Commissioner Emeritus Dick Schweers served on the Board of Estero Fire Rescue from 1997 to 2020. Commissioner Schweers worked for Northern Illinois Gas for 37 years before retiring as a District Superintendent in 1992.
During his last 5 years with NiGas, he served as Chairman on the Board of Commissioners of the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District in Northern Illinois. Commissioner Schweers currently resides in Fountain Lakes, is a member of the Estero Historical Society and is past-President and current Secretary of the Notre Dame Club of Southwest Florida.