With board elections in the books, the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has now elected its executive committee for 2020.
As expected, Harris Sutherland of Gold Eagle Casino was elected unanimously as chair in 2020, with Dallan Oberg as past-chair, Melanie Roberts as vice-chair, Vivian Whitecalf as second vice-chair and Darren Erbach as treasurer.
The positions all run for one year. Chief Operating Officer Linda Machniak also serves on the executive committee.
The election took place at what was Oberg’s final board meeting as chair before he hands over the gavel to Sutherland, who served this past year as vice-chair.
The new executive takes over their new roles on Jan. 24 when Sutherland and the new executive are sworn in at the Chair’s Banquet, to be held at Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts. Chief Roy Petit, from Sutherland’s home reserve of Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation has been invited to administer the oath of office. The guest speaker is slated to be SIGA president and chief executive officer Zane Hansen.
The meeting also saw the formal appointment of the winners of the recent Chamber board elections. Elected to serve as directors are: Gordon Brewerton, Tisha Carriere, Susan Challis, Cassandra Germsheid, Misty Lavertu, Dana Rissling and Vivian Whitecalf.
