Three-year mandate for Ms. Rhonda Marie Johnson
March 9, 2015 – Ottawa – Transport Canada
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today announced the appointment of Ms. Rhonda Marie Johnson of Port Alberni, British Columbia, to the board of directors of the Port Alberni Port Authority for a term of three years.
Ms. Johnson has lived and worked in Port Alberni since 2001: first as General Manager of Batstar Adventure Tours from 2001 to 2010, and then as a lawyer since 2010. She also taught Micro and Macro Economics at North Island College’s Port Alberni Campus, from 2009 to 2012.
She is also involved in the following:
- Teaching Employment Law at Pacific Coast University/the National Institute for Disability Management and Research;
- Serving as President of the Nanaimo County Bar Association;
- Sitting on two Canadian Bar Association BC committees: Legal Aid and Court Services;
- Sitting as a board member of North Island College; and
- Acting as Vice-president of the Alberni Valley Hospice Society’s Board of Directors.
Ms. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Alberta. She was a member of the Law Society of Alberta from 1991 to 2001, and has been an active member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 2010.
Zach Segal
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Lisa Raitt
Minister of Transport, Ottawa
613-991-0700
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