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Honourable Rod Gantefoer, Saskatchewan Minister of Finance
Rod Gantefoer grew up in Watson and farmed in the Kelvington area. In 1980, he and his wife Carole moved to Melfort where they owned and operated small businesses for several years. They also experienced the joy of raising three daughters in Melfort and are now blessed with three sons-in-law, and seven grandchildren. Mr. Gantefoer has been active in his community including involvement with a school board, housing board and Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Gantefoer's broad experience in the Legislature includes holding key opposition critic positions such as Education, Health, Finance, Economic Development, Environment and Resource Management, Labour, and Crown Investments Corporation. He has also served on many committees and as House Leader for the Official Opposition.
Mr. Gantefoer was first elected to the Legislature as a Liberal MLA in 1995. He is one of the founding members of the Saskatchewan Party. He was re-elected as a Saskatchewan Party MLA in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Marie-José Bourassa is the Executive Director of the Audit Committee Recruitment and Development Secretariat with the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada. Her mandate involves working closely with departments and the Office of the Comptroller General to provide for the co-selection of independent audit committee members and learning and development on audit committees in the federal government. Marie-Jose is passionate about people and organizations – and what makes both successful. She is a former Vice President and Senior Financial Officer of Farm Credit Canada, a multi-billion financial Crown, and has practiced in the field of financial management and leadership for close to 25 years. Marie-José has worked with and served on a number of Boards. Marie-José holds a Bachelor Degree in Commerce (cum laude, Honours in Accounting) from the University of Ottawa, she is a member of the Ordre des Comptables agréés du Québec since 1983 and she holds a Masters Degree in Applied Human Sciences from Concordia University. She is also an accredited Director. She is a mother of three daughters.
Marie-José Bourassa, C.A., MA (AHSc), Executive Director, Internal Audit Sector, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada
Michael Ruta, FCA, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Financial Officer, City of Winnipeg
Michael Ruta, FCA is the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at the City of Winnipeg. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants (FCA) in Manitoba. Mike oversees the following functional areas at the City: Financial reporting and general accounting; Accounting systems and related applications; Operating and capital budgets; Assessment and Taxation; Treasury, Materials Management and Risk Management.
Mike is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the City of Winnipeg Council Pension Plan, a member of the Police and Civic Employees Pension Boards and a member of the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Convention Centre. In addition, he is Past-President and founder of the Winnipeg Minor Basketball Association and Winnipeg Minor Basketball Foundation Inc.
Mike joined the City eleven years ago and prior to that was employed as a senior manager with a major CA firm. He is a past co-chair of the GFOA's Professional Development Sub-Committee in Canada and has spoken a number of times at the GFOA's annual International Conference. Mike was also a member on the CICA Task Force relating to Tangible Capital Assets and has a specific interest in this area from a local government perspective.
Dale Botting, Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Saskatchewan
Dale Botting was born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan later attended high school in Saskatoon and undergraduate studies at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). He has several university degrees in science, education, geography and planning, and post-graduate studies from the universities of Calgary and Saskatchewan.
Dale has had a long and full career in private business, the public service and economic development. Upon completion of his final degree, he worked with the Saskatchewan Department of Environment, and then became Prairie Region Manager for MacLaren Plansearch, a subsidiary of Lavalin Inc. In the early 1980's Dale came back to government as a senior policy analyst to the Premier on resource policy, regulatory reform, and organizational development. He also helped plan and establish the former Saskatchewan Department of Science and Technology.
From 1985 to 1996, Dale was at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) establishing its first provincial offices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Over these 11 years he built numerous new initiatives and provincial offices to support small business in Canada, from coast to coast. He was promoted to CFIB's Head Office in Toronto, and then returned home as it's first ever Vice-President for Western Canada.
