{"id":40736,"date":"2026-02-12T14:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/branch\/winnipeg-district\/branch-board-of-directors\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:10:58","slug":"branch-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"branch","link":"https:\/\/nafr.dev.sparkadvocacy.dev\/fr\/section\/winnipeg-district\/branch-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Branch Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are proud of our volunteers who joined our branch to provide valuable skills and talents to assist our organization and its members. The volunteers answer to responsibilities that are specific to their interest, knowledge and expertise as they are assigned to their respective office in the board of directors. We thank them for their precious time and efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Office<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nTerm end<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
President<\/td>\nLionel Guerard<\/td>\nApril 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vice-President<\/td>\nDon Mackay<\/td>\nApril 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Treasurer<\/td>\nEveline Beriault<\/td>\nApril 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secretary<\/td>\nHlezi Sy<\/td>\nApril 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director\/Membership<\/td>\nEldren Thuen<\/td>\nApril 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director\/Events<\/td>\nKalpana Gupta*<\/td>\nApril 2027*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director\/Recruitment<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director\/Communications<\/td>\nColleen Armstrong<\/td>\nApril 2028<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director\/Equipment<\/td>\nBob Gupta<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director\/Media<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Past President<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Names and Terms were updated as per the elections scheduled on Wednesday April 3, 2024.<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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*: Please note that Mrs. Kalpana Gupta was assigned the director’s office of \u00ab\u00a0Events\u00a0\u00bb and \u00ab\u00a0Speakers Series\u00a0\u00bb at the Board of Directors meeting in November 2024. This Director position is to be re-elected in 2027 after its 3-years assignment.<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We also have some additional volunteers from our branch who hold branch, provincial, and national positions to represent and serve our members. They do wonderful works by attending various meetings and by contacting persons of interest to increase the visibility of the Association in our branch, province, and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Branch, provincial and national positions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Office<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Branch Service Coordinator (BSC)<\/td>\nPaula Nygaard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Branch Advocacy Liaison (BAL)<\/td>\n(not assigned)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Provincial Advocacy Programs Officer<\/td>\nGlenn Armstrong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regional Advocacy Officer for Manitoba<\/td>\n(not assigned)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prairies & North-West-Territories District Director<\/td>\nConnie Kehler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prairie District Representative on the Special Committee on Association Structure<\/td>\nCeci O’Flaherty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Volunteering Opportunities<\/span><\/h3>\n

Volunteers are always welcomed; we would appreciate\u00a0your time, talents, and skills to support the Winnipeg & District Branch with various events and activities. You do not need to be a member of the board to volunteer!<\/p>\n

Volunteers will be assigned to an existing committee and may decide later to be part of our board membership. See the empty or \u00ab\u00a0non assigned\u00a0\u00bb positions as listed in the above two tables.<\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more about the specific volunteer positions, please\u00a0contact us.<\/a><\/p>\n

There are multiple benefits to volunteer as an older adult. Please read the following article ‘Helping Hands<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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