{"id":40727,"date":"2026-02-12T14:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/branch\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:23:08","slug":"branch-board-members","status":"publish","type":"branch","link":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Branch Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the annual general meetings (AGM), board positions are reviewed, and replacement board members are sought for positions that are vacant or whose terms have ended. We encourage all branch members to consider supporting our organization by <strong>volunteering<\/strong>. \u00a0Your time, skills, and input are crucial to keeping our branch running smoothly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As of April 15, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025-2026\u00a0Executive and Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Position<\/td>\n<td>Name<\/td>\n<td>End of term<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>President<\/td>\n<td>Wendy Jarvin<\/td>\n<td>2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vice-president<\/td>\n<td>Brett Turner<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Treasurer<\/td>\n<td>Rae McBurney<\/td>\n<td>2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Secretary<\/td>\n<td>Kathie King<\/td>\n<td>2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director-at-large<\/td>\n<td>Brad Kelso<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">2027<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director-at-large<\/td>\n<td>Jane Brunet<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director-at-large<\/td>\n<td>Val Zoerb<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director-at-large<\/td>\n<td>Jim Doppler<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Director-at-Large<\/td>\n<td>Vacant<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friends of the Board:<\/td>\n<td>Terry Gunnlaugson<\/p>\n<p>Garnet Shearer<\/p>\n<p>Betty Kelso<\/p>\n<p>Ken Jarvin<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Roles\/Activity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Branch advocacy liaison officer<\/td>\n<td>Jim Doppler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Branch Communications Coordinator<\/td>\n<td>(Vacant)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Branch Facebook page<\/td>\n<td>Wendy Jarvin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Media coordinator<\/td>\n<td>Brad Kelso<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Meeting place advisor<\/td>\n<td>Val Zoerb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nominating committee chair<\/td>\n<td>William Stadnyk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal;\">If you&rsquo;re interested in volunteering as a board member or as a \u00ab\u00a0Friend of the Board\u00a0\u00bb to lend a hand occasionally, please contact the branch. We are currently seeking a member with IT knowledge to assist with social media communication and webpage updates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin: 8.0pt 0cm 0cm 35.45pt;\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><strong>Contact us at<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 78.0pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.45pt;\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">Email:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:westernmanitoba@federalretirees.ca\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">westernmanitoba@federalretirees.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 78.0pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.45pt;\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">Phone:\u00a0 204-761-4303<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 78.0pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.45pt;\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">Mail: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NAFR Western Manitoba Branch<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 78.0pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.45pt;\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0425 &#8211; 457 -9th Street<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 78.0pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 35.45pt;\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Brandon, MB\u00a0R7A 3K8<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the annual general meetings (AGM), board positions are reviewed, and replacement board members are sought for positions that are vacant or whose terms have ended. We encourage all branch members to consider supporting our organization by volunteering. \u00a0Your time,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":40434,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40727","branch","type-branch","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Branch Board Members - National Association of Federal Retirees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Branch Board Members - National Association of Federal Retirees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the annual general meetings (AGM), board positions are reviewed, and replacement board members are sought for positions that are vacant or whose terms have ended. We encourage all branch members to consider supporting our organization by volunteering. \u00a0Your time,...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Association of Federal Retirees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FederalRetirees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-07T19:23:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-1248256443-e1769585752444.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2120\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"980\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@fedretirees\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/section\\\/western-manitoba\\\/branch-board-members\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/section\\\/western-manitoba\\\/branch-board-members\\\/\",\"name\":\"Branch Board Members - National Association of Federal Retirees\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-12T19:05:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-07T19:23:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/section\\\/western-manitoba\\\/branch-board-members\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/section\\\/western-manitoba\\\/branch-board-members\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/section\\\/western-manitoba\\\/branch-board-members\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Western Manitoba\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/branch\\\/western-manitoba\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Branch Board Members\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"National Association of Federal Retirees\",\"description\":\"Promoting retirees\u2019 financial security, health and well-being\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Branch Board Members - National Association of Federal Retirees","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Branch Board Members - National Association of Federal Retirees","og_description":"At the annual general meetings (AGM), board positions are reviewed, and replacement board members are sought for positions that are vacant or whose terms have ended. We encourage all branch members to consider supporting our organization by volunteering. \u00a0Your time,...","og_url":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/","og_site_name":"National Association of Federal Retirees","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FederalRetirees","article_modified_time":"2026-04-07T19:23:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2120,"height":980,"url":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-1248256443-e1769585752444.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@fedretirees","twitter_misc":{"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/","url":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/","name":"Branch Board Members - National Association of Federal Retirees","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-12T19:05:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-07T19:23:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/western-manitoba\/branch-board-members\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Western Manitoba","item":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/branch\/western-manitoba\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Branch Board Members"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/","name":"National Association of Federal Retirees","description":"Promoting retirees\u2019 financial security, health and well-being","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/branch\/40727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/branch"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/branch"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/branch\/40727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66415,"href":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/branch\/40727\/revisions\/66415"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/branch\/40434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}