Three new members of Okanagan College’s Board of Governors will be bring business and community perspectives to the table this fall.

Appointed in July and taking up these new positions this month.

Christopher Derickson, Susan Johal and Joe Maciel will serve on the Board of Governors for a one-year term ending July 31, 2015. They were appointed by the Provincial Government through Order-in-Council this summer.

Derickson serves on the Westbank First Nation Council and works as a consultant focused on strategic and community planning for First Nation governments and organizations.

Johal is the Office Manager for Kimmitt Wrzesniewski, a Kelowna law firm. She is an active community volunteer and has previously worked with the Okanagan Sikh Temple, the Ovarian Cancer Walk and Rutland Citizens Patrol.

Maciel is a Chartered Accountant and Financial Planner with experience at Canada Revenue Agency’s audit division and he taught at OUC.

Board of Governors Chair Tom Styffe of Okanagan Falls says “I am confident they will bring perspectives and experience that will benefit our deliberations.”