For Immediate Release: November 5, 2007

At the Annual General Meeting held October 22nd. the new Board of Directors for OTEC® was elected. Vicki Lymburner, OTEC® President & CEO states “OTEC is very fortunate to have such a dedicated group of volunteers representing a wide variety of businesses and interests”. Newly elected as Chair is Ms. Beatrice Schmied, CEO of the Ontario Public Transit Association. On the Board of OTEC® for the past 3 years, and serving as Vice Chair the past two, Ms. Schmied has been instrumental in guiding OTEC® in the areas of Accessibility Training, particularly for Ontario transit systems. Mr. Paul Dinner, Royal Bank of Canada will continue as Treasurer, and Anne Marshall, Elmhirst’s Resort assumes the role of Vice Chair.

Outgoing Chair Dr. Marion Joppe, is newly appointed University Research Chair in Tourism, University of Guelph and will continue to provide her leadership and expertise to OTEC® for another year as Past Chair.

Joining OTEC® as a new Director is Mr. Alister Mathieson, Dean, School of Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism, Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning.

We would like to thank the following Board members who will continue on the Board for another year: Mr. Fred Lawlor, Vice President Procurement, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International; Mr. Anthony Hopkins, President, Anthony Hopkins and Associates; Ms. Janice Thomson, Executive Director, Niagara on the Lake Chamber of Commerce/VCB; Mr. Paul Dinner, Director Business Development Real Estate and Hospitality Markets Royal Bank of Canada ; Ms. Anne Marshall, Director of Sales and Marketing Elmhirst’s Resort; and Mr. Darrell Jarvis, Vice President, Construction and Design, Cara Operations Ltd.

About OTEC®
OTEC® is a not for profit Training and H. R. Solutions company based in Toronto and formed with the consolidation of Ontario Tourism Education Corporation(OTEC) founded in 1991 and Customer Service Excellence Corporation (CSEC) founded in 2001. The organization has evolved to provide an extensive range of Training, Employment, Skills and Human Resource Development tools for front-line to Management and within a variety of sectors. Flagship products include “Customer Service Excellence”, SuperHost, and “Train the Trainer programs”. Specialized programs have been developed and delivered to the Healthcare, Police, Transportation, Recreation, and Financial sectors. In addition to consulting and employment development programs, OTEC® offers training programs in Coaching, Team Building, Ethics, Multi-generational Workforces, Disability, Diversity, and client-group specific training.

For more information on OTEC’s products and services please go to www.otec.org

OTEC
21 Four Seasons Place, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario, M9B 6J8
416-622-1975

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