Evan Saugstad is the Chair of Northern Development and retired in December 2011 as the Mayor of Chetwynd after nine years in the role. When not busy with community politics, he works as a Community Coordinator with Spectra Energy on special projects and is now based out of Fort St. John.  He has lived and worked in three of the four geographic areas of the Northern Development Initiative Trust; Bella Coola (born and raised), Prince Rupert, Atlin and Chetwynd/Fort St. John.

Evan's past experiences include chairing the South Peace Economic Development Commission and Chetwynd and Area Economic Development Commission and as a Director of the Peace River Regional District.   He is currently a director of the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS), headquartered in Calgary.  

Life work experiences have included forestry planning and engineering, heavy equipment operator, pulp mill worker, air attack officer for forest fires, Federal water lands and forest inspector, trapper, professional big game and fishing guide and community consultation specialist.

Ted Armstrong

Ted Armstrong first participated on the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Board as an Alternate Director in 1977 for one year. He was then elected Director for Electoral Area A (south Quesnel area) in the general elections of 1978 and has served successive terms since that time. He is currently the CRD’s Vice-Chair and Chair of their Treaty Advisory Committee.

Vice-Chair Armstrong has been a member of most of the Cariboo Regional Districts’ Boards Commissions and Committees. In 1988, he was elected as Vice-Chair of the CRD and in 1993, he was first elected as Chair of the CRD, a position he held for eight consecutive years, until 2000 inclusively. No other Cariboo Regional District board member since the Regional District’s incorporation in 1968 holds that distinction. After focusing his efforts as Area Director from 2001 to 2002, he was re-elected as Chair of the Cariboo Regional District in 2003.

Director Armstrong and his wife Doreen have two grown children and four grandchildren.

Mitch Campsall

Mitch Campsall has been a resident and business owner in 100 Mile House for twenty-four years and has served as a Councillor for ten years. Mitch spends as much time as possible with his family and is also involved and supports many aspects of his community. He spent many years on the 100 Mile House Lions Club Board and has participated and supported many other charities and organizations in our community.

Mitch is a past member of the 100 Mile House Fire Department and past President of the South Cariboo Fire Fighters Association. While on Council, Mitch held the position of Chair for the Public Works Committee for ten years, was a member of the South Cariboo Recreation Commission for six years and Chair for Community Schools for five years.

Gerald Wesley

Gerald Wesley is the Chief Negotiator for the Tsimshian First Nations Treaty Society in Northwestern British Columbia.  He is currently sits as a director for Northwest Community College, Kalum Ventures Ltd., and co-chairs the Northwest Tribal Treaty Nations in Northern BC.  Gerald has previously served as a director on the Federal Advisory Committee on Softwood Lumber Community Assistance Initiative, BC Transmission Corporation, North Coast Museum Society, and is the past Secretary-Treasurer of the Tsimshian Tribal Council.

He was an Elected Task Group Member (Political Executive Office) of the First Nations Summit and served as the Chairman of the First Nations Health Committee under the structure of the First Nations Summit.  Gerald served as one of the original members for the University of Victoria, Administration of Aboriginal Governments Program Advisory Committee from 1986 until 1995.

Gerald is a member of Northern Development Initiative Trust's Executive Committee.  He spent seven years in the forest industry before moving on to become Executive Director/Band Manager for the Kitamaat Village Council (Haisla) and then Executive Director of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.  He and his wife Angela are partners in Wes-Can Advisory Services which has provided consulting services since 1992 for First Nations and other governments. Gerald is a Hereditary Chieftan from the Kitsumkalum First Nation just outside of Terrace, B.C and in his free time, Gerald can be found hunting, trapping or fishing within his traditional territories in the vicinity of the Kalum and Skeena Rivers.

Terry Kuzma

Mr. Kuzma, RPF is the Woodlands Manager for the Carrier Group of Companies, a Director with the New Relationship Trust, Interex Forest Products Ltd., and Vice-President/ Director of Sakaw Askiy Management Inc.

Working with the Carrier Group of Companies, Mr. Kuzma has been involved in numerous First Nation forestry related companies having served as as a Director of West Chilcotin Forest Products Ltd., Cheslatta Forest Products Ltd., and Carrier Janvier Forest Products Ltd. 

Mr. Kuzma was a former Board member of Initiatives Prince George and the British Columbia Forestry Association, Northern Interior. A graduate of the University of Alberta, Mr. Kuzma has a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry. He also holds a Professional Forester designation in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Alexander Pietralla

Alexander Pietralla moved to Terrace, BC in the summer of 2009. He was born in Graefelfing near Munich, Germany and holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich and an Economics Certificate from ESMT ( European School of Management and Technology ) in Berlin, specializing in Strategy and Leadership, Change Management and Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Thinking.

He worked as project manager in the automotive supply industry for Plastic Omnium SA in both Frankfurt, Germany and Paris, France from 1998 until 2001. From 2001 until 2006 he was Magna’s Director of Sales for BMW Group and MAN AG, managing all relevant business activities with these customer’s in Magna’s office in Munich, Germany. The last three years before his immigration to Canada, Alexander worked for Draexlmaier Group in Vilsbiburg, Germany, as Divisional Sales and Administration Manager with signing responsibility for twenty-four staff members and $160 million in yearly turnover.

He runs his own consulting business in Terrace and is an elected member of the Board of Terrace Economic Development Authority (TEDA), BC Rural Network and Kitimat Terrace Industrial Development Society (KTIDS) in Terrace and Kitimat. He is also the contracted Executive Director of Kitimat Terrace Industrial Development Society and works towards building a sustainable, diversified and responsible economy in the Northwest.

He enjoys his family life, is an avid skier and still believes he can one day master the game of golf.  Other spare time activities include cooking, reading, and travelling.

Daniel J. Schilds

Danny Schilds has worked for over twenty-two years in the family owned Aspol Ford dealership in Dawson Creek. Previously, he taught grades five through twelve in the South Peace. He holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta. He is currently the chairman of the board of directors for the Northern Lights College Foundation. As well, he is on the board of the BC Ford Dealer Marketing Association.