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Executive Management 
John McGowan
Chief Executive Officer
jmcgowan@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Board of Directors
  • Executive Committee
  • Senior Government liaison
  • Business plan/budget
  • Media Inquiries
Bruce Thom
Executive Officer, Policy & Legal
bthom@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Overall advocacy team leader
  • Municipal Governance Committee
  • Policing Initiatives
  • Legal counsel
Dan Rude
Chief Financial Officer
drude@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Oversees Financial Services team leader
  • Strategic & business planning
  • Audit & Finance Committee
  • Accounting services - payroll, business plan/ budget preparation & budget control
  • Membership fees, audits
  • Staff benefits administration
  • Capital acquisitions

Samantha Garcia
Executive Officer, Risk & Energy Services

sgarcia@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Oversees Risk, Energy, MuniFunds and New Business team leaders
  • Oversees shared services contract management
  • Monitors and manages compliance
  • Directs Energy, Insurance, Risk & Claims program review
  • Addresses customer issues
Wendy Graden
Executive Officer, HR, Shared Services and Corporate
wgraden@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Oversees Benefits Services, Retirement Services, and internal Corporate Services team leaders
  • Provides leadership and direction to Corporate Services
  • Provides overall reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors, as required
Management
Shirley Dumbleton
Director, Insurance Services
sdumbleton@auma.ca

Duties:
  • Directs general insurance services
  • Develops new business
  • Manages marketing strategy
  • Manages customer relationships
Will Burtenshaw
Senior Director, Risk, Claims & Other Services
wburtenshaw@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Manages risk management services
  • Develops risk assessment methodologies
  • Creates and manages risk awareness and education tools
  • Administers claims processes
  • Other Services (Casual Legal, etc.)
Bernie Gold
Director, Retirement Services
bgold@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Develops new business
  • Manages marketing strategy
  • Manages customer relationships
  • Administers claims processes
  • Manages APEX, MuniSERP and RRSP programs

Brian Jackowich
Senior Director, Energy and New Services
bjackowich@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Directs and manages AMSC Energy Services Program
  • Provide input into strategic planning related to the programs
  • Works with customers and stakeholders internally and externally to help ensure growth and success of programs
  • Provide advocacy advice related to energy programs in Alberta
David Johnson
Director, Client Development
djohnson@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Client relationship management
  • Client retention
  • New business development
  • Strategic and business development planning and execution
  • Represents all services offered through AMSC
Loreen Lennon
Senior Director, Corporate Services
llennon@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Manages and directs corporate services
  • Corporate communications
  • Marketing & sales
  • Media relations
  • Events
  • Information & communications technology
Sue Welke
Director, Policy and Advocacy
swelke@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Building Communities Committee
  • Future of Local Governance
  • EMS Transition
  • Affordable Housing
  • Elected Official Education Program
Paul Mizzi
Director, Benefits Services
pmizzi@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Manages and directs benefits services
  • Develops new business
  • Manages marketing strategy
  • Manages customer relationships
  • Administers claims processes

Ken Baker
Financial Controller
kenbaker@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Policy & Procedures
  • Treasury functions
James Smith
Director, Service Development
jsmith@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Manages and explores new business opportunities for AMSC
  • Lead on development of MuniFunds
       
Professional Staff 
Bev Baldwin
Benefits Services Consultant
bbaldwin@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Invoices membership
  • Customer service inquiries
  • Manages ongoing enrollment & adjustments
  • Contributes to communications program design & delivery of benefits services
Rachel Bocock
Senior Policy Analyst
rbocock@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Sustainability & Environment Committee
  • Transit
  • First Impressions Community Exchange
  • Small Communities Committee
Sandy Bugeja
Senior Priorities Coordinator
sbugeja@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Responsible for preparing external presentations, agendas and correspondence for the Advocacy team.
  • Responsible for first level response & research on emerging and ongoing Advocacy matters.

Marc Colbourne
Senior Project Coordinator, Welcoming and Inclusive Communities
mcolbourne@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Manages AUMA’s Welcoming and Inclusive Communities Initiative
  • Facilitates networks of government departments, organizations and municipalities involved in the issue
  • Develops information resources to support municipal action
Debby Cook
Benefits Services Manager
dcook@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Claims Management
     - Customer support
     - Program development
     - Wellness program
        development
  • Information system development and management
  • Financial management practice and processes
Cheri Gallagher
Insurance Services Manager
cgallagher@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Customer service inquiries
  • Senior underwriting of new and existing member
  • Assist Director with renewal process

Preeti Dhuga
Senior Accounting Assistant
pdhuga@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Payroll
  • Grant reports
  • Financial reporting
  • Accounting support
Vacant
Senior Claims Examiner
Duties:
  • Munix claims examinations & approvals
  • Munix claims litigation management
  • Assist in risk management inquiries
Anita Kelm
Marketing Manager
akelm@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Communications support (intranet, website, internet, traditional print)
  • Event planning & execution
  • Electronic voting
  • Market research & support for AUMA and AMSC sales & marketing
Trudy Lakusta
Benefits Services Consultant
tlakusta@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Invoices membership
  • Customer service inquiries
  • Manages ongoing enrollment & adjustments
  • Contributes to communications program regarding design & delivery of benefits services
Shelley Lieu
Senior Accountant
slieu@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Financial systems
  • Financial reports & regulatory filing

