles. In 1996, he launched off into the business world, working for various companies in human resources leadership…
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Mark Eliason
Alumni Coordinator & Trainer
Mark has been on staff with TENTMAKERS since September of 1989 after completing the TENTMAKERS Youth Ministry Training and serving a church community in La Crosse, WI. He has carried a number of roles over the years and right now mainly focuses on the preparation and delivery of the different TENTMAKERS training.…
Chuck Salibi
WI Regional Training Mgr
Chuck joined the TENTMAKERS team in 2018 after retiring from teaching high school for 28 years. Chuck’s role as the Wisconsin Regional Training Manager incorporates a variety of targets which suits him. He engages with people of all generations in a wide range of vocations as he looks to find connections to bring TENTMAKERS training back to Wisconsin. His passion… More>>
Greg Ploeger
Iowa Area Rep
Greg Ploeger was first introduced to TENTMAKERS after graduating from college in 1985. At the time, his church was seeking strong, Christ-centered leadership for its youth ministry program. A partnership with TENTMAKERS launched more than a decade of effective ministry that shaped the direction of the church’s investment in young people… More>>
Mamiett Tucker
Texas Area Rep, Year on Mission Mgr
Mamiett is driven by the work she does with youth and young adults all over the world. Her extensive background in psychology and the social sciences equips her to provide tools necessary for self-understanding, stress management, and improved intercultural communications while on the mission field. Mamiett also uses her gifts…. More>>
Holly Bagley
Area Rep
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Rebecca Pratt
Administrative Assistant
Rebecca is retired from the world of education, having been an early childhood and elementary teacher as well as a Community Education and Early Childhood Director. She loves to spend time with her children and grandchildren doing frivolous and fun adventures, reading, quilting, walking and bike riding in the family bike club. She is enjoying her time as... More>>
Tim Flaherty
Area Rep
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Kelli Nelson
Administrative Assistant
Kelli’s life was profoundly transformed during college through a twelve-week summer project with Campus Crusade for Christ (now CRU), where she experienced in-depth, purpose-driven discipleship and evangelism training. That experience ignited the desire to work in full-time ministry, which eventually led her to TENTMAKERS. Kelli and her …. More>>
Dennis & Seija Earle
Wilderness North Directors
Dennis and Seija Earle became members of the TENTMAKERS team in 2025, shortly after their wedding in October. Their commitment to the organization began as they embarked on this new chapter together, bringing energy and enthusiasm to the team. In their role, Dennis and Seija offer hospitality to all who visit Wilderness North. They strive to create an environment More>>
Sophie Siebure
Bookkeeping Services
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Andre LaTondresse
Recruiter and Trainer
André LaTondresse placed his faith in Jesus while a student at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities and was involved in The Navigators campus ministry. He has had a passion for sharing Jesus’ love with those around him while raising a family and practicing architecture in Hopkins, MN. In the mid-nineties, Andre and his wife, Barbara, and their two children More>>
Reed Nelson
Business Systems Admin
Reed is a seasoned Tentmaker whose career blends ministry, executive support, and innovative technology. He began his journey with TENTMAKERS in 1991, completing the organization’s transformational seven-week leadership training program. He then served for nearly a decade as the Director of Youth and Music at First Baptist Church … More>>