St. Petro Mohyla Institute Announcement

May 27, 2010 -- The Board of St. Petro Mohyla Institute is pleased to announce that Deborah Ehmann has been appointed to serve as the Executive Director of the Institute, effective May 17, 2010.

Deb brings a demonstrated, solid record of leadership, work experiences, achievements, skill sets, and personal attributes considered highly essential to the position of Executive Director of the Institute. Working in close collaboration with, and being directly accountable to the Board, Deb will provide leadership and be responsible for the development and management of the Institute’s strategic plan, business plan, budget, and performance measures to help ensure that expected outcomes are achieved.

Deb’s career constellation over more than twenty years includes the following: owner and operator of mixed farm operations; Signed English Interpreter for hearing impaired children; part-time administrator, Real Estate Institute of Saskatchewan; Social Services worker, Farm Stress Unit of Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food; Executive Director (secondment), Canadian Agriculture Safety Association; Manager, Pork Interpretive Gallery; Manager, Certified General Accountants Association (CGA) member programs and student services; Senior Human Resource Manager, Athabasca Catering Partnership Limited; and more recently, Human Resource Manager for The Home Depot in Saskatoon. In addition to the above, Deb also served one term as the Mayor of the Town of Dundurn. Deb achieved a Business Administration Certificate (BAC) from the University of Sakatchewan, and a Canadian Institute of Management Designation (CIM).

Currently, Deb is the Area Governor for Toastmasters International, District 47, and also served as the treasurer for District 42. In the sphere of volunteerism, Deb served as a director with Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan; member of the executive for the Democratic Process, Governance, Conference and Government Policy Committee; and executive committee member of the Action Committee on the Rural Economy (ACRE), and Co-Chair of the Monitoring Committee.

Deborah is a proud mother of three children, and she has five grandchildren. Her motto is “Life is a journey, embrace it.” The Ukrainian culture continues to be an important part of Deb’s life.

The Board is also pleased to note that Deb will be a “live-in” Executive Director, taking up residence at Institute this June.

The Board invites members, alumni, supportes and friends of St. Petro Mohyla Institute to drop in to meet Deb. She may be contacted by telephone at (306) 653-1944, or by email at .

Steve Senyk
Chair, Mohyla Board