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PEOPLE

Kevin Brite and Mirek Frolek

have completed all the requirements for their full Accredited Assessor Manitoba Designation. To achieve this designation, requirements include a combination of education, experience and adherence to a professional code of conduct.

 

Madhav Sinha, P.Eng.

president of the Canadian Society for Quality has been appointed the guest editor of a special issue of the journal titled, the TQM Journal, to be published by the Emerald Publishers (UK) in summer, consisting of selected papers from the sixth Canadian Quality Congress that was held at the University of Manitoba, last September. Sinha is a professional engineer and recognized authority in the field of quality management, who has authored, co-authored and edited 10 books, including a textbook on quality management, and written several ground-breaking research papers on modern management topics. He is the first Canadian ever to receive the highest honour, a distinguished service gold medal, accorded to an individual by world’s oldest and largest organization of quality professionals, the American Society for Quality.

 

COMPANIES

The Headhunters

are pleased to announce the appointment of Marny Barnes to the Winnipeg branch of the Headhunters. Barnes began her career in recruitment for manufacturing and engineering, and then went on to build and develop a very successful recruitment practice for information technology. She will be sourcing and placing top IT and operations professionals for Manitoba companies and supporting recruitment across the firm’s offices in Western Canada.

 

Fireseeds North Infrastructure

has joined the Eureka Project for access to mentorship and investment to help the company excel in its mission to deliver solutions in transportation- asset management, road safety, gender mainstreaming, transport planning and transportation engineering.

 

The Manitoba Writers’ Guild

is pleased to announce Melanie Matheson has been hired as executive director. Matheson is an award-winning children’s writer and graphic designer, with 20 years’ experience in the Canadian publishing industry and the Manitoba’s arts community.

 

AWARDS

Health in Common

was awarded the 2014 Gold Commuter Friendly Workplace Award. This uniquely Manitoba award, presented by Green Action Centre, recognizes workplaces that support their employees to carpool, take transit, telecommute, walk or cycle to work through related infrastructure, workplace policies, promotional events, benefits and incentive programs.

 

BOARDS

Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc.

is pleased to announce the election of Thomas Payne Jr. as chair and BJ Reid as vice chair to its board of directors. Two new members will join the WAA: Kimberley Gilson, partner with Duboff Edwards Haight & Schachter Law Corp., and Gord Peters, president of Cando Rail Services Ltd. Directors: D. Greg Doyle, Don Price, Kim Gilson; BJ Reid, vice chair; Paul Soubry, Gerry Glatz, Thomas Payne Jr., chair; Ross Robinson, Don Boitson, Eugene Kostyra, Janice Filmon, David Friesen, Gord Peters.

 

Manitoba Non-Profit Housing Assoc.

has elected its board of directors and officers for 2014-15: president, Laurie Socha, S.A.M. (Management) Inc.; vice-president, Joanne Schmidt, Bethel Place; past president, Menno Peters, Winnipeg Housing & Rehabilitation Corp.; secretary, Laura Devlin, Riverside Lions Estates; treasurer, Karl Falk, DSI Tandem Co-op Resources Ltd. Directors at Large: Lawrence Poirier, Kinew Housing Inc; James Friesen, Eden Health Care Services; Sterling Herntier, North End Housing Project Inc. and Paullette Simkins, Canadian Mental Health Association Thompson Region.

 

Better Business Bureau of Manitoba & N.W. Ontario

has announced their 2015 board of directors: chairman, Tom Reimer, CEO Commissionaires Manitoba; past chairman, Ryan Peterson; senior manager of financial Sservices, ON Business Chartered Accountants Inc.; vice-chairman, Tom Russell, principal, 4 Points Financial; treasurer, Gil Harms, Principal, G.D. Harms CMA Ltd. Directors: Arnold Frieman, Advance Electronics; Ernie Nairn, executive director, Assiniboia Chamber of Commerce; Dave Amey, Dave Amey & Associates Ltd.; Mike Gilmour, On Time Group Inc.; Len Andrusiak; president and CEO.

 

St. Mary’s Academy

is pleased to announce its 2014-15 board of directors: chair, Scott Greenlay; vice- chair, Wanda Daza; treasurer, Michael George; secretary, James McLandress; past chair, Mark Dufresne; Leanne Boyd; parents’ guild, Leslie Finch; Barry Jansen; Kevin Klippenstein; Mark Kulas; Deanne Magnus; Vanessa Mulhern; Mabini Pagtakhan; Leanne Tsai and Sr. Cathy Laviolette.