Regina District Industry Education Council

Board Info

The RDIEC Board of Directors is comprised of representatives from the three Regina school divisions (Regina Public School Division, Regina Catholic School Division, and Prairie Valley School Division), the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council, post secondary institutions, business and industry with equal representation from Industry and Education.

Education (K-12 and Post-Secondary)

Regina Public School Division
Mark Haarmann mark.haarmann@rbe.sk.ca   RPSD Director of Education

Alternate for Mark Haarmann
Jason Coleman [email protected]   RPSD Superintendent of Education

Prairie Valley School Division                                   
Gord Husband gord.husband@pvsd.ca    PVSD   Director of Education 

Alternate for  Gord Husband
Lisa Allen lisa.allen@pvsd.ca   PVSD Superintendent of Learning

Regina Catholic Schools
Sean Chase [email protected]    Director of Education Regina Catholic Schools

Alternate for Sean Chase 

Dave Magnusson  d.magnusson@rcsd.ca   RCSD Superintendent

File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council
Sarah Longman [email protected] FHQTC Director of Education 

University of Regina
Christie Schultz [email protected]  Director Centre For Continuing Education Board Chair

Alternate for Christie Schultz
Robin Markel [email protected]  Career & Professional Development Division, Centre for Continuing Education

Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Michele Ellingsen-Ailsby  michele.ellingsenailsby@saskpolytech.ca Manager, Innovative Training Solutions, School of Continuing Education, Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Sask. Apprenticeship Trade Commission Certification
Jeff Ritter [email protected]      CEO  Sask. Apprenticeship &Trade Certification Commission

Alternate for Jeff Ritter
Dave Peters [email protected]  Chief Operating Officer, SATCC

Sector and Industry Representation

Business – Regina & District Chamber of Commerce

James Taylor, [email protected]  – Director of Operations 

Manufacturing – DynaIndustrial Inc. Machine Shop

Victoria Rhodes [email protected]   Director of Sales

Construction – Electrical Contractors Association
Drew Tiefenbach dtiefenbach@ecasask.ca   Electrical Contractors Association of Saskatchewan

Health – Saskatchewan Health Authority
Chris Lafontaine [email protected] Representative Workforce Program Coordinator

Mining – K+S Potash Canada GP
Stephanie Yandon  [email protected] Human Resource Advisor Employee, Development Legacy Site

Agriculture – South Country Equipment – 

Drew Watson [email protected]   Human Resource Manager South Country Equipment https://southcountry.ca

Technology – Innovation Saskatchewan –

Brea Dmytriw, [email protected]  Senior Manager, Ecosystem Development, Innovation Saskatchewan 


Governance and HR Committee
Stephanie Yandon, Drew Tiefenbach, Drew Watson

Finance and Audit Committee
Jeff Ritter, Gord Husband, Jason Coleman

Christie Schultz, Chair and ex officio on all committees.