Dana Francis
Dana is from Tobique in New Brunswick and has over twenty-five (25) years’ experience with construction groups and is currently a senior partner with Red Island Contractors where he provides professional advice to clients that have project ideas and need help navigating the various stages of taking a project to completion. Dana brings this important […]
Chief Joe Miskokomon
Deputy Grand Chief Joe Miskokomon served his community Chippewas of the Thames for 14 years as chief and as councillor for another 10 years. He has served as Chief of Anishnabek Nation for 12 years. During his time serving his community and his Nation Joe has many experiences with the challenges of developing infrastructure projects […]
Chief David Crate
Chief Crate is currently serving as the Chief for his community Fisher River Cree Nation which is located about 200 km north of Winnipeg. Chief Crate has focused on long-term planning, strategic partnerships, environmental stewardship and economic development. Chief Crate’s experience has shown that Indigenous groups that choose to assert their jurisdiction and move ahead […]
Geordi Kakepetum
Geordi served as Chief Executive Director for the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations whose traditional territory is in north western Ontario. Geordi brings the perspective of those remote communities that may have particular infrastructure challenges related to a limited construction season, costs associated with the delivery of building materials and labour, and limited firms to bid […]
Keith Matthew
Keith is a member of the Simpcw First Nation where he served five (5) years as Chief and five (5) years as councillor. During his time serving his community Keith was responsible for economic development activities and sees the value of economic development in creating a more sustainable infrastructure system – a system where Indigenous […]
Céline Auclair
Céline Auclair is the founder of the First Peoples Innovation Center, a non-profit organization that assists the development of social innovation for the First People communities in Quebec. Céline serves as a commissioner with the First Nations Tax Commission and brings extensive background both domestically and abroad, in international development, micro-finance development, First Nation taxation, […]
Allan Claxton
Allan served his community of Tsawout as Chief for twenty (20) years and as councillor for ten (10) years and is currently serving on Council. Allan has worked to develop infrastructure projects such as a multipurpose health and recreation facility and dealt with many challenges for roads and access to lands. In order to overcome […]