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PEOPLE

Mary Jane Hiebert

manager at Canada One Travel in Steinbach was voted by her peers to lead the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies as the chairwoman of the national board of directors. Hiebert has been an active member of the association since 1994, and joined the ACTA Manitoba Regional Council in 2006. In 2010, she was selected to represent the Manitoba Council on ACTA’s national board, serving in many capacities leading up to her most recent appointment.

Russell D. Dufault

a lawyer at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, was recently acclaimed to the position of secretary-treasurer for the Canadian Bar Association’s entertainment, media and communications law section.

Fikret Berkes

a distinguished professor in the University of Manitoba’s Natural Resources Institute, is the recipient of the 2015 Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of Common Resources. Berkes receives this prestigious award because he established the notion that social and ecological systems should be regarded as linked adaptive systems, and he developed the idea that traditional ecological knowledge is a cumulative body of knowledge, practice and belief, connecting world views, knowledge, and commons institutions.

Aaron Newnham

has been named managing partner for the Marketing Department Worldwide, the first advertising and marketing consultancy business in the United States to establish a network of local offices dedicated to providing creative and affordable marketing solutions for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Newnham will manage the first Canadian office with more openings planned later in 2015. He has 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the media, tourism and retail industries. Before launching the Marketing Department in Winnipeg, Aaron spent five years as a director of advertising sales at the Winnipeg Free Press.

Stephen Borys

Winnipeg Art Gallery director and CEO, was announced the 2015 Leader of the Year at the annual Winnipeg Tourism Awards of Distinction, hosted by Tourism Winnipeg. Tourism Winnipeg’s Leader of the Year award honours a person who demonstrates leadership and motivation for a team to work together to achieve beyond their capabilities through inspiration, energy, and intelligence, while contributing to growing Winnipeg’s tourism industry.

COMPANIES

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

has announced the admission of Peter S. Toni to the partnership. Toni’s practice is focused in the areas of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, corporate reorganizations, real estate and development and finance matters.

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

has again been recognized by Lexpert, the business magazine for lawyers. The following 13 lawyers have been recognized as leaders in their respective areas: Richard H.G. Adams (property development), Robert J.M. Adkins (aboriginal law, property development), Donald G. Douglas (insolvency and financial restructuring), Robin M. Kersey (employment law and labour relations), Jeffrey Kowall (mining), Gordon A. McKinnon (litigation — commercial insurance, personal injury), E. William Olson, Q.C. (litigation — corporate commercial), Chrys Pappas, Q.C. (property development), Sacha R. Paul (aboriginal law), William Percy (aboriginal law), James A. Ripley (banking and financial institutions, corporate commercial and property development), John D. Stefaniuk (environmental and property development) and Gregory J. Tallon (corporate commercial, corporate finance and securities, corporate mid-market and property and development).

The Winnipeg Humane Society

is pleased to welcome its new CEO, Javier Schwersensky. Schwersensky joins the WHS with more than 15 years of experience in executive positions, in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. For eight years, Schwersensky served as director of marketing, sales and programs at the Manitoba Museum, where he was instrumental in several award-winning campaigns. He departs the museum as deputy executive director.

Discovery Homes

is pleased to announce the appointment of Gordon Gray, one of the original founders (along with Carson and Joshua Rist) to the position of general manager of the housing division of Gateway Construction and Engineering Ltd. Having spent over 35 years in all aspects of the housing industry, Gray brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the leadership position and looks forward to forging lasting and beneficial relationships with both their customers and trades.

Kevin McFadden, president of McFadden Benefits & Pension

is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina Kauenhofen as its new benefits specialist. Kauenhofen comes to McFadden Benefits & Pension Ltd. with more than 20 years of experience, having served at Great-West Life as a business analyst.

BOARDS

Manitoba-Northwest Ontario Philanthropic Educational Organization Provincial Chapter

is pleased to announce the election of its 2015-16 executive board: president Nadine Kampen (Winnipeg), vice-president Patti Ferguson (Winnipeg), organizer Sheri Bailey (Brandon), treasurer Barb Cieszynski (Selkirk) and secretary Catherine McLaren. (Brandon).

The Manitoba Philanthropic Educational Organization Foundation

has elected its 2015-16 board of directors: president Lisa Alfred; treasurer Lois MacLennan; secretary Sally Allan; and directors-at-large Nadine Kampen and Patti Ferguson.

