PRESID ENT’S ME SSAGE
2016–17 AMCTO Board of Directors Stephane Palmateer, AMCT President City of Timmins Christopher Wray, AMCT Immediate Past President Municipality of Wawa Yvonne L. Robert, CMO, AMCT Vice President / Director at Large Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley John Hannam, CMO Director at Large City of Thunder Bay Marsha Paley, CMO Director at Large Municipality of North Middlesex Robert H.A. Tremblay, CMO, Dipl.M.A. Director at Large Municipality of Meaford Michelle M. Casavecchia-Somers, CMO Zone 1 Board Director Township of Malahide Pamela Fettes, CMO, Dipl.M.A. Zone 2 Board Director Township of Clearview Angela Morgan, CMO Zone 3 Board Director City of Burlington
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uring my last article, I spoke about the mentoring program established by AMCTO and, in my opinion, I cannot overstate the importance of such a program. Personally, I believe that this program will help aid AMCTO and our members and municipalities to recruit and retain the future generation of municipal professionals. A formal mentoring program sends the right message to new and young people looking to enter the workforce; as well, it sends
By Stephane Palmateer, AMCT, President, AMCTO
the same message to any professionals already working in the private sectors who may be looking to change professions. The message we are conveying is that we care about the future development of the newest employees to our sector, and that we want to ensure that they get started in the right direction. I also want to take this time to congratulate all the mentors and mentees who applied to the program. It was unfortunate that we were not able to match everyone who applied with a mentor;
“ My whirlwind tour as AMCTO president got off to an amazing start this past June at the AGM and Annual Conference.”
Stephen M.A. Huycke Zone 4 Board Director Town of Richmond Hill Elana Arthurs, CMO Zone 5 Board Director Township of Cavan Monaghan Dean Sauriol, CMO, Dipl.M.M. Zone 6 Board Director Township of Laurentian Valley
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Carol O. Trainor, AMCT Zone 7 Board Director Township of St. Joseph Amy Vickery-Menard, CMO Zone 8 Board Director Township of Evanturel
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