TOTA 2023 AGM & Board Directors

The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at the Penticton Lakeside Resort, on the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territory of the Penticton Indian Band, home of the Syilx (Okanagan) People.

The meeting included an overview for the year ending March 31, 2023, the presentation of the Fiscal Year 2022/23 Audited Financial Statement, Governance Report, TOTA Activities,  and the Board Election Results.

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We would like to thank all of those in attendance as well as the candidates that let their names stand in this year's election.

Please join us in congratulating the new and returning board of directors:

Executive Directors

• Chair: Michael J. Ballingall (Continuing Term)
  Senior Vice President | Big White Ski Resort / Boundary Country

• Vice-Chair: Sandra Oldfield (Elected for Additional Term)
  Elysian Projects & Fortify | Oliver / South Okanagan

• Secretary-Treasurer: Patricia Leslie (Continuing Term)
  National People & Culture Business Partner, for the Estate Wine Group of Andrew Peller properties, including Tinhorn Creek Vineyards | South Okanagan

Directors

• Mandi Carroll (Continuing Term)
  Economic Development & Communications, Westbank First Nation | Westbank / Central Okanagan

• Monica Dickinson (Continuing Term)
  CEO, Tourism Kamloops | Kamloops / South Thompson 

• Michael Eibl (Continuing Term)
  Business Development Officer, Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc | Kamloops / South Thompson

• Kelley Glazer (Continuing Term)
  Executive Director, Destination Osoyoos | Osoyoos / South Okanagan

• Kimo Linders (Continuing Term)
  Co-Founder / Director, Business Development, ERTCU Travel Group (En Route Travel Canada) | Penticton / South Okanagan

• Morgen Matheson (Continuing Term)
  Team Leader, Tourism and Film, Tourism Shuswap / Columbia Shuswap Regional District | Salmon Arm / Shuswap

• Ed Ratuski (Continuing Term)
  Managing Director, YKA Kamloops Airport Ltd. | Kamloops / South Thompson

• Monica Seys (Elected for Additional Term)
  Shuswap Marina | Blind Bay / Shuswap

• Dale Sivucha (Elected for Additional Term)
  Coast Capri Hotel | Kelowna / Central Okanagan

• Thom Tischik (Newly Elected)

  Executive Director, Travel Penticton Society | Penticton / South Okanagan

• Cassandra Zerebeski (Continuing Term)
  Executive Director, Destination Silver Star/Silver Star Resort Association | Vernon / North Okanagan

Welcome to all of the new and continuing board members. We thank you for your dedication and commitment to the Thompson Okanagan tourism industry and the region.

Learn more about the directors at TOTABC.org/Board.