About
Community Futures Okanagan-Similkameen acts as a catalyst for initiating and coordinating community economic development and facilitates entrepreneurship, training, and educational opportunities to enhance the socio-economic diversity and well-being of our communities. We do this through business training and business loans.
Meet The Team
Charles Cornell
General Manager
Holt Hair
Finance Manager
Nicole Clark
Business Advisor
Training Manager
Jaquie Carbajal
Administrator
Jessie Laven
Accounting Manager
Our Board
Volunteers who sit on the Board of Directors and Committees of Community Futures Okanagan Similkameen are representative of the diversity of our region. They represent industry, small and large businesses, and regional and social agencies. They bring with them their expertise in business, finance, education, and social policy. Our clients directly benefit from board member input through our Business Loans and Business Training Committees.
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Becoming a Board Member of Community Futures
We have a board capacity of 15 members. Potential board members may be identified/nominated by the existing board of directors, or where unsolicited any resident of the Okanagan-Similkameen region may make an application for board membership. The board of directors will review all nominations and applications for consistency/fit with our board composition policy. If you have an interest in joining our board, please send a letter to request an orientation package along with a copy of your current resume to:
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Chairman of the Board
c/o Community Futures Okanagan Similkameen
102 – 3115 Skaha Lake Road
Penticton, B.C. V2A 6G5
Brenda Gould
Chair
Tessa King
Vice Chair
Treasurer
George Stayberg
Director
Juliana Buitenhuis
Director
Patt Dyck
Director
Perry Graco
Director
Jim King
Director
Volunteer for our Board
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Our Directors have many areas of expertise including
- Community Economic Development
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Accounting
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Training & Education
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Project Management
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Retail Sales & Automotive
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Property Management
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Development Projects
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Small Business Management
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Government Contracting
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Management of Non-Profits
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Financial Planning
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Indigenous Cultural Sites
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Lending