By Kelly Mills

CCHRA is pleased to announce the appointment of Shannon Joly, CHRP, as the Chair of its Standards Advisory Committee (SAC), effective January 2014. Joly is the president of HRMA, a member of the CCHRA Board of Directors and is the director of Human Resources for School District 41 in Burnaby. She has also been a dedicated volunteer with BC HRMA since 1998. The CCHRA’s SAC oversees the core function of the national organization – building and maintaining its quality designation and national core standards.

CCHRA is also pleased to announce the appointment of Susan J. Ryan, CPA, CMA, CHRP, as Advisor to the Board. Ryan will provide her financial expertise to the CCHRA Board and to the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board. Employed for the past 10 years by the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation as vice president & CFO, she previously held similar positions with the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Board, and the Government of Yukon, Department of Justice.

Ryan is currently a member of the HRMA Board of Directors and is a member of the Board of Governors for Queen Margaret’s School on Vancouver Island.  Previous Board positions include president, Certified Management Accountants Society of Yukon; board member, Society of Management Accountants of Canada; board member, Institute of Public Administration of Canada; treasurer, Whitehorse Minor Hockey; board member, Kaushee’s Place Women’s Transition Home, Yukon and treasurer, Diocese of Yukon.

Cheryl Newcombe New CCHRA Board Chair
In January 2014, Cheryl Newcombe became the Chair of the CCHRA Board of Directors. She is also the president of the Human Resources Association of Nova Scotia (HRANS.) Before her appointment as CCHRA Chair, Newcombe served on the CCHRA Board as the Nova Scotia representative and as the chair of the CCHRA Standards Advisory Committee.

Newcombe is also a leader in the charitable and professional communities in Nova Scotia, as well as a proud foster mom. She is currently a member of the Human Resource Association of Nova Scotia, Fall River Ratepayers Association, the Halifax Stanfield International Airport Authority, Trade Centre Limited and she is the program coordinator at the Windsor Junction Community Centre.

Angèle Mullins Becomes Chair-Elect
Angèle Mullins of Calgary has been appointed as the new chair-elect of the CCHRA Board, effective June 1, 2014. Mullins currently serves as the chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the CCHRA Board and served as a director of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta from 2008 to 2012. Mullins is currently director, Human Resources & Administration at NAL Resources Management Limited, a mid-sized energy company in Calgary. Mullins has been involved as a volunteer in the HR community in Alberta since 1996, enjoys mentoring newcomers to the HR profession and has also been an active volunteer for various community non-profit organizations.

CCHRA Board Members Represent HR Across the Country
At the February 2014 Board meeting, the CCHRA Board welcomed four new member association representatives: Roma Thorlakson, chair-elect of the Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba (HRMAM); Greg Honey, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Human Resources Professionals (SAHRP) and Pierre Simoneau, president of the Human Resources Association of New Brunswick (HRANB.)

With Newcombe taking on the role of chair of CCHRA, Stephen Pamenter becomes the representative for HRANS on the CCHRA Board. Joining the CCHRA Board in June 2014, will be Shannon Friesen, past chair of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta (HRIA); replacing Mullins who assumes the chair-elect role at this time.

Philip Wilson, chair of the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA), in Ontario and Heather Joyce, president of the Human Resources Professionals of Newfoundland and Labrador, continue as member association representatives.

Farewell and Thank You
After more than four years of service, two as chair and two as past chair, Patrick Hartling of Nova Scotia finished his term with the CCHRA Board.  Antoinette Blunt, most recently Director at Large on the CCHRA Board also completed her term with the May 2014 meeting.

HRMA CEO Simon Evans retired in June, 2014 after a decade with the association. The CCHRA Board, volunteers and staff would like to thank Hartling and Blunt for their years of dedicated service to the national HR professional organization and Evans for his contributions as a member of the Chief Staff Officers’ group of the CCHRA.

“Patrick, Antoinette and Simon have all made lasting contributions to the CCHRA,” said CCHRA executive director Sharon Lee. “We will all miss their insights, generosity and knowledge and wish them  all the best in their future endeavours.”

(PeopleTalk Summer 2014)