SECA Board of Directors

The SECA Board of Directors is composed of residents of Shuswap Lake Estates who are voted to their positions by the SECA membership during an annual election. At their discretion, the elected Board of Directors may also appoint additional Directors at Large as required.

Steve Wills, President
Steve grew up in Manitoba and joined the RCMP at age 19. He completed his entire 36 years of service within B.C., mostly in the Okanagan and the Lower Mainland. In addition to uniform and major crime assignments, he also served for five years in an elected position representing over 18,000 officers during annual pay negotiations with the Treasury Board Secretariat. Steve currently serves as the President of the Shuswap RCMP Vets Association. Steve and his wife Kathleen moved to Shuswap Lake Estates in 2007.

John Robillard, Vice President
John spent 36 years with MacMillan Bloedel. He progressed from a mill labourer to plant manager in Saskatchewan, before taking several senior management positions with the company in various locations in Canada and the US. During his career, John accepted several key directorships, primarily in the forest industry—for example, he was a director of the Canadian Plywood Association for five years. John also served as an alderman and mayor for two years in Hudson’s Bay, SK. John and Pat, his wife of 45 years, moved to Shuswap Lake Estates to retire in 1999.

Arnie Payment, Treasurer
Arnie worked for Rohm and Haas Canada Inc. for 37 years. Arnie retired in 2000 from his position as Canadian Purchasing Manager, a position he held for 25 years. Arnie was very active in public service. He was a councillor for four years and on the Board of Directors for recreation in The Province of Ontario. He was also quite active in sports, serving six years as President of the Ajax Minor Hockey Association. He also coached hockey, ringette and baseball for a number of years. Arnie and Eleanor, his wife of 48 years, moved to Shuswap Lake Estates in 2003.

Sue Janzen, Secretary
Sue was born and raised in Alberta, and made her home there for most of her life. She attended the University of Alberta where she obtained a bachelor of arts degree. She is the former co-owner of a construction company, and raised a son and a daughter. Sue and her husband John moved to Shuswap Lake Estates four years ago.

Jim Allison, Director at Large
Jim retired from the Royal Bank after 37 years of service. He worked in a number of Branch & District roles throughout BC, and subsequently held senior management positions—he was Head of Operations for the British Columbia Division for 10 years, and Head of Operations for the Asia Division headquartered in Hong Kong for six years. Jim and his wife Donna have been residents of Shuswap Lake Estates and active members of the SLE golf clubs for the past 10 years.

Cliff Bridges, Director at Large
Cliff has been a communications consultant in the health sciences sector for the past 18 years, and is currently manager of communications for a Canada-wide research organization. He and his wife Karen moved to the Blind Bay area 14 years ago, living first in Cedar Heights, and more recently in Shuswap Lake Estates. He has started two successful businesses in the area (the Blind Bay Car Wash and Copper Island Fine Homes), and is a strong advocate for attracting more essential services to Blind Bay.

Ed Fearns, Director at Large
Ed was born and raised in Manitoba, and began his working career with Chevron Standard Oil drilling oil wells, installing pipelines, and building gas plants. He moved from Calgary to Vancouver in 1970 with a consulting firm and was involved designing pulp and paper mills and building the Logan lake town site. In 1974 he ventured into utility contracting and became a partner in Progressive Contracting in 1980. In 2003 he and his wife retired to Shuswap Lake leaving their son to carry on the company. He is presently on the advisory board of the Okanagan College.

Dennis Miller, Director at Large
Dennis’s career was primarily in the field of information systems, business analysis and project management in the financial and oil and gas arenas. Over the years, he holidayed in the area and finally retired to Shuswap Lake Estates in 2000. Since then, he has been an active member of our community and has volunteered with the South Shuswap Communities Society, SECA, the Area C Parks Commission, and the Sorrento/Blind Bay Parks Commission. This is Dennis’s fifth term as Director of SECA.

Ken Proctor, Director at large
Ken had a 35 year career in the federal government. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later in Transport Canada. He completed his career as the Flight Service Station Manager at the Lethbridge, Alberta airport. Ken moved to Shuswap Lake Estates in 1992. He has served with SECA, CSRD Advisory Planning Commission & Canada Day Committee. He has coordinated the local Safe Boating Courses, sponsored by SECA, for seven years. He is active with the United Church and the SLE Tennis Club.