The Manitoba Print Industry

Association

is pleased to announce its 2015/16 board of directors: president, Herb Vielhaber, Graphic Packaging Corp.; vice-president, Bob Harvie, Prolific Graphics Inc.; past president, Rob Young, Pollard Banknote Limited. Directors: Tony Kasdorf, the Standard Press; Greg Ward, Ward’s Printing; Jonathan Leech, Harris Printing; Roger Dheilly, Color Ad Packaging Ltd; Ken Boris, Unisource Canada Inc.; Beverlie Stuart, Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology; Bob Morris, Quantum Graphics; and Rod Smith, Duha Group. MPIA would like to thank retiring board member Glenn Buffie, Derksen Printers Ltd. for his time and expertise.

The Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre

is pleased to announce its 2015-16 board of directors: president, Ian Stewart; vice-president, Judy Robertson; treasurer, Nicole Groner, secretary, Heather Martens; past president, Dan Diawol. Directors: Stephan Coppinger, Terry Egan, David Hunt, Steve Loney, Kim Robinson.

The Manitoba Medical Service Foundation

announced its 2015/16 board of directors: Dr. Lindsay Du Val, chair; Dr. Peter Cattini, vice-chair; Dr. Greg Hammond, executive director and treasurer; Dr. John Wade, assistant executive director; Dr. Susan McClement, secretary; Kerry Bittner, member-at-large; Mark Gray, member-at-large; Mike Mager, citizen-at-large; Dr. Glen Bergeron; Raymond Cadieux; Dr. Patrick Choy; Dr. William H. Christie; Neil Fast; Dr. Henry Friesen; Dr. R. Daniel Gietz; Dr. Jerry Gray; Canon J. A. Harwood-Jones; Dr. Kent HayGlass; Dr. Gerald Y. Minuk; Mark Neskar; Linda Newton; Dr. Christine Peschken; Dr. Grant Pierce; Dr. Brian Postl; Dr. Allan Ronald; Dr. Estelle Simons; Dr. Robert Walker; Gordon Webster; The Hon. W. Scott Wright; Dr. Klaus Wrogemann; Andrew Yorke.

The Metro Business Club

is pleased to announce its board of directors for the 2015 – 16: René Saurette (R.S. Express Ltd) president ; Greg Libbrect (Clearline Books) past president; Ron Barsky (Bramer Automotive) EVP / treasurer; Brian Gagnon (First Glance Print); Ward Friesen (Friesen Floor & Décor); Gerry Trottier (Southwyn Homes); Aaron Sivertson (Sightlines Photography); Costa Cholakis (Broadway Florists); Qam Haider (Rogers Airsource); Carla Lewicki.

Mechanical Contractors Association of Manitoba

has selected its board of directors for 2015-16: president, Marc Lynch (Randall Plumbing and Heating); past president, Robert Thain (Black & McDonald Ltd.); 1st vice president, Roger Phaneuf (Wes-Man Mechanical); 2nd vice president, Dan Olson (ABCO Supply & Service Ltd.); treasurer, Julien LaFleche (Derksen Industrial Constructors Inc.); national director, Brad Mason (Derksen Industrial Constructors Inc.); executive committee, Andy Taylor (Cobbe’s Plumbing and Heating Ltd.) and Dan Guillou (Nor-Tec Group Ltd.). Directors: Bruce McWhirter (A & B Mechanical Ltd.), Chris Derksen (Derksen Plumbing & Heating (1984) Ltd.), Eric Henstridge (COMCO Pipe & Supply Co.), Ilona Hutchinson (EMCO Corporation), James Kopec (Bornhorst Mechanical Inc.), John Warnica (Lowe Mechanical Services Ltd.), Leo Gratton (ABCO Supply & Service Ltd.), Rick Levesque (East Side Ventilation), Shawn Henry (GMA Industrial Inc.)

Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Manitoba

is proud to announce the councillors for 2015-16: president, Tim Kist, CMC, TK3 Consulting; vice president, Inga Sheane, CMC, Ernst & Young Corporate Finance (Canada) Inc.; past president, Tim Wildman, CMC, Sierra Systems Group Inc.; secretary, Robert Hyde, CAC, CMC, Scott Wolfe Management Inc.; treasurer, David Thompson, CA, CMC, CMA, The Manitoba Museum; registrar, Warren Thompson, CMC, AAE, Stantec Inc. Directors at large, Randy Baldwin, FCMC, Kelwin Management Consulting; Bettie Johnston, CMC, Business Development Bank of Canada Rick Klimczak, CMC.

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