William Clarke & L. Elliott Pierre Age: William 34, Elliott 35 What is the best advice you’ve ever received? William: We are all friends, we just don’t know it yet. Elliott: Failure is not an option. William Clarke and Elliott Pierre have very different backgrounds. William grew up in a…

Vanessa Chauhan Age: 28 What’s your favourite local restaurant? Surekha’s on the Snye! That La Bella sandwich gets me! Vanessa Chauhan grew up in Stony Plain, Alberta. You wouldn’t guess it when you see her but she was a huge tomboy growing up. She played a lot of different sports,…

Trevor Christensen Age: 31 What’s the best way to spend a Saturday in Fort McMurray? Gregoire Lake! Although I am a redhead so bring the sunscreen. Trevor Christensen was living in Calgary when his company purchased Alberta Motor Products and renamed it Summit GM. The deal to buy the store…

Tom Keca Age: 47 Who is your hero? My father, Wally Keca who worked at a long time at Keyano College. Tom Keca grew up idolizing the Fort McMurray Oil Barons. His family moved to Fort McMurray when he was just a young child, and he has been heavily involved…

Sherri Herman Age: 42 What’s your favourite movie? The Notebook and Disney’s Moana Sherri Herman moved to Fort McMurray when she was only four-years-old. She is a proud member of the Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation and has spent her whole life closely linked between the two communities. She has…

Sam Wells Age: 19 What’s the best way to spend a Saturday in Fort McMurray? Making dinner with my mom and hanging out with all our cats. There’s a lot of cats! Sam Wells is in her second year of Engineering at the University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus,…

Rob Rice Age: 40 What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Listen to people. Really listen. There are always two sides to the story. Rob Rice moved from Newfoundland to Fort McMurray with his family in 1983, when he was just four-years-old, making Fort McMurray his home. “I would…

Peter Fortna Age: 39 What is your favourite local restaurant? Mitchell’s Café After 10 years of living in the Fort McMurray region, 39-year-old Peter Fortna has come to describe Fort McMurray as a place where a broad range of people, from around the world, have come to build a kind…

Pam Burns Age: 45 What’s your favourite local restaurant? Town Hall Pam Burns was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan where she attended the University of Regina and obtained a Bachelor of Social Work Degree. She is married with two teenage children. After finishing University, Pam came to Fort McMurray…

Natalie Kemeny Age: 48 What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Treat others as you wish to be treated. There are not many business leaders who advocate for giving their services away, but that is sort of what Natalie Kemeny does with her staff at Printing Unlimited. Printing Unlimited…