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PEOPLE

Robert Mark Chislett

has joined Surefooting Consulting and has responsibility for executive business development. Chislett has over 35 years’ experience specializing in business growth and leadership development across a wide variety of industries. He has a proven track record of delivering aggressive revenue gains, operational enhancements and product and business-model innovations.

 

Carol-Ann Borody-Siemens

President/CEO of GBL Solutions Inc. is pleased to welcome Kris Kubin as VP/COO and employee benefits consultant. GBL Solutions Inc. works with small and mid-size employers for all of their employee benefit, insurance and HR-consulting needs. Kubin brings with him over 25 years of experience in the employee-benefits industry working at insurance carriers and other highly recognizable employee benefits consulting firms. His focus will be on building his group benefits practice, as well as expanding solutions available to all GBL clients.

 

COMPANIES

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

is pleased to welcome Tracey Pniowsky to our Winnipeg tax-law team. Pniowsky brings a wealth of experience to the tax team at TDS Law, having practised almost exclusively in tax litigation and tax-dispute resolution at the federal Department of Justice, acting on behalf of the Canada Revenue Agency since 1998.

 

Turk Enterprises Ltd.

a leading refrigerated carrier servicing North America is pleased to welcome Alan Klassen as vice-president and general manager to our team of transportation professionals. Klassen comes to us with 28 years of experience in the transportation industry and will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation as well as providing leadership while we strategically expand our footprint in the North American marketplace.

 

Higgins Executive Search / Leaders & Co

is pleased to announce Kimberley Puhach has joined the firm. Puhach is a strategic leader with over 20 years’ experience in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Prior to joining the firm, she held a strategic leadership position with the Manitoba government with an emphasis on skills training and development working with the private sector, education, labour and community agencies/organizations to support Manitoba’s labour market development.

 

 

AWARDS

Astitwa Thapa

from Nepal recently won the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Elizabeth Paterson Award for International Student Leadership in International Education. The award is presented to an international student in order to recognize those who contribute in a positive way to the internationalization of education. International College of Manitoba will be sponsoring Thapa to attend and accept his award at the CBIE Annual Conference in Ottawa this November.

 

BOARDS

CurlManitoba

has selected its new board of directors for the 2014-15: Kim Warburton, president (Fort Rouge), Sam Antila, vice-president (Burntwood/Thompson), Matt Pilloud (Fort Rouge), Resby Coutts (Fort Rouge/Morris) Laurie Macdonell (La Salle), Rob VanKommer, (Carberry), Doris Koop (Thistle), Wendell Keeler (Portage), Derna Hintz (Heather), Debbie Schween (Rossmere), Troy Nott (Fort Rouge) and Darren Oryniak (Granite). The board would like to thank Sharon Thiessen-Woods (Heather), Bryce McEwen (Victoria) and Norm Magnusson (Riverton) for their service to the board.

Congratulations to honorary life members, Anni Markmann (Ste. Anne), Jim Winfield (Grandview) and Sharon Thiessen-Woods (Heather). Sharon was also honoured with the CurlManitoba Volunteer of the Year.

 

Southport Aerospace Inc.

announces the 2014/15 election of the new board of directors: chairman: Sheldon Hiltz, vice-chairman: Brent Gilbert, audit committee chairwoman: Paulette Connery, governance committee chairman: Graham Starmer and members: Wayne Klippenstein, Vic Gerden, Owen McKenzie, Roberta Christianson and Doug McLennan.

 

Entreprises Riel

has elected a new board of directors for the 2014/15: Aurèle Foidart, Charité Despins, chair, Kevin Betzold, GNR Camping World RV Centre, vice-chair, Rémi Bisson, Bockstael Construction, secretary-treasurer. Members: Madeleine Arbez, Francofonds Inc., Serge Balcaen, PMC Insurance, Raymond Beaudry, Le Garage Café, Norman Boudreau, Boudreau Law, Rolande Kirouac, Spadrole, Ginette Lavack Walters, Festival du Voyageur, André Massicotte, Exclusive Carpets, Pierre Normandeau, Talbot et Associés, Lise Tarasenco, Royal Mutual Funds Inc.

 

 

The Women’s Canadian Club of Winnipeg

has selected a new executive for 2014/15: president, Elaine Saunders; past-president, Jacqui Blanchard; vice-president, Helen O’Neill; secretary, Rennie Elfenbein; treasurer, Maggie Rayter; assistant treasurer, Charna Gilman.

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