Executive Board Members
DARRELL HAWMAN
President
- 15 years of Hotel Management
- 10 years of self-employment
- 4 years as past President of Métis Local 160
- 9 years on the Board of Governance for Gabriel Dumont Institute
- Program coordinator for Urban People Indigenous Program
- Métis Archive Historian (Red Cart)
- First contact negotiating with SaskPower
- Sask Housing, Tatawaw Park, New Southern Plains Métis Local #160, Western Development Museum Committees
- 15 years of knowledge in company name branding and advertising
BYRON HOLT
Vice-President
- first and foremost, Byron is a husband and father to four children. He is a strong Métis family man who believes in teaching his childrenthe traditions of his rich Métis Heritage.
- Red Seal Iron Worker
- Blue Seal in business
- Entrepreneur and a mentor
DARLENE VEROBA
Treasurer
- wife and a mother of four grown children and a grandma to 11 grandchildren and great-grandma to 1
- Proud Métis business owner of two successful businesses in Moose Jaw for 20+ years
- Volunteers on two non-profit boards; Army and Navy Vets, New Southern Plains Métis Local #160
- Strong believer in passing on her heritage and traditions
LORNA HIMMELSPECK
Secretary
- Active for 20+ years on different Non-Profit Boards in Moose Jaw; May West Theatre, Mom Mentoring
- 11 years combined time on Métis Local 160 Board
- Lorna has written programs, grants planned, and organized events for Healing Foundation, Rendezvous, and Sidewalk Days
- Worked in the field of addictions at MACSI and Angus Campbell.
- 15 years spent working with Personal Choices Counselling
- Believes that we need to pass on our traditions and heritage to our legacy