Winnipeg Football Club Announces Changes to Board of Directors

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Winnipeg Football Club Announces Changes to Board of Directors

WINNIPEG, MB., January 17, 2024 - The Winnipeg Football Club Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Sheree Walder, the re-election of Frank Robinson and Garth Waddell, and thanks Barb Gamey for her years of service with the Winnipeg Football Club's Board of Directors.

Walder has been elected to the Winnipeg Football Club's Board of Directors effective January 1, 2024 and was chosen through the open public nomination process first initiated by the Club in March 2013. The number of new directors elected from the community at large has now grown to twenty-one.

Sheree Walder recently retired from her family law practice after almost 40 years, most recently with Myers LLP where she had been a partner since 2004. She continues to practice law as a consultant through her law corporation. Prior to her legal career, Walder worked as a sports reporter in radio and print media. Walder graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Bachelor of Law degree. She has been actively involved in the community, including currently as a board member of the Assiniboine Park Conservancy, a council member of the University of Manitoba President?s Advisory Council, and a hearing panel member with the Adults Living with the Intellectual Disability Commission. Walder and her husband, Richard Morantz, are both life-long avid Blue Bomber supporters and season ticket members.

The Board also announced the re-election of Robinson and Waddell for their second term on the Board, while Vice Chair Gamey retired from the Board effective January 1, 2024. "We thank Barb for her commitment to the Winnipeg Football Club, years of service, and leadership of the Football Club's annual gala dinner," said Board Chair Mike Pyle. "Barb has served on the Club's Board of Directors since January 1, 2016 and has had a tremendous impact on the Club's community endeavors."

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Winnipeg Football Club Announces Changes to Board of Directors

WINNIPEG, MB., January 17, 2024 - The Winnipeg Football Club Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Sheree Walder, the re-election of Frank Robinson and Garth Waddell, and thanks Barb Gamey for her years of service with the Winnipeg Football Club's Board of Directors.

Walder has been elected to the Winnipeg Football Club's Board of Directors effective January 1, 2024 and was chosen through the open public nomination process first initiated by the Club in March 2013. The number of new directors elected from the community at large has now grown to twenty-one.

Congrats to the new board member, and the existing ones on their re-election!

I actually decided to throw my hat in the ring and applied to get on the Board. My line of thinking is that I have a certain set of skills, and helping to run the organization efficiently is a better use of them than piping in on discussion boards and making the odd comment here and there.

I didn't get past the review committee, and it's not clear I ever will, for a couple of reasons:

* I'd have to do the role remotely since I do not live in Manitoba (although post-Covid, I think most people have learned to work remotely so I don't see this as a challenge)
* It's not clear I fit the profile of a Board member; my background is neither finance nor law whereas most Board members do have that background

Still, I will try again next year.

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Congrats to the new board member, and the existing ones on their re-election!

I actually decided to throw my hat in the ring and applied to get on the Board. My line of thinking is that I have a certain set of skills, and helping to run the organization efficiently is a better use of them than piping in on discussion boards and making the odd comment here and there.

I didn't get past the review committee, and it's not clear I ever will, for a couple of reasons:

* I'd have to do the role remotely since I do not live in Manitoba (although post-Covid, I think most people have learned to work remotely so I don't see this as a challenge)
* It's not clear I fit the profile of a Board member; my background is neither finance nor law whereas most Board members do have that background

Still, I will try again next year.

It usually has more to do with leadership within a major professional org. Aside from being a partner at a law or accounting firm, most others tend to be c-suite or at least experience as a VP/executive level at an org.