Dear Constituents:

It has been a great three years and an absolute pleasure to represent this community.  A lot has happened during this time.  This first term as Catholic School Trustee has been a great experience and I am proud to have been able to be involved in so many exciting developments in Edmonton.   In my capacity I have focused on the issues that I campaigned on which centred around quality of education, fiscal responsibility, solid governance, and transparency. 

I made a commitment to continuous learning and training, which included Financial Literacy Certification from Rotman’s Business School/University of Toronto, threat management, policy development, and assessment practices.

In terms of policies and practices within Edmonton Catholic Schools, I lead initiatives to hire an internal auditor to improve risk management and seek efficiencies, to include an external member with financial expertise to sit on the Board’s audit committee, set up a Whistle Blower Hotline to report fraudulent activity, partnership with Nait to improved high school completion outcomes, create Anti Idling zones around schools, as well as a new teacher substitution policy that improves equity for young graduates and reduces district costs.

In addition, I made significant contributions to the overall activities of our Board, which included:

• Vice-chair for the Board of Trustees for 2008/2009.
• Appointed Chair of Advocacy Committee for Board of Trustees.
• Elected for two terms (three years) to Alberta School Boards Association.
• Provincially appointed to sit on the Council of Alberta Teaching Standard (three year reappointment).
• Selected to sit on budget committee for 2007/2008 for the board of trustees
• Involved with numerous committees through Board commitments, political affiliations and as a community representative.

I am committed to continuing in meeting the needs of this community.  In my ongoing efforts to represent you I am continuing my door to door campaigning.  I hope to see and talk to you and look forward to hearing your important issue, ideas or concerns. Follow my blog to hear about community feedback I receive at the doors.
Have a wonderful summer!