Joe Carter - Chair
Member: Onion Lake First Nation

• Independent consultant specializing in Land & Natural Resources Development and Management
• President / CEO of Onion Lake Energy
• Independent Consultant Oil & Gas Industry
• Board Member Alberta Aboriginal Lands Association
• Agriculture & Livestock Management
• 9 years Education Administration Development
• Participated in the successful implementation of Class Space Accommodation Standards

Stanley Bear - MBA

Stanley Bear, a member of Peguis First Nation, has an MBA from Queen's University. Mr. Bear has over two decades of experience in First Nation Business Development and has unparalleled expertise in business analysis, cost benefit analysis, organizational analysis, strategic planning, project management and in program and project evaluations.

Mr. Bear has over fifteen years of experience with the Federal Government, managing programs at the senior level for First Nation Economic Development within Industry Canada. When he left the public service in 1998, he was the Associate Regional Director of First Nation Business Canada for the Western Region.

Mr. Bear owns two Aboriginal consulting companies, Romanow, Bear & Associates Ltd. and Indigenous Management Group Inc. created in 1998 and 2007 respectively that specializes in business management, business analysis, cost benefit analysis, organizational analysis, strategic planning, project management, program and project evaluations; and financial management and political advisory services to First Nation communities.

Mr. Bear is the President and CEO of Indigenous Health Group Inc. a health care company created in 1999. The company provides professional health care and health management services in the areas of nursing relief services in remote and rural communities in Canada and in urban centres. In addition, the company provides health consulting services in the areas of community health needs assessments; community health planning; and Aboriginal health program and project evaluations.

Mr. Bear currently serves on the Board for Community Ownership Solutions Inc (COS), an independent not-for-profit development corporation based in Winnipeg which aims to provide an enterprise-based approach to creating quality jobs for Manitobans. Mr. Bear serves on the First Nations Economic Experts Advisory Group of Assembly of First Nations.

Herb Strongeagle, B.Comm.
Member: Pasqua First Nation

• President of Aboriginal Financial Services Corporation
• Bachelor of Commerce Degree (University of Ottawa)
• Tom Longboat Medal - Best Athlete in Saskatchewan
• First Lay Bencher, Law Society of Saskatchewan
• Hockey scout for Regina Pats for 12 years
• Hockey Scout for Vancouver Canucks 3 years under direction of Ron Delorme, Chief Scout