Ernest Jack President
For the past seventeen years I have been involved in all aspects of implementing and operating a First Nations Property Tax regime.Implementation entails securing tax jurisdiction, developing bylaws, negotiating service contracts, creating and staffing an administration office and informing the taxpaying public
Tracey Bonneau Board Director
Ms. Tracey Kim Bonneau is an award winning independent broadcast journalist and producer for television news and documentaries. She is a member of the Syilx Nation from the Okanagan; born and raised on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia. Recently, she was appointed to the Board of Directors of Penticton Indian Band Development Corporation.
Joan Phillip
Board Director
Joan Phillip has recently been elected to the Penticton Indian Band Council. Joan is also and has been the Lands Administrator for the Penticton Indian Band for the past ten years. Joan and the lands department have been responsible for managing the Band’s 46,205 acres. Joan has a wide range of education and political experience, in the following areas:
Cheryl Dekock Board Director
Cheryl Dekock is the newest PIBDC Director to be voted in, on December 2009. Cheryl was born and raised within the Penticton Indian Band Community. She currently lives on the Penticton Indian Band Reserve, is married and has 5 children. Cheryl has been intermittently employed with the Penticton Indian Band in the Accounting Department for ten years
Greg Gabriel
Board Director
Greg Gabriel currently holds the position of Band Administrator for the Penticton Indian Band, the position he has held for the past 24 years. In his capacity as Band Administrator, he is responsible for overseeing the management of 20 Band Programs and Services, and the co-ordinating and supervising the work of 52 professional and ancillary workers.
John Singelton Advisor
John has been involved with all aspects of exploring and implementing people development and leadership training. With more than 30 years of senior administration and management experience with Woolco, Wal-Mart and other businesses, John and his team found workable solutions to business challenges. In 1996, John turned his skills and interests, in both business and people .....