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New construction boss Rachelle Hartley takes over as executive director at NWT and Nunavut Construction Association
Lyndsay Herman
Northern News Services
Published Wednesday, June 26, 2013
SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE
The NWT and Nunavut Construction Association has a new executive director.
Rachelle Hartley is the new executive director for the NWT and Nunavut Construction Association. - Lyndsay Herman/NNSL photo |
Rachelle Hartley has been on the job for just over three weeks and while it's her first time working in the construction sector, she's no stranger to non-profit organizations.
"I'm getting up to speed on the construction sector," she said.
"I do have a background in interior design, but mostly my background is in administration through government and private industries, oil and gas, things like that, and then most recently in a non-profit with the CNIB."
It's been a busy three weeks for Hartley, who is not only getting settled into a new job but the North as well.
She arrived in Yellowknife in the last week of May from Calgary with a more-than-five-metre-long U-Haul and her dog Chachi.
Hartley said she'd been to Yellowknife once before on a work trip with the Canadian Institute for the Blind. She arrived on a sunny day in March and stayed at a colleague's cabin on Pontoon Lake.
When she came across the opportunity to work as executive director at the construction association, it seemed like the right fit.
"It seemed like a tight-knit community here and that appealed to me," she said.
As executive director she manages the day-to-day operations of the association and is given direction by the construction association's board of directors.
Also relatively new for the association is the addition of an executive director based in Nunavut, Diana Crooks.
Crooks was in Yellowknife recently and Hartley was able meet with her, as well as Gary Collins, a board member from Cambridge Bay.
Hartley said one of the main focuses for herself and Crooks at the moment is revamping the strategic plan.
The current plan was created in 2004 and since then the market has both hit a recession and, potentially, started to climb out of it.
"It's a good opportunity for a fresh start," said Hartley.
Coming up for the association is the annual golf tournament in August.
Hartley said Yellowknifers have been full of advice and offers of help in putting the tournament together.
"That would never happen in Calgary, it's just too big," she said.
Hartley added the organization intends to host a trade show accompanying a project management conference run by the Department of Public Works and Services in December.
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