All board documents are available for viewing and/or download in PDF format
Board of Governors Membership Charter - approved by the Board of Governors - June 12, 2014
Board of Governors Mandate and Roles - Re-affirmed and approved by Board of Governors - June 12, 2014
Board of Governors By-Laws
Board Responsibilities vs. Management Responsibilities
Board Member Considerations
Current Public Agency Board Opportunities
Portage College Code of Conduct
Click Here for the Board of Governors Collaboration and Conversations Presentations
Please direct all Board correspondence to:
Teena Francis
Executive Assistant to the President and Board of Governors
Box 417, 9531-94 Ave
Lac La Biche, Alberta T0A 2C0
Email: Teena Francis
Toll free: 1-866-623-5551 or 780-623-5733
Fax: 780-623-5665
Randolph Benson
Board Chair and Public Member
Term: July 22, 2020 to July 21, 2023 (2nd Term)
Nancy Broadbent
President and CEO of Portage College
Permanent Member
Doug Furgason
Staff Association Member
Term: February 16, 2021 to February 15, 2024 (2nd Term)
Molly Fyten
Public Member
Term: April 6, 2022 to April 5, 2025 (1st Term)
Ruth Isley
Public Member
Term: November 18, 2020 to November 17, 2023 (1st Term)
Ted Langford
Public Member
Term: April 29, 2020 to April 28, 2023 (2nd Term)
Dr. Patricia Makokis
Public MemberTerm: April 6, 2022 to April 5, 2025 (1st Term)
Brian Rudyk
Public Member
Term: November 18, 2020 to November 17, 2023 (1st Term)
Linda Sallstrom
Public MemberTerm: April 6, 2022 to April 5, 2025 (1st Term)
Geoff Sander
Faculty Member
Term: April 23, 2021 to April 22, 2024 (1st Term)
Peggy Townsend
Student Member
Term: February 7, 2022 to February 6, 2023 (1st Term)
Donna Webster
Public Member
Term: April 6, 2022 to April 5, 2025 (2nd Term)
Ron Young
Public Member
Term: November 18, 2020 to November 17, 2023 (1st Term)
Teena Francis
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO and Board of Governors
Box 417, 9531-94 Ave
Lac La Biche, Alberta T0A 2C0
Email: Teena Francis
Toll free: 1-866-623-5551 or 780-623-5733
Fax: 780-623-5665
We acknowledge that Portage College’s service region is on the traditional lands of First Nation Peoples, the owners of Treaty 6, 8 and 10, which are also homelands to the Métis people. We honour the history and culture of all people who first lived and gathered in these lands.