Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors spans across a diverse age demographic, and pulls together 22 individuals from different walks of life and with different professional and community experiences. The Board operates under the‚ policy board model and has adapted a governing style that emphasizes outward vision, encourages diversity, and provides strategic leadership. The Board is responsible for establishing local United Way policy, developing the long-range vision and mission statement ensuring effective and efficient management of resources, and maintaining communication with members of the community that United Way serves including the city of Brandon proper; the Rural Municipalities of Elton, Cornwallis and Whitehead, as well as the communities of Forrest, Shilo, Douglas, Alexander and Kemnay.


Board of Directors: Effective March 24, 2011

Trudy Corbett‚ Board Chair
Smiles Speciality Centre

Greg Crisanti‚ Vice-chair
Tim Hortons

Brad Langston‚ Treasurer and Chair Finance & Audit Committee
Private Consultant

Dean Jago, Chair, Communications & Marketing
Leech Printing

Didi Stepanek, Chair, Community Resources Committee
BDO Dunwoody

Marty Minshull, Chair, Human Resources Committee
Investors Group

Kirk Devlin, Director
RBC Dominion Securities

Dave Baxter, Director
Westman Communications Group

Brady Harland, Director
Montana’s

Quentin Derhak, Director ^
Bladeworx

Deborah Poff, Director *
Brandon University

Doris Berscheid-King‚ Director +
CFB Shilo

Jason Sisson, Director
Murray Chev Old Cadillac

Jim Brinkhurst‚ Director    *
Assiniboine Community College

Yong Chen‚ Director
Brandon Regional Health Authority

Carolyn Cancade‚ Director
Brandon Chamber of Commerce

Dan Delfin‚ Director
RBC Royal Bank

Kevin Holder‚ Director
Firefighter/Paramedic

Chuck LaRocque‚ Director
CFB Shilo

Paul Palidwar‚ Director
Canada Post

Mike Williams‚ Director
MCCAINS

Tracy Wray‚ Director *
The Wealth Planning Group

Ron Kelly, Director =
CFB Shilo

* resigned
^ position vacated
+ term complete
= interim director


United Way Office Hours
Monday to Friday 8:30 – 4:30.
The office is closed over lunch hour.
Office address: Room #201,
Scotia Towers, 1011 Rosser Ave.
Brandon, MB
Office phone: 204-571-8929
Office fax: 204-727-8939