Dale than tackled the challenge as CEO of the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres (SARC) and its enterprise division, SARCAN Recycling, from1996 to 1999. He briefly returned to economic development to lead the Strategic Sector Development for the Saskatchewan Government, and then moved to become CEO of the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA). From late 2005 until November 2008 Dale then became the President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP), working on behalf of over 400 businesses in the export sector. Over the years Dale has also run his own international consulting business - Botting Leadership and Development Corporation - and has been a long serving Director of his family's construction business
In late 2007, Dale was appointed Deputy Minister to the new Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation following the election of the new Brad Wall Government. He was tasked to design and build the new flagship operating agency, Enterprise Saskatchewan, and was confirmed as its first CEO after the Act establishing this new public-private partnership was proclaimed, and the entire Ministry was transformed in to this exciting new model of economic development and governance. Dale also has a dual responsibility as Senior Coordinating Official for the Saskatchewan Cabinet Sub-Committee on the Economy, and also represents the Province's strategic interests on the Boards of Tourism Saskatchewan, STEP, the Canadian Light Source and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO).
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Otto Brodtrick has worked for several decades with public sector agencies in technical, managerial, and research positions. For the past dozen years he has been teaching post-graduate courses on the topics of Strategic Management, Innovation, Consulting For Change and Organizational Policy in the MBA program of the Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal. He also advises organizations – mostly internationally – on strategy, corporate learning and performance.
Dr. Brodtrick has worked with the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); with agencies of the Swedish Government; and with the Audit Services of the European Commission on simplifying bureaucracy, and on the future of auditing. Mr. Brodtrick's projects have also taken him to work with researchers and practitioners in Japan, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Brazil and the United States.
Mr. Brodtrick has Masters degrees in Public Administration and in Organizational Diagnosis and Intervention from Harvard University. His Ph.D. is in Organizational Performance and Organizational Learning. His first degree is in Philosophy. In 1988, Otto Brodtrick received the Canadian Auditor General's Award of Excellence. In 1992 he was awarded the Governor General's Commemorative Medal for Significant Contribution to Canada.
Chris Moore is a Senior Manager in KPMG's Canadian Advisory Services practice and has over 16 years of experience. Chris is also the lead for KPMG's Business Performance Management Advisory practice for the GTA. Chris' area of expertise is ‘end to end' business transformation (from concept to implementation) with a focus on Business Performance Management for both the public and private sector. Chris' engagement experience includes conducting operational assessments (includes leading practice & benchmarking analysis), process & organization redesign, performance measurement, business intelligence & financial system strategies, and technology solution selection & implementation. Education and Professional Affiliations: Honours B.A (Chartered Accountancy Studies- Co-operative Program) from the University of Waterloo and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario designation.
Pat Youzwa, President & CEO, SaskPower
Pat Youzwa is President and Chief Executive Officer of SaskPower. She joined the company in 1999 and held a number of executive positions before moving into her current role in 2004.
Youzwa joined SaskPower in 1999, after positions within the Government of Saskatchewan's public service that included Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines.
In 2009, Youzwa became Vice Chair of the Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) and in February was named chair of the Sustainable Electricity's Executive Committee. She has served on a number of corporate boards and industry associations, is currently a director of the Conference Board of Canada and has served on provincial and national committees related to energy policy and development. She was also a member of the Canada Alberta ecoEnergy Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage.
She has been the chair of the Hospitals of Regina Foundation, a director for the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy and a provincial government co-chair for the United Way.
Youzwa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Economics from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.
Chris Moore, CA, Senior Manager, Operations Improvement, KPMG
Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. David Butler-Jones is Canada's first Chief Public Health Officer. He heads the Public Health Agency of Canada which provides leadership on the government's efforts to protect and promote the health and safety of Canadians.
He has worked in many parts of Canada in both Public Health and Clinical Medicine, and has consulted in a number of other countries.
Dr. Butler-Jones has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and has been involved as a researcher in a broad range of public health issues. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba as well as a Clinical Professor with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine.
From 1995 to 2002, Dr. Butler-Jones was Chief Medical Health Officer and Executive Director of the Population Health and Primary Health Services Branches for the Province of Saskatchewan.
