Central 1 Credit Union (Central 1) is pleased to announce the re-election of Bill Kiss and the election of Mary Falconer and Cheryl Wallace to Central 1’s Board of Directors (Board). In addition, Meridian Credit Union Limited has elected to appoint Sunny Sodhi to Central 1’s Board. Each director will serve a three year term commencing at the conclusion of Central 1’s annual general and special meeting on April 25, 2019 (AGM).
Effective at the conclusion of the 2019 AGM, Central 1’s Board of Directors will be as follows:
| Mary Falconer | Rob Paterson |
| Rick Hoevenaars | Jan O’Brien |
| Angela Kaiser | Blaize Reich |
| Bill Kiss | Launi Skinner |
| John Kortram | Sunny Sodhi |
| Joel Lalonde | Cheryl Wallace |
| Shelley McDade | Rob Wellstood |
| Penny-Lynn McPherson |
All of the directors serve Central 1 as a whole, but directors elected by Class A members are nominated in, and elected from, either the Ontario or British Columbia (B.C.) regions. This year, there were three vacancies to be filled by election, all in the B.C. Region. A call for nominations was issued on November 8, 2018 and nominations were open until February 22, 2019.
Upon the close of nominations, Central 1’s Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC) reviewed each application to determine eligibility to stand for election as directors and then interviewed candidates to decide whether they should be endorsed as having the competencies, skills and experience sought by the Board. Each of Mr. Kiss, Ms. Falconer and Ms. Wallace was endorsed by the Committee. As the number of persons that were nominated and that remained standing for election as of the date set for the commencement of voting in Central 1’s 2019 director elections was equal to the number of vacancies to be filled, each of the candidates was declared elected unanimously without the necessity of a vote.
“I would like to offer my thanks to the candidates for their willingness to serve Central 1 and its members. I would also like to thank outgoing directors Kerry Hadad and Elmer Epp, whose terms of office expire at the 2019 AGM, for their years of service to Central 1,” said Bill Kiss, Board Chair.