Stephanie Killam recently retired as the senior secretary at Mackenzie Secondary School, a position she held since 1979.  Politically, she has been a municipal councillor for nine years and in November 2005 was elected the mayor of Mackenzie.  Stephanie has served in the community in various capacities: the Mackenzie Co-operative Association Board, Autumn Lodge Society (seniors housing), Museum Society, Club 55 (seniors social activities), Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, Chamber of Commerce, District Labor Committee, CUPE shop steward, high school grad sponsor, and a member of the Municipal Emergency Program committee.  In the health community, she has been a committee member or official of the Mackenzie & Area Health Advisory Committee, the Mackenzie Secondary School Occupational Health and Safety, Mackenzie & District Hospital Board, Community Health Council, Northern Interior Regional Health Board & Steering Committee, Children’s & Women’s Health Center, Vancouver/Richmond Health Board, Riverview Hospital Board, Provincial HIV/AIDS Advisory Council, and the Provincial Health Policy Advisory Committee.

Dr. Bill McGill is Dean of the College of Science and Management at the University of Northern British Columbia.  He was at the University of Alberta for 30 years in the Department of Renewable Resources.  He received his BSA (Hon.) and MSc. degrees from University of Manitoba and his PhD. from University of Saskatchewan.  His research focus is on biogeochemistry and its application to sustainable land use, resource recovery, and soil remediation & reclamation.  He is particularly interested in energy supply and scale as unifying principles in biogeochemical cycling.  He has supervised or co-supervised to completion 14 PhD. students and 22 MSc. students.  He has authored or co-authored 120 refereed, and 130, professional or applied science publications.  Dr. McGill served as Chair, Department of Soil Science, and Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, U of Alberta; President, Edmonton Branch, Alberta Institute of Agrologists; and President of the Canadian Society of Soil Science.

John graduated from Queen’s University with a B.Sc. (Eng.) and from Memorial University with a M.Sc., both in geology.  He joined the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources’ Regional Office in Prince George in early 2007 after a career of over 20 years in University administration.  As their Regional Geologist he maintained a current awareness of mining and exploration (both minerals and coal) throughout the north-central and north-eastern regions of the province by monitoring, documenting and reporting on activities - both to the Ministry and to the public.  In June 2009, John returned to his previous position as the Registrar at the University of Northern British Columbia.  Also in the post-secondary field, he was Research Administrator and later Registrar at the University of Prince Edward Island.  In former lives, he was a survey geologist and geological consultant in Newfoundland and Labrador; a non-partisan researcher (principally in mining and energy) with the Research Branch, Library of Parliament in Ottawa; and Director of Energy and Minerals for the Province of Prince Edward Island.

Doug Routledge received his forestry degree from the University of British Columbia, and was granted registration with the Association of BC Forestry Professionals. He is currently Vice President, Northern Operations with the Council of Forest Industries. Doug was appointed to this position in 2003 having held the position of General Manager, Forestry with the Northern Forest Products Association since 1993. During the 12 years previous to that, Doug was Forestry Supervisor with West Fraser Mills at their Williams Lake and then Quesnel operations, and Silviculture Department Manager at the Prince George-based Industrial Forestry Service.

Dan M. Jepsen - C3 Alliance Corporation, Vancouver, BC

Dan Jepsen is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the privately held company C3 Alliance Corporation. The newly formed company focuses on developing mutually beneficial relationships between indigenous people, business and Governments. As the former President and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia, Dan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the resource sector with specific expertise in association governance and operations, Government, NGO and indigenous relations, and communications and media relations. Dan is a co-author of the Canadian Best selling, Mineral Exploration, Mining and Aboriginal Community Engagement: A Guidebook. The Guidebook is a vital resource in guiding and developing progressive and positive business relationships and practices with aboriginal people, communities, and the resource sector. Dan is a BC Registered Professional Forester with over 25 years of experience in the resource sector. Dan has actively been engaged in over 20 First Nation Joint Ventures and is a frequent speaker on sustainable resource development, international certification, and NGO and indigenous relations.

Lynda Currie has spent the last 20 years working in the resource sector.  Her work experiences have taken her to a number of northern communities: Dease Lake, Smithers, Houston, Burns Lake, and Prince George.  Of particular note is the high degree of involvement that Lynda has had in communities that have been affected by the Mountain Pine Beetle.  Lynda is currently the District Manager of the Fort St James Forest District.  Most recently, Lynda graduated from Royal Roads University as a Certified Executive Coach.

Councilor Debora Munoz - City of Prince George Council, Prince George, BC

Ross Peck was born and raised in Northeastern British Columbia and now lives on the Peace River near Hudson’s Hope. His formal education included a stint at UBC where he obtained a BA in Geography, and the University of Idaho which resulted in a M.Sc in Wildlife Management. He currently maintains status as a Registered Professional Biologist, and consults on wildlife, resource and land use issues. After twenty five years of owning and operating a guide outfitting operation on the east slope of the Rockies with his wife Deborah, they retired from the wilderness tourism business in 2005. Ross participated in the initial LRMP planning process in the Ft Nelson area, which led to the formation of the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area (MKMA), He sat on the MKMA advisory board for 9 years, initially as vice chair, and then was appointed to the chair position from 2001 through to March of 2007. Ross currently sits as a director on the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation Board, the Peace Habitat and Conservation Endowment Trust, and his interest in local history has led to the chairmanship of the Hudson’s Hope Historical Society. He currently spends as much time as he can at home on the Peace river with his fly rod, while raising a few horses and the odd hay crop.

Gavin joined AME BC in late 2008 and is the President and Chief Executive Officer. He has almost 20 years of mineral exploration and mining industry experience, with a focus on safety, environmental management, project permitting and sustainable development in British Columbia. Gavin has worked with the province’s mineral producers and smelters to help ensure that BC is a world leader in health and safety, environmental science and reclamation of industrial sites.  Before joining AME BC, Gavin held the role of Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety at the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC). Prior to MABC, he served as Senior Policy Advisor with Natural Resources Canada on environmental assessment and regulatory process issues facing mineral exploration and mining projects in western Canada.  Gavin also serves on the Board of the Britannia Beach Historical Society and is active on Business Council of BC committees, the BC Technical and Research Committee for Reclamation and the Canadian Mining Innovation Council. He is the current chair of the Genome BC Mining Initiative.  He holds a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Management from Royal Roads University as well as a B.Sc. in Physical Geography and Environmental Science from the University of Victoria.  Gavin has co-authored technical research papers with the Geological Survey of Canada and is also a registered Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.).  Gavin and his wife Kathy have four children and reside in North Vancouver, BC.

Albert is the Past President of the PG Chamber of Commerce.  He graduated as an Engineer, B.Sc. Agricultural and Forestry Machinery in Cologne, Germany.  He received his M.Sc. and his Doctoral degree from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany. Albert has received many awards and honours including the Community Service Award by the Professional Engineers Association for substantial and continuing contributions to the well being of the Prince George community.  He also received the Business Excellence Award from the Federal Business Development Bank for three years.  He is the author of 40 publications with half of them being scientific in nature.  He is the Honorary Consul of Germany for all of Northern BC.  Albert was the Founder and President of Tribotec International Ltd., A & A Tools Inc. and the Maintenance Technology and Training Institute of Canada Inc.