Dr. Butler-Jones has served with a number of organizations including as: President of the Canadian Public Health Association; Vice President of the American Public Health Association; Chair of the Canadian Roundtable on Health and Climate Change; International Regent on the board of the American College of Preventive Medicine; Member of the Governing Council for the Canadian Population Health Initiative; Chair of the National Coalition on Enhancing Preventive Practices of Health Professionals; and Co-Chair of the Canadian Coalition for Public Health in the 21st Century.
In recognition of his service in the field of public health, York University's Faculty of Health recently bestowed on Dr. Butler-Jones an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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As Vice President, Power Growth, Bradley (Brad) Thomson is responsible for the coordination of TransCanada's growth initiatives including infrastructure development, electricity transmission and major hydro projects. Prior to joining TransCanada, Mr. Thomson held a number of senior roles with the Northridge Group of Companies which were active in oil and natural gas marketing, exploration, fund management and telecommunications.
In Mr. Thomson's current role, he is responsible for the structuring and negotiation of public private partnerships to support electricity generation, transmission and large hydroelectric projects.
Mr. Thomson is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary. He has served as a Director for a number of public and private companies and he is currently a Director of the Canadian Electricity Association and Bruce Power. Neil Yeates was appointed to the position of Associate Deputy Minister at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), effective July 16, 2007. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Yeates served as the Assistant Deputy Minister at Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, since 2006. Previously, Mr. Yeates was Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector with Industry Canada. He joined the Government of Canada from the Government of Saskatchewan in August 2004. In his 20-year career with the Government of Saskatchewan, Mr. Yeates held a variety of Deputy Minister positions, including with the Department of Learning, the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Learning and Skills Training, and the Department of Corrections and Public Safety. As well, he has held Assistant Deputy Minister positions in the departments of Health, Social Services, and Finance. Mr. Yeates holds a B.A. (Honours) in political science and history from Queen's University and a M.A. in Political Science from the University of Regina.
Dale's Lean Six Sigma journey began in 1999 when General Cables bought Phillips Cables and was determined to become the world's largest cable manufacture by using Lean Six Sigma. So in 1999 Dale trained in Highland Heights Kentucky and became General Cable's Lean Six Sigma facilitator in Moose Jaw. He returned to Highland Heights in 2001 and became a Lean Six Sigma II facilitator. In 2004, Dale became a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. In 2007 he obtained a diploma in Human Resource Management from SIAST and a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) designation. At this time he also started his own consulting business, Learning to See (LTS) Consulting, which offers Lean Six Sigma training and development and in 2008 he became a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from the American Society of Quality. Dale made a career shift in 2007 when he obtained a position at the Saskatchewan Five Hills Health Region as a Quality Initiatives Consultant and in 2009 Dale moved to Regina and was offered the Senior Quality Improvement Consultant position at the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region which is where he resides today. Peter Aucoin was educated at Saint Mary's (BA), Dalhousie (MA) and Queen's (PhD) universities. A faculty member at Dalhousie since 1970, he has served as Director of the School of Public Administration and the Chair of the Department of Political Science He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2007. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Canada School of Public Service. He has served as Science Advisor, the Science Council of Canada; Research Coordinator, federal Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada; Research Director, Halifax Commission on City Government; and Research Director, federal Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. He has served in an advisory capacity to government at all three levels in Canada. He has been an expert witness in several constitutional cases dealing with election and referendum law. In 2000, he was a member of the Peer Review Team for the review of the British Cabinet Office's modernization program. In 2002, he was a member of the Clerk of the Privy Council's External Advisory Group on the modernization of human resource management. In 1995-96, he was President of the Canadian Political Science Association. He is a former Vice-President of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. He has served on the Editorial Boards of Canadian Public Administration, Public Sector Management, and Canadian Journal of Policy Research. He is currently on the Editorial Boards of Governance; International Public Management Journal; and, Public Management Review. He is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. He has authored and edited fourteen books, and authored over eighty articles and book chapters on Canadian government and Canadian and comparative public administration. His 1995 book, TheNew Public Management: Canada in Comparative Perspective (Institute for Research on Public Policy) was awarded the international Charles Levine Book Prize as the best book in comparative public policy and administration. He has twice won the J.E. Hodgetts award for best English article in Canadian Public Administration. He was awarded the Alan G. Ross Award for best article in the Financial Management Institute Journal in 2007. His research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He was the 1999 recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Excellence in Public Administration by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (Nova Scotia Region). He was the 2005 recipient of the Vanier Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Public Administration by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. He was the 2006 recipient of the Dalhousie University Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence.
