the President
Dr. Steve E. Hrudey, P.Eng., FEC, FCAE, FSRA
You just completed a three-year term as an APEGA Councillor and have served on several different APEGA committees over the past 16 years. Why did you run for President? Why is it important for you to volunteer with APEGA and be involved in the self- governance of the professions? Steve Hrudey: I thoroughly enjoyed my three years on Council, largely because of the excellent quality of people our Members consistently elect to govern the APEGA professions. I am also enjoying the challenges associated with the substantive changes we have addressed over that period. Many of the changes have to do with how we cope with the massive influx of new registrants, year upon year. The number of applications dropped to under
I firmly believe that practising a profes- sion that is duty bound to serve the public is a privilege. That privilege must be honoured by participating actively in a process of self-regulation that allows us to ensure that we collectively perform to high standards of integrity and excellence. What are your top priorities as APEGA’s 97th President? And why are they important? SH APEGA Members are major play- ers in Alberta’s economy. I believe that APEGA needs to be acutely aware of how the current downturn is affecting our Members and how we can continue to effec- tively discharge our responsibilities to the public under the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act (EGP Act) during these trying times. We need to be open to learning about the realities our Members are experiencing
8,000 in 2015 — still a huge number — but by 2014 had grown to over 9,000. We’ve also been implementing new approaches to Council governance, with a greater focus on generative Council discus- sions. Included was the streamlining of the Council committee structure, reducing the number of committees from 11 to just four. I can honestly say that while I was serving on Council I had no intention of running for Executive — that’s how fulfilling I found the role of Councillor. However, some of our past Presidents are very persuasive! Throughout my career I have believed that our best leaders take on tasks like being President out of a sense of duty more than any recognition-based motivation. I am primarily motivated by the opportunity to serve our professions, which have provided me with enormous opportunities and satisfaction.
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