MLA Janice Sarich, Edmonton-Decore

Dear Lord Jesus, we thank you for MLA Janice Sarich. Give her wisdom and guide her in her work on the committees she has been appointed to. Help her to know that we appreciate the work she does. May she know that you are with her and that there are people praying for her. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Janice Sarich was elected to her second term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Decore on April 23, 2012. She currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on Alberta´s Economic Future. Previously she served as a member of the Standing Committee Private Bills and the Standing Committee on Families and Communities.

In addition to serving as an MLA during her first term, she was appointed to the position of parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Education on March 12, 2008. In addition, she served as a member of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Education, the Standing Committee on Private Bills and the Standing Committee on Education.

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, Mrs. Sarich served as the Ward 2 Edmonton Catholic School Board trustee from 2001 to 2007. Before entering public service, Janice was president of her own business consulting company.

Born and raised in Edmonton, Mrs. Sarich has a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s of education degree from the University of Alberta. She also holds project management and project leadership certificates from NAIT.

An avid volunteer, Mrs. Sarich has been involved with the following community organizations:

• Junior League of Edmonton Advisory Committee
• Catholic Social Services - Children and Youth Family-Based Services Advisory Committee
• Public Interest Alberta’s – Democracy Task Force
• Advisory Committee member to the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights Symposium: A More Democratic Alberta: How Do We Get There?

Mrs. Sarich and her husband, Steve, have two children and live in Edmonton-Decore.

March 15, 2013

MLA Peter Sandhu, Edmonton-Manning

Lord, we ask you to be with MLA Peter Sandu. Help him with his many duties. Guide him in the many plans he has to make and may they be filled with wisdom. Bless him for his years of service and may he feel appreciated for all his hard work. We ask that you would continue to give him clarity as he deals with the many issues that arise. Amen.

Mr. Sandhu was elected to his second term as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Manning on April 23, 2012. He currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing and the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship.

In addition to his regular duties as MLA , Mr. Sandhu previously served as a member of the following Standing Committees:

• Alberta´s Economic Future
• Public Accounts
• Private Bills
• Finance

Prior to serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Sandhu had significant experience as a businessman and community leader. He sits on the boards of several community-based organizations and has volunteered for the following organizations:

• East Indian Community Council
• Indo-Canadian Liaison Committee
• Sikh Federation of Edmonton (former president)
• Masters Games Kabaddi Committee

An active member of his community, Mr. Sandhu was the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, recognizing his contribution to the city and province, and was also an Alberta Centennial Ambassador in 2005.

Mr. Sandhu was born in Manawan, India in the Punjab Province. He immigrated to Canada in 1979, and married his wife Kamal in 1984. They have three children: Preetinder, Bhavneet and Inderdeep.

March 15, 2013

MLA Bruce Rowe, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills

Dear Lord, we thank you for MLA Bruce Rowe. Thank you for all his hard work and everything he does for our province. We pray that you can guide him through the tough decisions he has to make. We pray you can give him wisdom, a clear mind and whatever he needs to make these decisions. We pray that you would keep a loving hand on him and his family. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Bruce Rowe was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills on April 23, 2012. He serves as the Official Opposition critic for Municipal Affairs. Mr. Rowe currently serves on the Standing Committee on Private Bills and the Standing Committee on Alberta´s Economic Future. Previously he served as deputy chair on the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship.

Mr. Rowe was born and raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. After graduating from St. Louis high school, he became an electrician. Mr. Rowe owned and operated an electrical contracting company in Calgary for 35 years. He retired from the private sector in 2005, allowing him to focus his attention and energy on serving the people of Beiseker and all Albertans.

For 10 years Mr. Rowe was involved with the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association as a director and vice-president. He also served as a director with the Alberta Municipal Services Corporation for eight years.

Mr. Rowe served the village of Beiseker in a variety of public roles, including councillor, mayor and library board member in the last 10 years.