Mr. Perrins is currently the Executive in Residence and Senior Policy Fellow at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina. Prior to this, Mr. Perrins served in the Public Service of Saskatchewan for 36 years. He began his career as a frontline social worker and went onto hold a number of increasingly senior positions in Social Services, Health, Education and Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training. In February 2001, Mr. Perrins was appointed as Deputy Minister to the Premier and the Head of the Public Service and served in that role until November 2007. He has lectured extensively on public administration, social policy and the machinery of government. Mr. Perrins has been awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal, the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada's Lieutenant Governor General's Medal for Distinguished Public Service. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and the School of Social Work, University of Regina.
Since 2004 and up until recently when he joined the Leader-Post, Marty was the President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation (SGC) which operates Casinos Regina and Moose Jaw. He has also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority, Executive Vice-President of MAACO Systems Canada, and President and CEO of Sasknative Economic Development Corporation following management positions with Royal Trust Corporation of Canada and the Mercantile Bank of Canada. As part of his commitment to the community, Marty serves on a number of committees and boards including the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority Board, the SaskFilm Board, the Entrepreneurship, Small Business Program Advisory Committee (SIAST), CEO Advisory Circle (Paul J. Hill School of Business), Adult Learning Centre Foundation Board, and the Regina Community Task Force on the VanOc 2010 Torch Run Relay Event. Marty's past commitments include: Chairman of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board; Vice-Chair of the Access to Capital Board; Vice-Chair of SaskPower's Board; and member of the Clarence Campeau Development Fund Board. He also served on the Lieutenant Governor's Centennial Gala Board and as President of Grey Cup 2003, Inc., which served up the “best ever” Grey Cup celebration in the history of the CFL. Born and raised in Regina, Mr. Klyne is a Distinguished Graduate of the University of Regina with a Bachelor of Administration degree, Finance Major. His eldest son Ben and daughter-in-law Stephanie have a one-year old son named Jack; Marty's first grandchild. Marty and Charlene's seven-year old son, Mack is in Grade 2 attending White City School. BACKGROUND: · Born, raised and educated in Regina, Saskatchewan. Married with three children. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: · April 1, 2006 to present – President & CEO Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan
In his 30 years of government service, Jim Marshall has held many positions, such as Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic and Resource Policy Saskatchewan Industry and Resources; Senior Project Manager, Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan; Executive Director, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch, Department of Finance; and, Senior Economist, Taxation and Economic Policy Branch, Department of Finance. Jim Marshall taught in the Department of Economics at Brandon University, Manitoba, and conducted research for the Library of Parliament in Ottawa before starting with the Government of Saskatchewan. He is currently the Economist in Residence and a sessional lecturer in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
Jim Hall is the Registrar of Credit Unions and the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Insurance and Real Estate with the Financial Institutions Division of the Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission. Jim obtained his LL.B. from the University of Saskatchewan in 1979 and his B.Ed. from the University of Regina in 1975. He has been Registrar/Superintendent since 1993. Previous to this position, Jim was general counsel to the Saskatchewan Securities Commission for 5 years and before joining the Commission, he was in private practice for 9 years. Throughout his time as Registrar/Superintendent, Jim has chaired a number of policy and regulatory initiatives with the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators and the Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators. Mr. Hall also works closely with the Saskatchewan Real Estate Commission and the Insurance Councils of Saskatchewan with respect to policy and regulatory initiatives. Laurie Rose, M.A., an employee of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and Principal of Laurie Rose Consulting, will lead this interactive workshop. Laurie Rose is a dynamic and engaging bilingual facilitator who brings incredible energy and a sense of play to her sessions. She is known for her wit, warmth and hands-on, practical approach, which combines theory and practice. Laurie's interest is in assisting individuals to understand interpersonal differences and to build on their communication and problem solving skills. Her goal is to help them increase their personal effectiveness as leaders, managers, team members and colleagues regardless of organizational level. Laurie has been designing and delivery training sessions for ten years for both private and public sector clients. Areas of particular interest include: emotional intelligence, interpersonal relations and leadership.
