Team

Carl Beniuk, Chair

Director North Parkland Power and Northern Lights Energy and Power Carl is President of Craigend Recreation and Agriculture Society as well as a director of North Parkland Power, Northern Lights Energy and Power and Alberta Community and Co-operative Association. He is a community leader involved in many local groups volunteering to help rural development wherever […]

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Dwayne Kisilevich, Vice-Chair

Director at Large for Lakeland REA Graduating from NAIT in Hydrocarbon Engineering led to experience as a drilling engineer and designer of natural gas coops. Subsequently I gained invaluable knowledge working with Tuboscope, inspecting oil and gas lines in Canada, the USA and Mexico which led to becoming a consultant within the pipeline integrity industry,

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Robert (Bob) Coppock

Director Lakeland REA Bob is a strong believer in the co-op business model for selling and delivering energy. A veterinarian, Bob started his professional career in in his home state of Michigan in clinical pharmaceutical research for a large company. Next, he went into private practice in Michigan and Manitoba.​ Bob has a PhD in toxicology

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Ryan Williams

Commercial Leader of Anixter – Utility Power Solutions and Director of Leap Studios Inc. Ryan is an accomplished Executive with a history of sales and marketing, commercial development, and project management of sustainable business strategies.  He attributes his collaborative approach to creating “win-win” solutions as the core of his professional success. He earned a BA

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Charles Newell

Director North Parkland Power REA My involvement in power coop’s goes back to 1997 as a new Board member with Egremont REA and then, following an amalgamation with three other area REAs, we formed North Parkland Power Coop. In 2006 I was elected to Thorhild County and served for 7 years with 5 of them

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Philipp Leberer

Energy Coordinator, Town of Banff ​Originally from Germany, Philipp feels fortunate to live inside Canada’s first National Park. Here, he works passionately on energy efficiency and decarbonization of the community. While studying Forestry in the Black Forest, Philipp had the opportunity to participate in an exchange program which brought him to the University of Alberta.

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Vicki Zinyk, CEO

General Manager North Parkland Power REA Vicki is an innovator who has led energy change in Alberta for decades. She started her career with Nova Gas Transmission, one of Alberta’s first major pipeline companies. In her 18 years with Nova, she moved through all parts of the company and helped to redesign the tariff to

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Darryl Werstiuk

With over 35 years of experience in Alberta’s utility industry, Darryl brings deep operational expertise and proven leadership. Starting his career as a powerline technician, he developed a ground-level understanding of the power distribution system that now informs his strategic oversight as CEO of Lakeland Power Co-op and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for ACE. Throughout

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Tina Marleau

VP Business Development Tina’s career, predominately in the dairy sector, started at the ground level at Canada Safeway in Edmonton, where she developed and led the Safety Committee while expanding her knowledge on all aspects of the operation. Then when the need for lean manufacturing became apparent, Tina led the charge, developing the plan and

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