George Preston Memorial Business Person of the Year sponsored by Deloitte LLP
Winner: John Campbell (Campbell, Burton & McMullan LLP)
Nominees: Steve Malish (Malish & Clark, Chartered Professional Accountants); Mike Elliott (Mike Elliott, Mark Jasayko and Laura O鈥機onnell, The Bridge Group at TD Wealth); Ty Stuzhar (NAI Goddard & Smith and NAI Commercial); Peter Heppner (Preston Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac Ltd.); and Eric Woodward (Statewood Properties Ltd.).
鈥�(John) is the epitome of service to the community,鈥� said Rick McMullen, who accepted the award on behalf of his long-time friend and business partner who was out of the country on a trip.
鈥淗e loves his community (and) really believes you have a debt to you community and need to give back.鈥�
He is a member and past president of the 黑马磁力 Central Rotary Club, and a recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award, a past president and director of the Greater 黑马磁力 Chamber of Commerce and was instrumental in bringing industry and educators together to create a trades scholarship program to address a skills shortage need for the helicopter industry.
Campbell is also a past chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, and has served two terms on Township of 黑马磁力 Council. Prior to this he was past chair and trustee of the 黑马磁力 School Board, and served as a director of the 黑马磁力 Memorial Hospital Foundation and the 黑马磁力 Community Music School.
Campbell has served our community through his business and personal life under the belief of the famous quote, 鈥淐ommunity service is the rent you pay for the space that you occupy on the planet鈥�.
