Four Central Albertans are among the 50 new appointees to the Premier’s Council on Alberta’s Promise.
The new appointees will join 34 returning members in seeking to fulfil the council’s goal of working directly with businesses, agencies and communities to benefit children in the province.
The new local appointees to Alberta’s Promise are Karen Burnand, Ken Johnston, Noreen Odell and Sonia Sawyer-Schaab.
Burnand is a property assessor with Red Deer County and is the chair of the Piper Creek Housing Foundation. Johnston is a bank manager and Odell, an active community volunteer, is a retired special event co-ordinator with Red Deer College.
Sawyer-Schaab, of Lacombe, is the co-owner of the L.A. Radio Group.
Two locals also had their terms on the council extended to 2016 — former MLA Gary Severtson of Innisfail and Jim McPherson, a senior associate at a Red Deer law firm.
Alberta’s Promise, according to its website, is dedicated to improving the lives of Alberta’s children and youth by inspiring ideas, actions, and investment between business, agency and community partners. w
The term of the initiative was recently extended to 2018 through the Children First Act.
More information regarding the council’s “renewed focus” will be unveiled at the end of the month.