The PEGG

September 2001

APEGGA Hires PR Coordinators

Two key public relations positions in Calgary and Edmonton have now been filled, APEGGA Communications and Public Affairs Director Chrys. Dmytruk, P.Eng. announced over the summer. Carmen Killick joins the Calgary office and Bronwen Strembiski the Edmonton office, both as public relations coordinators.

Ms Killick will be responsible for the Student Outreach Program, as well as public relations and trade shows in Southern Alberta. She will also assist with the APEGGA Student Advantage Program and the Student Liaison Committee at the University of Calgary.

Ms Killick has a bachelor of arts from the University of Victoria, a bachelor of applied communications with a major in public relations from Mount Royal College in Calgary, and an e-business professional certificate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary.

She has worked in the investment industry for RBC Dominion Securities, as a VIP concierge for the Palliser Hotel and as a communications consultant for Drilling Records Ltd.

Ms Strembiski will be involved in communications, public relations and publications from the Edmonton office. She has a diploma in public relations from Grant McEwan College and is currently working on her bachelor of professional arts, majoring in communications, through Athabasca University. Most recently, she worked at Arden Theatre.

Ms Strembiski and husband Jon have two young boys.

Ms Killick and Ms Strembiski report to Sherrell Steele, APEGGA's public relations manager. Readers will see some of their work on the pages of The PEGG, most regularly in the Our Volunteers question and answer series.