COMMUNITY FUTURES FRASER FORT GEORGE

About CF

Meet the Team

Meet the Staff at CF of Fraser Fort George

Our Board of Directors

COMMUNITY FUTURES FRASER FORT GEORGE

Meet Our Team

General Manager

Coming soon

Tracey Taite

Finance and Loans Administrator

Bio

With over 10 years of financial support in the logging industry and community volunteer positions, Tracey provides accounting work that is consistent, timely, and useful. Accuracy and attention to detail, along with an inquisitive nature, enables Tracey to assist co-workers and clients in navigating various financial aspects of loans & accounting procedures. A team player, Tracey also provides the staff at CF Fraser Fort George with administrative support whenever needed.

Sherri Flavel

Business Analyst

Bio

Sherri facilitates our business lending and WorkBC Self Employment Services programming.  She is well versed in community development and has supported hundreds of entrepreneurs with creating strong foundations for business start-ups, purchases, growth management and succession planning. Sherri’s many years of outreach experience have built her understanding of small business in northern rural communities and that, combined with Diplomas in both Business and Human Resource Management enable her to offer expert and responsive client service.  She strives to meet clients where they are at and she is inspired by entrepreneurship success. Sherri invites you to contact her for your business borrowing and consulting needs!

Gurman Chadha

Business Analyst

Coming soon

Krystin Dubuc

Proposal and Project and Developer

Coming soon

Natalie Allan

Planning and Development Coordinator

Bio
Natalie is enthusiastic to help facilitate our events and entrepreneurial coaching workshop series. Drawing from her varied inter-provincial career experience, Natalie applies hands-on proficiency to community development initiatives. She began her career in business with a collection agency in Ontario, and continued into the technology sector in project management and internal and external customer support. After several years of entrepreneurship to be home with her twin daughters, Natalie turned to the finance world, in banking and in retail management until 2015 when she moved to the non-profit sector in BC. To this day, Natalie aspires to write a book, and is a noted contributor to several Canadian media publications, such as HuffPost Canada, The National Post, Her Magazine, and Yahoo! Canada.

Shona Thorne

Lead Regional Business Liaison

Bio

An avid environmental steward, Shona Thorne joined Community Futures Fraser Fort George to facilitate the Robson Valley Agriculture Expansion and Regional Business Liaison outreach positions in June 2020, and is committed to developing resilient communities within sustainable and biodiverse ecosystems. With a commitment to rural communities and a diverse background of culture and home Shona’s experience revolves around education, business development, and operations management in a variety of countries.

Previous roles range from Zimbabwe Professional Safari Guide, English Language teacher, rafting and interpretive guide and business development officer round the world, to continued education coordinator, community outreach, and finance and operations supervisor for not-for-profits in Valemount, BC. Shona brings a wealth of knowledge and skills and a life long love of learning to Community Futures and is excited to continue to build strong and vibrant communities in the Robson Valley.

Pam MacBean

Regional Business Liaison - Mackenzie, myCommunityFutures Program Ambassador

Bio

Pam recently joined the CF FFG team as the Regional Business Liaison for Mackenzie, and her role has been expanded to include being the myCommunityFutures Program Ambassador for the Fraser-Fort George region.

Her background includes administration in the forest sector for over 10 years, financial administration, database management, project management, event planning, customer service, team building, community growth and learning environments.

Pam enjoys networking, organizing, planning and being a part of social events that lead to building connections in all aspects of business. Teaching, learning and creating paths to success are passions she shares.

Alejandra Gutierrez

Regional Business Liaison

Alejandra enjoys talking to members of the community and helping businesses access the right resources to help them succeed!

COMMUNITY FUTURES FRASER FORT GEORGE

Board of Directors

Troy Dungate

Chair

Greg Halseth

Bio

Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography Program at UNBC, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies, and the founder and Co-Director of the UNBC Community Development Institute. His research examines regional development processes, rural and small town community development, and community strategies for coping with social and economic change, all with a focus upon northern B.C.’s rural and small town communities.

He has served on the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and as a member of numerous federal and provincial government advisory committees on various rural issues.

Sandra Clermont

Bio

Since 2005, Sandra Clermont along with her husband Paul have owned Northern Spirit Transportation.  As a business owner, and long-time resident of Prince George, she has brought her entrepreneurial insight to the board of Community Futures. Sandra also has a background in media relations and television production with experience in front of and behind the camera. She is very involved in the local theatre community and enjoys spending time with family.

Murray Carlson

Bio

Murray has been with Community Futures since 2004. His business knowledge and progressive approach has been a great asset to CF-FFG.

Ezinne Uche

Ben Campbell

Our History

Community Futures is a community-based economic renewal initiative, established by the Federal Government in 1985. Our main objectives are to help rural Canadians start or expand a business and to help sustain and improve communities and their local economies.

Each of Community Futures’ 267 offices is led by a local board of directors who volunteer their time, knowledge, and passion to guide a team of professional staff in providing a wide array of business and community economic development services.