Neil Yeates, Associate Deputy Minister, Indian and Northern Affairs
Dale Schattenkirk, CHRP, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Quality Initiatives Consultant, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
Dale Schattenkirk was born and raised in Yorkton Saskatchewan. In 1982 he moved to Moose Jaw and became an interprovincial journeyman and worked as a mechanic for 10 years. In 1991 he shifted careers and took a job at Phillips Cables as a technician.
Rocky J. Dwyer, PhD, CMA, Evaluation Principal with Chief Review Services, Department of National Defence
Rocky Dwyer is an MBA faculty member with the Centre of Innovative Management at Athabasca University (Alberta, Canada); and an adjunct faculty member at Saint Paul University (Ottawa, Canada). He is an award winning writer, educator and editor, who has consulted and undertaken research for private, not-for profit, and public sector organizations to examine and validate strategic organizational capacity, performance and ethics. His research has been published and presented at conferences and symposiums in Canada, the United States, South America, Germany, and the Russian Federation. He can be contacted at: Rocky.Dwyer@forces.gc.ca
Peter Aucoin, CM, Ph.D., RRSC, Eric Dennis Memorial Professor of Government & Political Science, and Professor of Public Administration, Dalhousie University
Dan Perrins, Executive-in-Residence and Senior Policy Fellow of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
M.L. (Marty) Klyne, Publisher, Regina Leader-Post, a division of Canwest Publishing Inc.
Over the last 20 years, Marty Klyne has developed a broad base of senior management experience in the business and economic development arenas. Today, Marty runs the Regina Leader-Post, a division of Canwest Publishing Inc. With revenues approaching $50 million, the Leader-Post employs close to 270 people. For 125 years the public has used the Leader-Post as a valued and trusted source for news and information.
Ron Styles, President and CEO, Crown Investments Corporation
Ron Styles is the President & CEO of Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan. He holds a M.A. (Economics) from the University of Regina and has 29 years of government service.
· Past Director for the Regina Chapter of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC)
· Past Member of the Canadian Economics Association
· Past Member of the American Management Association
· Active in community activities
· Past Board Member, Transportation Association of Canada
· Past Member, Western Transportation Advisory Council (WESTAC)
· Past Resource Member, Greater Vancouver Gateway Council
· September 2001 to April 1, 2006 – Deputy Minister, Department of Finance (Secretary to Treasury Board; Board Member – Student Aid Fund; Board Member – Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation; Board Member – Saskatchewan Government Growth Fund)
· February 2000 to September 2001 - Deputy Minister, Department of Highways and Transportation; Board Member, Sask. Grain Car Corporation, Government of Saskatchewan
· July 1998 to February 2000 - President, Saskatchewan Water Corporation
· 1993 – July 1998 - Associate Deputy Minister, Municipal Government, Government of Saskatchewan
· 1991 – 1993 - Associate Deputy Minister, Community Services, Government of Saskatchewan
· 1992 – 1994 – Board Member, New Careers Corporation, Government of Saskatchewan
· June 1992 – July 1992, Acting Deputy Minister, Community Services, Government of Saskatchewan
· 1990 – 1998 - President, Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, Government of Saskatchewan
· 1988 – 1990 - Vice President, Program Operations, Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, Government of Saskatchewan
· 1986 – 1988 - Executive Director, Policy Development, Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, Government of Saskatchewan
· 1984 – 1986 - Research Officer, Policy Development, Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, Government of Saskatchewan
· 1979 – 1984 - Various positions with Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Jim Marshall, Economist in Residence at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Jim Hall, Superintendent of Insurance, Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission
Laurie Rose, Human Resources Program Manager, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