Mr. Rowe and his wife, Carol, are proud to call Beiseker home. They have two grown children and two grandchildren. In his spare time he likes to play golf and restore old cars. He also previously served in the Uncle at Large program for three years.

March 15, 2013

MLA George Rogers, Leduc-Beaumont

Dear Lord, we pray today for MLA George Rogers. We pray that you would guide him in his leadership everyday. We ask that you would give him the wisdom and strength he needs to fulfill his duties. May you bless and protect his family. Amen.

Deputy Speaker, Chair of Committees

George Rogers was elected to his third term as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Leduc-Beaumont April 23, 2012. He was elected Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees on May 23, 2012.

He currently serves on the following committees:

• Special Standing Committee on Members Service (deputy chair)
• Standing Committee on Legislative Offices
• Standing Committee on Alberta´s Economic Future
• Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing

In addition, Mr. Rogers served as chair of the Cabinet Policy Committee for Public Health and Safety and as a member of the following committees:

• Select Special Information and Privacy Commissioner Search Committee
• Special Standing Committee on Members Services
• Standing Committee on Public Health and Safety
• Legislative Review Committee
• Select Special search committees for the Chief Electoral Officer and Ombudsman
• Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
• Private Bills
• Managing Growth Pressures
• Select Special Auditor General Search Committee
• Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing
• Standing Committee on Legislative Offices
• Standing Committee on Public Safety and Services

Mr. Rogers graduated from Leduc senior high school in 1977 and from NAIT in 1980, with a diploma in business administration with an accounting major. In 1988, he received his certificate in local government studies from the University of Alberta.

Following graduation, Mr. Rogers worked in the oil industry in various accounting positions up to the rank of assistant controller.

In 1986, he joined the city of Leduc as assistant treasurer and after three years moved to Redcliff, Alberta, where as municipal administrator he handled the roles of secretary-treasurer and assistant town manager.

In 1992, he returned home to Leduc to start a real estate sales career and subsequently ran for city council in the fall of that year. He was elected in 1992 and again in 1995.

In October of 1998, he was elected mayor. He was re-elected in October 2001.

Mr. Rogers served two years as president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) after four years as vice-president for cities. He also sat as a board member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

As a 10-year member of the AUMA board, Mr. Rogers has represented and advocated for Alberta municipalities on various committees and task forces that have helped to shape Alberta municipal legislation.

George Rogers was born in Jamaica and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mr. Rogers is an avid community volunteer and a proud father of three adult children.

March 18, 2013

Honourable Dave Rodney, Calgary-Lougheed

Thank you, Lord for the Honourable Dave Rodney. We pray that you would give him wisdom as he goes about his day, making important decisions for our province. Guide him and may he be aware of your presence with him. Please give him and his family strength and health for each day to come. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Associate Minister of Wellness (reporting to the Minister of Health)

Honourable Dave Rodney was elected to his third term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Calgary-Lougheed on April 23, 2012. Premier Redford appointed Mr. Rodney to the provincial cabinet on May 8, 2012 as the new Associate Minister of Wellness for the province of Alberta. Dave has focused his activity on his constituency, but his government work has taken him across Canada, the US, Europe, and beyond.

In addition, Mr. Rodney has also served on the following agencies, boards, committees, and commissions:

• Alberta Energy Representative to the Council of State Governments--USA West & USA Midwest
• Agenda and Priorities Committee
• Cabinet Policy on Energy
• Standing Committee on Energy
• Cabinet Policy Committee on Community Services
• Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (chair)
• Calgary caucus (chair)
• Standing Committee on Legislative Offices (chair)
• Standing Committee on Community Services (chair)
• Public Accounts (deputy chair)
• International Development and Governance Advisory
• Cabinet Policy on Public Health and Safety
• Standing Committee on Public Health and Safety
• Cabinet Policy Committee on Managing Growth Pressures
• Charitable Casino Funds Re-distribution
• Community Spirit Program
• Provincial Grants Review
• Legislature Grounds Renewal
• Special Standing Committee on Members’ Services
• Southern Alberta Liaison to the Canadian Armed Forces
• Calgary Stampede Board of Directors
• Robert Bateman’s “Get To Know Your Wild Neighbours”
• Strategic Tourism Marketing Council
• National Public Health Goals Re-evaluation

