Back Row: Sally Ryan, Jocelyn Galloway, Ken Guenter, Debbie Beauregard
Front Row: Marty Eisner, Emily Suderman, Larry Jones, Sean Gregg
Ken Guenter
General Manager
Email: ken@1637cfdc.bc.ca
Ken was hired in January 2009. Ken began his working career as an Assistant Ranger with the Forestry Ministry in Terrace in 1971. A career in business that varied from forestry to food service, and from Iqualuit to Burns Lake. Ken is a Registered Forest Technologist and was formerly the General Manager of Burns Lake Community Forest from its inception in 1999 to November 2006.
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Jocelyn Galloway
Manager of Financial Services
Jocelyn moved from Ontario to Kitimat in the summer of 1979 with her family and now resides in Terrace since the fall of 1995. Originally hired as Secretary-Bookkeeper in April 1994, she was promoted to the position of Bookkeeper with the onset of new funding programs in 1996 and promoted once again in 2002 to Manager of Financial Services.
Jocelyn's training includes Northwest Community College’s business administration certificates for Clerk Bookkeeper and Word Processing in Kitimat. She has over 10 years of experience in the public accounting field as a Junior Accountant in Kitimat and Terrace prior to starting with Community Futures 16/37. Jocelyn received a letter of commendation from our Board of Directors, based on approval and recommendation of the corporation's auditors.
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Sally Ryan
Bookkeeper
Sally has been with Community Futures 16/37 since August 1999. She worked for Dairyland Foods for 20 years. Through her many years of work experience, Sally has considerable knowledge in the computer and information technology fields.
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Debbie Beauregard
Administrative Assistant
Email: info@1637cfdc.bc.ca
Debbie has over 25 years experience in the secretarial/clerical field. Her major work has been with the Federal and Provincial Governments. Has been with Community Futures since July 2002. Debbie, through work experience, has gained considerable knowledge in the information technology field.
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Larry Jones
Senior Business Analyst
Email: larry@1637cfdc.bc.ca
Has been with the organization since May 1997 starting in the Intern position. Larry’s background includes a diploma from Northwest Community College in Business Administration. He has a certificate from the Canadian Securities Institute, which licenses him to sell stocks and bonds in Canada. He spent over 20 years in the woods industry as the owner of a contracting firm. He owned and operated a gallery making custom-designed wood and upholstered furniture.
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Marty Eisner
Business Analyst
Email: marty@1637cfdc.bc.ca
Marty has been a long time Terrace resident and a member of the Community Futures team starting here in January 2000. Marty has a diverse employment history spanning everything from banking to logging, including self-employed garage owner and equestrian trainer. Marty graduated from Caledonia High School, has a bachelor's degree in economics and will soon obtain Community Futures Certification as a Business Analyst. Marty enjoys the people aspect of his job and strongly believes in working towards a diverse economy.
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Jassie (pronounced Jessie) Osei-Tutu
Client Services Coordinator
Email: jassie@1637cfdc.bc.ca
Jassie joined our team on August 30, 2010. His background includes 4 years experience in personal banking and has personal experience in business ownership (Marketing). His skills also include sales, accounting and marketing with Certified Management Accounting of BC designation ongoing.
His knowledge of investment products and understanding of business financials will be an asset to our organization.
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Sean Gregg
Self Employment Coordinator
Email: sean@1637cfdc.bc.ca
Sean has a background in both private and public sector employment. He has qualifications in retail management through Sears, Roebuck & Co. Sean is also a certified Staff Trainer through Human Resource Development Canada Specializing in Marketing and Employer Services. Sean has management experience with large retail operations, program administration experience with the Federal Government and most recently was a small business owner in the recreation/tourism field prior to joining the Community Futures team in February 2003.
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Emily Suderman
Self Employment Coordinator
Email: emily@1637cfdc.bc.ca
Emily is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, and moved to Terrace in 2007. Having majored in Sociology, she joined the Small Business Mentoring Project to aid in the research and development of the pilot program. After traveling the major centres of the northwest and having been inspired by the business people she met along the way, she aspired to continue her career in helping businesses in the local economy. The self employment benefit program seemed an excellent fit and she is excited to expand SEB support into the Nass Valley, Stewart, the Hazeltons and Kitimat. |
