BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rhiannon Tutty
President
Tutty Financial
Rhiannon owns and operates Tutty Financial as a Financial Advisor with Sun Life Financial. As a financial coach for her clients: she is on their team, supporting them and helping them put strategies in place to reach their goals. In her years as an advisor, Rhiannon has earned numerous awards including six-time membership to Million Dollar Round Table, Health Advisor of the Year for the Kootenays, has been a recipient of CVCC Business Excellence Awards for both Professional Services and Community Impact as well as being numbered in the top Sun Life advisors within Western Canada. Previous to her time with Tutty Financial, she ran a successful bookkeeping business for 12 years.
Rhiannon is the proud mother of four (almost) grown children. She chooses Invermere as a base for enjoying all the Valley has to offer, especially cycling in our amazing mountains. And as she can fortunately also work remotely, she is able to chase adventure as well.
Tutty Financial has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce for over 10 years, and believes that supporting local business is important to our ECO(nomic) SYSTEM. Rhiannon finds deep value in supporting local and #valleystrong. Additional volunteering has been with the Columbia Valley Youth Soccer for a decade and as a volunteer teacher of financial literacy within our local schools. In the past, she was also an active member of the school Parent Advisory Council
Cris Leonard
Past President
Royal LePage Rockies
Cris Leonard is the Managing Broker with Royal LePage Rockies West Realty.
Cris and his wife Katherine Locke have been visiting the Valley for over a decade and moved here permanently in 2017. In the past Cris has owned and operated multiple companies with very diverse business interests.
Accolades he has received include, being twice nominated as “New Westminster Business Person of the Year”, and being awarded the “Commercial Renovation Award” in New Westminster.
His volunteer experience includes being the current president of the Radium Hot Springs Rotary Club. His past experience includes, President of the North Delta Rotary Club, President of the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce, President of the Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society, board member of the Westminster Club, and board member of The Hyack Festival Association.
Cris is pleased to serve on the Chamber board as he sees this as a valuable resource for the local business and tourism community.
Nancy Hetherington
Director
Luvino
Nancy has a Bachelor of Commerce degree which led to a vast background in Marketing & Sales, specializing in Tourism, Event and Pharmaceutical marketing.
After 20+ years in the corporate environment Nancy recently established a small business – LuVino, a wine tasting events business. With a passion for wine and wine knowledge, Nancy successfully completed numerous educational wine courses, including WSET Level 3 (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) and turned her passion into a business.
Nancy has lived in the Columbia Valley for over 9 years and has participated on numerous tourism committees including Kootenay Rockies Tourism, CV Tourism Marketing Society, and the CV Tourism Committee.
As a Director on the CVCC Board she is pleased to play an active role with the Chamber and support the business community.
Dee Conklin
Director
Palliser Printing
Dee is the owner of Palliser Printing since 2003 which moved her from Calgary to the Valley. She has been very involved in the community including being the Mayor of Radium Hot Springs from 2008-2014
Dee is passionate about working towards regional cooperation and feels we are all stronger if we work together. With her experience in the world of politics she is now able to bring a greater level of knowledge towards achieving these goals.
Dee now sits for the second time as President of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce. She is impressed with the direction the Board has been taking in the last few years and wanted to be part of its future helping Business in the Valley and feels with her background she can offer her experience to the Board. To add to her busy schedule she is also one of three Marriage Commissioners in the Valley.
Rob Hamilton
Director
Rockies Law Corporation
Rob received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Calgary in 2017 and practiced as a litigation associate for a national law firm in Calgary, primarily in the areas of civil litigation and insolvency from 2019 to 2022.
Rob moved to the Columbia Valley in 2022 and became an associate lawyer with Rockies Law Corporation in Invermere, where he practices general civil litigation, assisting clients with a wide range of matters including debt claims, contractual disputes, negligence claims, and other business disputes. Rob is thrilled to live in the Kootenays again and in his spare time, can be found hiking, golfing, skiing, and enjoying downtime with his wife and twin sons.
Joining the Chamber as a director in 2023, Rob is pleased to assist in supporting the local business community.
Jamie Hurschler
Director
Panorama Mountain Resort
Sonya Saujani
Director
McDonalds
Josh Miller
Director
North Invermere Holdings
Rose-Marie Roxburgh
Director
Cube Managment Consulting
Ashish Arora
Director
Mountain View Resorts & Suites
Clinton Alexander
Director
Bosley’s Pet Value