Other past committee work includes:

• Futures Summit
• Youth parliament and model United Nations
• Mayor’s committee charter member: Turn Off the Violence and Peace Heroes

Mr. Rodney’s Legislature motions for the spring 2010 session:

Be it resolved the Legislative Assembly urge the government:

1. To reach an agreement with applicable levels of government regarding the south west portion of the Calgary ring road in 2010, with construction to begin in 2011.
2. To introduce hands-free mobile device legislation in order to reduce the instances of distracted driving.

In the Assembly Mr. Rodney has sponsored the following bills:

• Bill 201: Smoke-free Places Act, 2005
• Bill 21: Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005
• Bill PR1: Burns Memorial Trust Amendment Act, 2006
• Bill 5: Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007
• Bill 13: Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007
• Bill 42: Insurance Amendment Act, 2007
• Bill 206: Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (awaiting proclamation)
• Bill 203: Alberta Get Outdoors weekend Act, 2011

Mr. Rodney’s accomplishments, education and work history:

• The first Canadian to have reached the summit of Mount Everest twice
• International keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, world-wide adventure guide
• Founder/President/CEO of SpiritQuest Enterprises Inc.,incorporated 1997
• Over 20 documentaries and books, including work with National Geographic, BBC and Oprah Winfrey
• A bachelor of arts with distinction (1987) and bachelor of education after degree (1988), University of Saskatchewan
• MRE with distinction, Newman college in Edmonton
• Thirteen years as an educator and administrator in Canada, Nepal and the West Indies
• Three terms as an Employment and Immigration Canada placement officer
• Cofounder of the Top of the World Society for Children with his wife, Jennifer

Mr. Rodney has been awarded many honours, including;

• Presidential Who’s Who of Leaders and Executives, 2011
• Honourary Chair: Duke of Edinburgh Award
• Honourary Chair: KidSport Calgary
• 100 Alumni of Influence, University of Saskatchewan, 2007
• Listed in Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People, Alberta Venture Magazine, 2005
• Humanitarian of the Year, University of Saskatchewan, 2004
• Houston WorldFest Awards gold medallion for best biodocumentary, Back to Everest The Dave Rodney Story,2004
• Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for community service,2002
• Rodney Ridge has been dedicated in his hometown (2002), where he is also in the Sports Hall of Fame
• Top 40 under 40,Calgary Magazine, 2001
• International award-winning business/education/media/public web program Adventure Everest Online´97
• Special achievement award, city of Calgary, 1997
• Pan-Canadian and Reader’s Digest national teacher of the year nominee (1990s)

Mr. Rodney lives with his wife, Jennifer, their two sons, and their puppy, MacGyver.

