UNBC professor Bill McGill is the new president of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce.
UNBC professor Bill McGill is the new president of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce.
He was elected, by acclamation, to the position at the chamber’s annual general meeting Wednesday evening.
Also acclaimed to the three vice-president positions were Derek Dougherty of CIBC, as vice-president of finance, and Free Press editor Bill Phillips and Tracy McCall of McCall Communications.
There were elections for the seven positions open on the board of directors with 10 people putting their names forward.
Elected to two-year terms on the board were: Cindi Pohl, Waste Management account manager; Corey Naphtali, a partner at Chan, Foucher, Lefevbre LLP; Lorna Wendeling senior manager at Deloitte and Touche LLP; Sue Peters assistant manager of accounting at Integris Credit Union: and Krista Vogel, with BDC.
Elected to a one-year term on the board were retired real estate executive Dorothy Friesen and Bill Quinn, president of Nu-Stride Executive Coaching.
They join board members Ken Newell of Kopar Industries; Doug Andrews, general manager of the Coast Inn of the North, and Ranjit Gill, executive director of the Railway and Forestry Museum.
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