SADC Vallée-de-la-Gatineau

Entrepreneurs de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau

The Gatineau Valley SADC Board of Directors
consists of 11 volunteer members,
each representing a particular sector.

Norbert Potvin

Tourism
Sector

André Riopel

Forestry
Sector

André Galipeau Industry Sector		Stéphane Lévesque Service Sector
Neil Gagnon MRC Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Representative		Leona Grimes Citizen Sector
Kerry Anne Gorman Commercial Sector		Maria Brennan Aboriginal Sector
Louis-André Hubert Town of Maniwaki Representative	The Agriculture and Citizen (1 of 2) sectors are vacant.

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Daily operations at the Gatineau Valley SADC are carried out by a staff of five employees :


Director General :

M. Pierre Monette
sadc@ireseau.com

The Director General supervises the work of the SADC staff and ensures that SADC staff actions are consistent with the strategies developed by the Board of Directors.
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	Financial Analyst :

	Nathalie Patry
	npatry@lino.com

	The Financial Analyst meets with developers to provide guidance in respect of their funding needs and analyzes the various funding applications that are submitted. Among other things, she manages the Regular Investment Fund portfolio of the Gatineau Valley SADC.
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Follow-up Officer :

Julie Bénard
jbenard@lino.com

The Follow-up Officer mainly provides regional entrepreneurs with technical assistance services in many areas, such as: marketing, accounting, financial restructuring, etc. All regional businesses have access to this free service, whether they have loans from the SADC or not.
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	Youth Adviser & Communications Adviser :

	Josée Nault
	joseenault@ireseau.com

	The Youth Advisor sets up formative projects for clientele between the ages of 18 and 35, based on the issues and challenges identified as priorities for the region and SADC. The Advisor is also responsible for all of SADC's external communications.
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Administrative Assistantjointe administrative :

Josée Croteau
sadc@ireseau.com

The Administrative Assistant receives clients and forwards the various requests to the appropriate SADC team member, in addition to managing the office.
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Canada Economic Development offers a financial support to the SADC.