葫芦影业

New Chair, Vice Chair for College Board

By College Relations | November 30, 2021
   

Juliette Cunningham and Dale Safinuk
Juliette Cunningham, Chair, and Dale Safinuk, Vice Chair

葫芦影业鈥檚 Board of Governors has a new Chair and Vice Chair.

Juliette Cunningham, who has served as Vice Chair since November 2019, has been elected Chair. She succeeds Gloria Morgan whose two-year term has now completed.

鈥淚t has been very inspiring working alongside Gloria and I am deeply honoured to be succeeding her in the role,鈥 said Cunningham. 鈥淕loria is an incredible champion for her community and for the College. I鈥檓 proud of the work we鈥檝e accomplished at 葫芦影业, and with a new strategic plan to be finalized early next year, there are a lot of exciting opportunities and important work ahead.鈥

Juliette Cunningham is a former Vernon City Councillor, as well as Vice-Chair of the Regional District of the North Okanagan, and Vice-Chair of the Okanagan Basin Water Board. She is a business owner with an extensive history of working with non-profit boards such as the Women鈥檚 Centre, Junction Literacy, People Place, Museum and the Early Years Council. Cunningham was also named Vernon鈥檚 2016 Woman of the Year by Vernon Women in Business.

Dale Safinuk has been elected Vice Chair.

鈥淚鈥檓 proud to serve the board of governors in this new capacity and to support Juliette in her new role as Chair,鈥 said Safinuk. 鈥淚n my two-and-a-half years on the board to date, it鈥檚 been wonderful to witness the many ways in which 葫芦影业 is tied into the region, in terms of the depth and breadth of relationships with community and industry. I鈥檝e also been impressed by the commitment and hard work invested by so many individuals across the College who strive to make this an ever more welcoming, rewarding and supportive place to learn and work.鈥

Safinuk is a retired Financial Services Executive with TD Bank and most recently served as District Vice President. He previously served on the Advisory Board for Ch'nook Indigenous Students Education at UBC; as Co-Chair of TD's Diversity Leadership Council for Indigenous people; was a member of TD's National Committee for Indigenous people; and served as Board Member with TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.



Tags: Board of Governors, 2021 Year in review

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