On behalf of the Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce, we would like to welcome the following members to our 2013 Board of Directors:

Koriena Budd, Job Options BC- Penticton (WCG International) 

Jason Cox, Bayleys Brew Ha Ha

Doug Dean, Grape Escapes Wine Tours

Aaron Dodsworth, White Kennedy Chartered Accountants

Doug Eaton, Locke Real Estate & Property Management Ltd

Jorg Engel, Maple Leaf Spirits Inc

Ed Kennedy, The Penticton Herald

Keith MacIntyre, Big Bear Software Inc

Elizabeth Marion, Princeton Wood Preservers Ltd

Andre Martin, Andre Martin Consulting

Tami O'Callaghan, Complete Mortgage Services

Deborah O'Mara, South Okanagan Events Centre

Cary Schneiderat, Pearce Taylor Schneiderat

Dianne Van Schilt, Royal Lepage-Locations West 

At a special meeting on April 3, the new Board of Directors elected their Executive for the coming year:

Andre Martin, President

Cary Schneiderat, Vice President

Aaron Dodsworth, Secretary

Finally, we would like to welcome our new General Manager, John Devitt to our Chamber of Commerce.  John comes to us from Revelstoke where he was Executive Director of the Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce and Revelstoke Tourism for four years.  He is very excited to be joining the Penticton community and is looking forward to working with all members.  You can reach John by email: manager@penticton.org or directly by telephone 250-492-4103.  Feel free to stop by the Chamber offices upstairs in the Penticton & Wine Country Visitor Centre, to say hello to John and welcome him to the area.   

2013 holds great opportunities for our Chamber of Commerce and we wish the best of luck to our new leadership team.