Welcoming the New SAEWA Chair, Ray Juska. Ray represents the City of Brooks Council and has taken on the new position as Chair on the SAEWA Board bringing with him no shortage of experience in Waste Management as the former Manager of the Newell Regional Solid Waste Management Authority. Ray is also involved in recycling as a Director of Alberta CARE and the Newell Recycling Association. Ray has been a member of the SAEWA Board since the beginning development of SAEWA.
Tom Grant, SAEWA PAST CHAIR (2023 - 2025)
Tom Grant - Mayor Town of Vulcan
Tom Grant as a long standing member of the Executive continues to serve as Past Chair of SAEWA.
Successively he brings a continued strength in history of knowledge of the project development having served on the SAEWA Board for more than 5 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 (2022 - 2024)
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 Executive Director at Large (2023 - 2025)
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.
HUGH PETTIGREW, Executive Director (2023 - 2025)
Welcome to Hugh Pettigrew who is knew to the SAEWA Board and Executive this term. Hugh represents the Town of Banff Council and brings expertise in waste and engineering.
SCOTT KLASSEN - Executive Director (2022 - 2024)
Scott is serving as SAEWA Director and Executive. Scott is the Deputy Reeve for Wheatland County and brings a wealth of business and transportation expertise to the team.
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.
