The Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) formally ratified their 2024-25 Board of Directors at the association’s annual general meeting held on June 4, 2024.
Congratulations to Tony Kulbisky, CAMA Representative for Alberta and Chief Administrative Officer for Westlock County, AB, who continues in the role of President. In February 2024, while serving as CAMA’s First Vice-President, he took over as CAMA President to complete the term of Bev Hendry, who retired as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Township of West Lincoln, ON, and had to give up her position as Board President due to CAMA’s constitution. She continues as CAMA’s Past President.
“I am honoured to continue in the role of President,” said Kulbisky. “We have watched CAMA grow by over a hundred members in the past year, introduced new programs to support Chief Administrative Officers and senior municipal managers, as well as launched professional development programs for Executive Assistants working in local government. These are exciting times for CAMA and, working with the CAMA Board, I look forward to another successful year.”
The Board of Directors said farewell to the following individuals:
- Jack Benzaquen, CAMA Past President and City Manager, City of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC
- Mike Dolter, CAMA Representative for Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island and Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Truro, NS
- Jamie Nagy, CAMA Representative for Manitoba & Saskatchewan and Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Langham, SK
- Vincent Lalonde, CAMA Representative for British Columbia and Retired City Manager for the City of Surrey, BC,
- Sheila Bassi-Kellett, CAMA Representative for the Northwest Territories, Yukon Territories & Nunavut and City Manager, City of Yellowknife, NWT, and
- the late Rodney Cumby, former CAMA Representative for Newfoundland and Labrador and City Manager, City of Corner Brook, NL.
Congratulations to the following individuals who were acclaimed to the CAMA Board during a call for board members in March and April 2024.
- Lisa Niblock, CAMA Board Member for Newfoundland and Labrador and Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Paradise, NL,
- Nathan Peto, CAMA Representative for Manitoba & Saskatchewan and City Manager for the City of Portage la Prairie, MB,
- Evan Parliament, CAMA Representative for British Columbia and Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Revelstoke, BC, and
- Tracy Thomas, CAMA Representative for Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory & Nunavut and Senior Administrative Officer for the Town of Fort Smith, NT.
In addition, the following members were elected to the CAMA Board as part of elections held in May 2024:
- Jeff Gushue, CAMA Representative for Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island and Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Yarmouth, NS
- Yves Leger, Member-At-Large for Municipalities with a Population Under 100,000 and Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk for the Rural Municipality of Maples Hills, NB
The complete 2024-2025 CAMA Board of Directors is as follows:
- Tony Kulbisky, President, CAMA Representative for Alberta / Chief Administrative Officer, Westlock County, AB
- Brenda Orchard, First Vice-President, CAMA Representative for Ontario / Chief Administrative Officer County of Lennox & Addington, ON
- Marc Melanson, Second Vice-President, CAMA Representative for New Brunswick / City Manager, City of Dieppe, NB
- Gary Kent, Treasurer, CAMA Member-At-Large for a Municipality with a Population Over 100,000 / Chief Administrative Officer, Region of Peel, ON
- Beverly Hendry, Past President
- Raffaelle Di Stasio, CAMA Representative for Québec / City Manager, Town of Montreal West, QC
- Lisa Niblock, CAMA Board Member for Newfoundland and Labrador / Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Paradise, NL.
- Jeff Gushue, CAMA Representative for Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island / Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Yarmouth, NS
- Yves Leger, CAMA Member-At-Large for a Municipality with a Population Under 100,000 / Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk, Rural Municipality of Maple Hills, NB
- Nathan Peto, CAMA Representative for Manitoba & Saskatchewan and City Manager for the City of Portage la Prairie, MB
- Evan Parliament, CAMA Representative for British Columbia and Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Revelstoke, BC
- Tracy Thomas, CAMA Representative for Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory & Nunavut and Senior Administrative Officer for the Town of Fort Smith, NT