November 6, 2012

Premier Alison Redford, QC

Dear Lord, we thank you for Premier Allison Redford and her loyalty to the province of Alberta. Give her the ability to make good and right decisions and the courage to do the things that are best for our province. We pray that you would give her the endurance she needs to carry out the many tasks before her and may she know that her efforts are appreciated. We ask that you would strengthen her and all the MLAs working with her. We pray that you would bless her today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Premier of Alberta, President of Executive Council, Chair of Agenda and Priorities Committee
Alison Redford was elected leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party on October 1, 2011 and sworn-in as Alberta’s 14th premier on October 7, 2011.
Alison was born on March 7, 1965 in Kitimat, British Columbia and grew up all over Canada and overseas before settling in Calgary as a teenager. She graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary and completed her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan College Of Law in 1988. Alison and her husband, Glen Jermyn, have one daughter, Sarah.
Alison has been actively involved in both provincial and national politics since the 1980s. She served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Right Honourable Joe Clark when he was Secretary of State for External Affairs, and later worked in the Prime Minister’s Office. In this capacity, she organized a series of national consultations facilitating public input on federal white papers concerned with foreign affairs and defense. In Parliament, she was also the Principal Legislative Advisor to the Secretary of State for External Affairs.
Returning home to Calgary from Ottawa, Alison articled at Rooney Prentice. She then worked in a small partnership before opening her own law firm, gaining practical experience as a small business owner.
Throughout the 1990s, Alison worked as a technical advisor on constitutional and legal reform issues in Africa for the European Union, the Commonwealth Secretariat and both the Canadian and Australian governments. Her work in Africa focused on human rights litigation, education programs and policy reform initiatives.
In 2005, Alison was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as one of four International Election Commissioners to administer Afghanistan’s first parliamentary elections. She also served as an advisor to the Privy Council Office on Canada’s future involvement in Afghanistan.
Over the course of her career, Alison has also undertaken assignments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the Philippines.
Before seeking elected office in Alberta, she managed a judicial training and legal reform project for the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme People’s Court in Vietnam.
Alison Redford was first elected MLA for the constituency of Calgary-Elbow on March 3, 2008 and named Minister of Justice and Attorney General on March 12, 2008. In this role, she led the Safe Communities Secretariat. In January 2010, she was also named political minister for Calgary.
As Premier, Alison Redford seeks to improve quality of life for all Albertans, while working to build a province that is prosperous, fair and inclusive.
May 14, 2012

MLA Dave Quest, Strathcona-Sherwood Park

Dear heavenly Father, Today we thank you for giving the Alberta Legislature Mr. Dave Quest. We pray for his roles in the Legislature and that you would give him the strength he needs to perform his duties to the best of his ability. We also pray for his family and that they will be proud, loving and supporting of his work. May they all know that the Creator loves them. Thank you Lord Jesus for your gifts to us. In your name, we pray. Amen.

Dave Quest was elected to his second term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona-Sherwood Park on April 23, 2012. On March 4, 2013, he was appointed Chair of the Standing Committee on Families and Communities and consequently he sits on the Legislative Review Committee. At the same time he was re-appointed to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (previously a Deputy Chair) and re-appointed to the Special Standing Committee on Members´ Services. Dave is the Alberta Government’s representative on the Ports-to-Plains Alliance (PTP) Board of Directors; the Council of State Governments-WEST (CSG-WEST); and the Northlands Board of Directors.

In addition to his regular duties as an MLA, Mr. Quest previously served as a member of the following councils and committees:

• Cabinet Policy Committee on Finance (Chair)
• Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (Chair)
• Standing Committee on Alberta´s Economic Future
• Standing Committee on Legislative Offices
• Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing
• Select Special Information and Privacy Commissioner Search Committee
• Seniors Advisory Council (Chair)
• Cabinet Policy Committee for Health
• Standing Committee on Private Bills
• Standing Committee on Health
• Select Special Auditor General Search Committee
• Select Special Ombudsman Search Committee

Additionally, he carried Bill 12, Body Armour Control Act, 2010; Bill 46, the Gunshot and Stab Wound Mandatory Disclosure Act, 2009; and Bill 60, the Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009; through the legislative process.

Prior to serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Mr. Quest was the President of a rural General Motors dealership and a shareholder of an urban one.

Mr. Quest obtained a business diploma from NAIT in 1985 and served with the Better Business Bureau of Northern Alberta for 10 years, fulfilling various roles, including director, chair and director of the Canadian council. As well, he has been awarded a General Motors Dealer Award of Excellence.

Mr. Quest has been an active member of his community for nearly 25 years. During this time he fulfilled a variety of roles, including:

• Regional director for Elk Island on the provincial executive from 1998-2008
• Involvement with Friends of the Games Fundraising Committee for the 2007 Western Canada Summer Games
• Coaching Sherwood Park minor soccer teams from 2002 to 2006

Mr. Quest also has his private pilot´s licence and has completed five Edmonton half-marathons.

He and his wife, Fiona, live in Sherwood Park with their son Jack and two dogs.

April 8, 2013