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 The Land Use Planning Committee was established in 2001 as set out in the Dehcho First Nations Interim Measures Agreement. As per the agreement, the Committee is composed of five members - one representative each from the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories, two representatives from the Dehcho First Nations, and the chair of the Committee who will be chosen by the other four Committee members. Board members and staff as of the end of April, 2007 are: Board Member Michael Nadli, Chairman/CEO Michael M. Nadli is a Deh Gah Got’ie Dene First Nation member. Most recently, Mr. Nadli held the position of Intergovernmental Advisor with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in the Yellowknife Regional Office. Michael also served as CEO of the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation and also worked as a Consultant. Michael served two terms as Dehcho Grand Chief from 1997 to 2003. Previous to this, Michael worked as Executive Director of the Deh Gah Got’ie First Nation and also as a broadcaster with CBC Radio. Michael worked as a Regional Land Use Planning Facilitator with the Denendeh Land Use Planning Commission during the period 1988-1991. He also attended Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and received an education through the International Baccalaureate Program. He is bilingual in Deh Gah Got’ie Dene and English. He currently lives with his wife and family in Fort Providence. Board Member Petr Cizek, Dehcho First Nations Representative - Director For over a dozen years, Petr Cizek lived and worked in the Northwest Territories. He is an independent environmental consultant who specializes in the integration and analysis of traditional knowledge and natural resource data using geographic information systems. He is a graduate of the land use planning programs at the University of Waterloo (BES 1988) and the University of Guelph (MSc. 1992). Petr is currently living in Vancouver and working on a PhD at the Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning in the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia. Board Member Tim Lennie, Dehcho First Nations Representative - Vice-Chair Tim represents DCFN and is Vice-Chairman of the Committee. He has held various leadership positions in the region over the last twenty years, including Chief of Pehdzeh Ki First Nation for 4 terms. He has been actively involved in the Dehcho Process since the beginning. He is currently the Community Negotiations Support Worker in Wrigley. Tim is a regular subsistence harvester who believes and practices the Dene Laws, Values and Principles. He is a recognized drummer in the Dehcho territory. Board Member Bob Overvold , Federal Representative - Director Bob Overvold was born and raised in the MacKenzie Valley Community of Tulita. He attended high school in Yellowknife, then took teacher training going on to become one of the Northwest Territories first graduates of the teacher educational program. Following that, he attended the University of Alberta where he attained a Bachelor of Education Degree. Mr. Overvold taught elementary school in Inuvik and Hay River, and also worked as the Chief Negotiator for the Dene/Métis Comprehensive Land Claims. Mr. Overvold then joined the Government of the Northwest Territories as Principal Secretary to Dennis Patterson, former Government Leader. He then went on to be the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs. Mr. Overvold recently retired from the federal government after spending the past ten years working for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada as Regional Director General, NWT Region. He resides in Yellowknife with his wife and two children. Board Member Mark Warren , Government of the Northwest Territories Representative - Director Mark Warren is currently the Associated Deputy Minister for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. He has worked in the North for 23 years starting his career as a Senior Administrative Officer in Cambridge Bay and then as Village Manager in Fort Simpson. He then transferred to the GNWT where he has held a number of different positions primarily in the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs (now DAIIR) where he was involved in the negotiation of the Nunavut,Gwich’in, Sahtu and Tlicho Final Agreements and Implementation Plans as well as the Salt River First Nation TLE. In recent years, although the Assistant Deputy Minister, he remained active in negotiations with the NWT Métis Nation. He is currently working for the NWT Housing Corporation responsible for the Convertible Workforce Housing Project associated with the construction of the Mackenzie Gas Project. He is also the Chief Negotiator for the K’atlodeeche First Nation negotiations process and was until recently the Chief Negotiator for the Dehcho First Nations negotiation process. |
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