Powell River Regional District will be bidding a fine retirement to Brenda Paquin, who is leaving next month after 24 years of service.
Paquin has served as manager of administrative services at the regional district since 2011. During the past five years she has worked with district chief administrative officer Al Radke, who said she has been invaluable to work with.
“She's been my right-hand person and go-to on numerous initiatives and operational matters,” said Radke.
With more than two decades of institutional memory, Paquin often has been able to remember what happened as the result of certain initiatives in the past, he said.
“Without that, I’ll have to dig into the files for the answers,” he added.
Paquin said she will miss her colleagues, but is looking forward to spending time travelling, hiking the Sunshine Coast Trail and writing.
“I will definitely miss the staff that I work with,” she said. “The regional district has an amazing team of dedicated individuals who work very hard to ensure the work is getting done."
Paquin’s last day will be December 21, which will provide about a month for her to help orient her replacement, Matt O’Halloran.
O’Halloran comes to Powell River from Regional District of Nanaimo, where he was employed as the legislative coordinator and served as the deputy corporate officer. O’Halloran’s first day is scheduled for November 20.
