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Skills & Competencies: Strategic Insight, Leadership

Dawn is the Executive Director of the Canadian Mental Health Association – Shuswap/Revelstoke branch. Dawn brings 30 years’ experience in the government and non-profit sector in rural and urban settings and has expertise in developing and operating affordable housing. She is an entrepreneurial, results-oriented, highly motivated strategic thinker. The skills and knowledge she brings to the SASCU Board include Leadership, HR, Governance, Financial Literacy, and Organizational and Community Development. She’s also served on boards for B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association, Salmon Arm Economic Development Society, Community Action Initiative, and Shuswap Community Resources Co-operative. Dawn has been on SASCU’s Board for the past three years and has sat on the Audit and Operational Risk, and Nominations Committee. She is currently Board Secretary and a member of the CEO and HR Committee.

Dawn holds degrees in Psychology, Non-Profit Leadership, and a graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and completed her Master’s in Leadership from Royal Roads University. Growing up on a farm in the prairies, Dawn is passionate about working in community. Serving on Credit Union Boards is a family legacy, as her father and aunt served on Credit Union Boards in Manitoba. Dawn enjoys the innovative and creative solutions that result from collaboration. It’s important for her to be grounded in the vision and mission of her work, and the cooperative principles of SASCU strongly align with her personal values. Dawn and her family have lived in the Shuswap for 25 years and enjoy time with friends and family on her hobby farm with all her critters, running, skiing, and exploring trails.