Tom Grant - Chair (2019 - 2020)
Tom Grant serves as the Chair for SAEWA.
Successively he brings a continued strength in history of knowledge of the project development having served on the SAEWA Board for more than 3 terms.
Tom also serves as the Mayor of the Town of Vulcan which demonstrates his long standing commitment to public service and community leadership in interest of creating a better future for our public and families.
Paul Ryan, SAEWA Vice Chair & Project Lead
Paul Ryan, Vice Chair to SAEWA Executive Board provides stakeholder and Project Lead expertise as the key official public outreach representative to the association, Paul has been diligent in delivering engaging, on point presentations and reliable communications to the membership regional footprint and government stakeholders. Additional committments include:
Paul serves as the SAEWA ambassador in stewardship of maintaining positive government outreach.
Kim Craig, SAEWA
Kim Craig, formerly serving as long standing Mayor of the Town of Coaldale and representative to SAEWA has been acclaimed as an Executive at Large to the Board.
Kim is focused on creating a better future for southern AB through an unfettered commitment to public service and the SAEWA initiative. His career background is in the financial services sector.
Ray Juska, Secretary to the SAEWA Executive Board is the appointed representative of the Newell Regional Solid Waste Management Authority. Ray continues to bring his knowledge of waste treatment and solutions management to the Board along with his stayed leadership to move the project to the finish line.
Ray has also been newly elected to the City of Brooks Council. (2021)
Larry Wright, RET and representative of the Town of Olds to the SAEWA Board / Executive.
Some of Larry's other leadership initiatives include:
Enabling energy markets of tomorrow The Heads of Delegation reaffirmed the importance of integrated energy markets as part of open, flexible, competitive and transparent global energy markets. They also recognized the need for continued and substantial investments in energy infrastructure and discussed G7 governments’ role in addressing investment barriers. They noted the importance of community engagement and meaningful dialogue to build public confidence in energy projects, including through consultation with women, youth and Indigenous groups. Heads of Delegation expressed their intent to pursue energy market integration as well as measures that will achieve more dynamic, transparent and competitive energy markets and more predictable energy trade. In this regard, they reiterated the importance of greater flexibility of commercial clauses in LNG contracts, including relaxation of destination restrictions, and similar restrictive mechanisms. To this end, they encouraged the sharing of information, on a voluntary basis, of private sector and regulatory best practices.