Joanne McGill
Provincial Coordinator, Municipal Sustainability Planning Initiative
jmcgill@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Responsible for the operation of AUMA’s Municipal Sustainability Planning Initiative.
  • Provides support, direction and knowledge-sharing for Alberta municipalities that are developing municipal sustainability plans.
Susanne Meters
Intermediate Insurance Consultant
smeters@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Customer service inquiries
  • Manages ongoing enrollment & adjustments
  • Contributes to reporting system

Amylee Milke
Senior Project Coordinator
amilke@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Business research & analysis
  • Business customer service inquiries
  • New service development
Peggy Murdock
Insurance Claims Manager
pmurdock@auma.ca
Duties:
  • General insurance program claims management
  • Munix claims examinations & approvals
  • General insurance program inquiries & liaison
  • Munix claims litigation management
  • Assist in risk management inquiries
Ashley Nealon
Senior Project Coordinator
anealon@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Business research & analysis
  • Other Services (HR Helpline, etc.)
  • Business customer service inquiries
  • Project management major initiatives
Michael Parkin
Intermediate Insurance Claims Consultant
mparkin@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Munix claims examinations & approvals
  • Munix claims litigation management
  • Assist in risk management inquiries

Brad Rabiey
Municipal Climate Change Action Centre Coordinator
brabiey@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Leads the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre – a joint project of AUMA, AAMDC, AENV, and AMA.
  • Leads the implementation of the Municipal Climate Change Action Plan.

Zohreh Saher
Research Analyst
zsaher@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Develop and provide support to implement tools that help municipalities meet their sustainability objectives
  • Explore municipal issues and research options for solutions
  • Research and develop solutions that build municipal capacity
Joe Sheplawy
Legal Counsel, Insurance Services
jsheplawy@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Provide legal services for insurance programs provided by AMSC
  • Provide legal representation on insured litigation files
  • Legal services for claims held internally with AMSC
  • Review of all claims to determine if outside legal representation is required
  • Work at achieving prompt and equitable resolution of claims.
Gary Williams
IT Manager
gwilliams@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Directs and manages overall IT system
  • IT system & support
Operational Staff
Daniel Bowen
Accounts Payable
dbowen@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Accounts payable/receivable
Tasneem Ali
Administrative Assistant
tali@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Assistant to the Executive Assistant - CEO
  • Correspondence
  • Reception backup

Melodie Bagnall
Business Procedures Analyst
mboyko@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Analyze business processes and develop solutions using Sharepoint and/or CRM applications
  • Sharepoint implementation and training
  • IT support

Karin Boddy
Executive Assistant, Executive Officer Risk & Energy Services
kboddy@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Administrative support for the AMSC Board & related Boards and Committees: Agendas, Minutes, Correspondence
  • Scheduling & administration for Executive Officer Risk & Energy Services
Lisa Cloutier
Administrative Assistant, Risk & Energy
lcloutier@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Administrative assistance to General Insurance Team
  • Data entry and processing, renewals, new accounts and modifications
  • Provision and collection of information to insurance providers
Rose Dacyk
Executive Assistant - Advocacy
rdacyk@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Administrative support for Executive Officer Policy & Legal
  • Administrative support for Building Communities, Municipal Governance, Sustainability & Environment/Small Communities Committees: agendas, minutes & correspondence

 
Diane Fortier
Senior Pension Analyst
dfortier@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Pension Customer Service Support
  • Member Data Management
  • Benefit Estimate and Settlement Processing
  • Policy and Process Development

Vacant
Receptionist
main@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Main reception
  • New member information
  • Distribution service - fax, e-mail, mailouts
  • Job postings maintaining/ updating main data base
  • Office maintenance
Cheri Gooz
Administrative Assistant, HR and Shared Services  
Duties:
  • Administrative support for Benefits, Retirement Services and Client Development areas
Mandy Hegemann
Insurance Consultant
mhegemann@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Customer Service enquiries
  • Manages ongoing member enrolment
  • Maintains and manages member files
  • Assists with renewal process
Heather Kennedy
Benefits Services Consultant
hkennedy@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Invoices membership
  • Customer service inquiries
  • Manages ongoing enrollment & adjustments
  • Contributes to communications program regarding design & delivery of benefits services
Lorrie Law
Executive Assistant - CEO
llaw@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Administrative support for the AUMA Board and Executive Committees: agendas, minutes, & correspondence
  • Awards coordinator
  • Scheduling & administration for the CEO

Amanda Marshall
Administrative Support, Energy Services
ameding@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Administrative support to the Energy Services, New business and Claims
Vacant
Insurance Consultant
Duties:
  • Customer Service enquiries
  • Manages ongoing member enrolment
  • Maintains and manages member files
  • Assists with renewal process
Amanda Neumann
Administrative Assistant, Corporate Services
aneumann@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Administrative support for Corporate Services
  • Events registration, accommodations & vendor liaison

Annette Ross
Executive Assistant, Executive Officer, HR, Shared Services  and Corporate 
aross@auma.ca
Duties:
  • Support to exec officer
  • Correspondence
  • Scheduling & administration for the Executive Officer, HR, Shared Services and Corporate
  • Support to the APEX Board of Directors

Janice Vander Spoel
Insurance Claims Consultant
jvanderspoel@auma.ca
Duties:

  • System support to the Claims & Risk Management team
  • Claims preparation & reporting
  • File management
  • Claims Examination

Dina Wali
Accounting Clerk
dwali@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Bank reconciliations
  • Collections
  • Account Reconciliations

Samantha Yon
Technical Assistant, Insurance Services
syon@auma.ca
Duties:

  • Customer support
  • Work with Insurance Consultant to maintain files
  • Process policy changes
  • Assist in the development of the procedures manual

 

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