Acknowledgements & Contributors
Board of Directors
Chair: Kathy Mandeville
Vice Chair: Shann Snedden
Treasurer: Kelly Byers
Secretary: Linda Lehr
Cory Baksa
Stephanie Cleary
Al Garden
Gary Haubrich
Kathy Hern
Ryan Jackson
Carolyn Kawan
Sharran Kungel
Ted Rodych
Clint Stromsmoe
Kent Walker
Honourary Member: William Bauman
The Staff
Mike Christie
Melissa Frew-Wannamaker
Maureen Roberts
Chrissy Chute
Vital Signs Steering Committee
Chair: Stephanie Cleary
Shann Snedden
Karoline Fox
Trish Paton
Vital Signs Workshop
Craig Wood
Karen Charlton
Trish Paton
Tracey Kipta
Vital Signs Project Team
Manager: Tara Williams, React Consulting
Mike Christie
Maureen Roberts
Chrissy Chute
Designer: Lana Bohnet, Fusion Art & Design
Copy Editor: Marg Mazerolle
City of Medicine Hat
Chief Administrative Officer
Gerry Labas
Commissioner of Public Services
Albert Bizio
Commissioner of Development & Infrastructure
John Komanchuk
City Clerk
Larry Godin
Community Development
Ron Webb & Karen Charlton
Parks & Recreation
Roger Vizbar
Culture Services
Carol Beatty
Business Development
Keith Crush
Environmental Utilities
Frank Wetsch
Medicine Hat Police Service
Norm Boucher & Sid Schneider
911 Communications
Ronda Grant
Volunteerism in Action Association
Kim McClymont
United Way of Southeastern Alberta
Holly Beauchamp
Medicine Hat & District Health Foundation
Dana Cooper
Community Foundations of Canada
Medicine Hat Food Bank
Pat Bishop & Colleen Wilson
SAAMIS Immigration Services Association
Linda Gale
Medicine Hat College
Ralph Weeks & Craig Wood
Palliser Health Region
Tom Seaman, Trish Paton & Marcia Stodolka
Palliser Air Shed Society
Russ Golonowski
Medicine Hat Community Housing Society
Darren Rud
Canadian Mental Health
Lois Bourrasa
Economic Development Alliance of Southeast Alberta
Harold Wilson & Jennifer Matthews
Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce
Mary Lou Hansen
Medicine Hat Real Estate Board
Randeen Bray
Medicine Hat Public Library
Rachel Sarjeant-Jenkins
Alberta Immigration, Employment and Industry
Tracey Kipta, Elvira Smid & Selena McLean-Moore
The Salvation Army
Major Brad Smith & Connie Dulle
Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter
Natasha Carvalho
Photographs Courtesy of:
Palliser Economic Partnership
City of Medicine Hat
Trish Paton
Gord Wright
Ty Carnelli
Milt Duquette
Jennifer Anderson
Stephanie Cleary
All those who anonymously completed our on-line grading survey
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation provided critical support for the national expansion of the Vital Signs Program.