The City of Prince George has appointed its economic development committee.
11 community stakeholders and 5 citizen members will be providing input to the City’s new internal economic development office.
“I think we’ve got a great cross section of the community, the stakeholders represent everything from education to tourism and the five citizen members have a great deal of experience from forestry to healthcare.” Mayor Lyn Hall said.
The eleven community stakeholders, plus the Mayor, approved by council;
Lyn Hall, Mayor, City of Prince George (chair)
Henry Reiser, President, College of New Caledonia
Susan Stearns, General Manager, Community Futures of Fraser-Fort George
Colleen van Mook, Executive Director, Downtown Business Improvement Association
Zishan Shah, Community Economic Development Manager, Lheidli T’enneh
Don Iwaskow, Vice President, North Central Labour Council
John Gibson, President and CEO, Prince George Airport Authority
Christie Ray, CEO, Prince George Chamber of Commerce
Scott Bone, CEO, Prince George & BC North Construction Association
Jim Martin, CAO, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
Erica Hummel, CEO, Tourism Prince George
Daniel Weeks, President, University of Northern British Columbia
The 5 citizen community members were chosen via ballot process from applications received by the city. They include;
Mike Davis
Sarbjit (Bobby) Deepak
Rebecca Hasdell
Todd Molland
Robert Shuetz
All 17 advisory committee members will serve a two year term, ending December 31, 2017.
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