PRESIDENT ’ S MESSAGE
2016 – 17 AMCTO Board of Directors
Stephane Palmateer , AMCT President City of Timmins
Christopher Wray , AMCT Immediate Past President Municipality of Wawa
Yvonne L . Robert , CMO , AMCT Vice President / Director at Large Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley
Board Governance Recommendations
By Stephane Palmateer , AMCT , President , AMCTO
John Hannam , CMO Director at Large City of Thunder Bay
Marsha Paley , CMO Director at Large Municipality of North Middlesex
Robert H . A . Tremblay , CMO , Dipl . M . A . Director at Large Municipality of Meaford
Michelle M . Casavecchia-Somers , CMO Zone 1 Board Director Township of Malahide
During my last article , I spoke about the mentoring program established by AMCTO and , in my opinion , I cannot overstate the importance of such a program . Personally , I believe that this program will help aid AMCTO and our members and municipalities to recruit and retain the future generation of municipal professionals . A formal mentoring program sends the right message to new and young people looking to enter the workforce ; as well , it sends the same message to any professionals already working in the private sectors who may be looking to change professions . The message we are conveying is that we care about the future development of the newest employees to our sector , and that we want to ensure that they get started in the right direction . I also want to take this time to congratulate all the mentors and mentees who applied to the program . It was unfortunate that we were not able to match everyone who applied with a mentor ;
Pamela Fettes , CMO , Dipl . M . A . Zone 2 Board Director Township of Clearview
Angela Morgan , CMO Zone 3 Board Director City of Burlington
“ My whirlwind tour as AMCTO president got off to an amazing start this past June at the AGM and Annual Conference .”
Stephen M . A . Huycke Zone 4 Board Director Town of Richmond Hill
Elana Arthurs , CMO Zone 5 Board Director Township of Cavan Monaghan
Dean Sauriol , CMO , Dipl . M . M . Zone 6 Board Director Township of Laurentian Valley
Carol O . Trainor , AMCT Zone 7 Board Director Township of St . Joseph
Amy Vickery-Menard , CMO Zone 8 Board Director Township of Evanturel
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