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  Brenda Brazeau

  Executive Director (River East Transcona School Division)

  What's your idea of a perfect day?

  When I think of what a perfect day is, I think of a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt. "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."

  What could you give a 40 minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?
  

  I could give a presentation on poverty and how it can affect our lives - homelessness, drugs, prison, etc.
  

• Kim Newbold

  Director

Current Board

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NOTE: The MAPC Board of Directors is now accepting applications.

NEW: Deadline to apply has been extended to Friday, June 26, 2020.

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  Maria T. Fernandes

  President (Individual MAPC Member)

  What is one thing about you that some people may be surprised to know?

  I take kickboxing classes.

  What do you like the most about being on the MAPC Board or what do you look most forward to doing with MAPC?
  
  I enjoy the camaraderie and the passion the directors have. I love that MAPC provides information to parents they may not have access to otherwise.

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  Arlene Reid

  Acting Vice President (Winnipeg School Division)

  What takes up too much of your time?

  Traveling by bus. I look forward to the days of teleportation.

  If you could make one rule that everyone had to follow, what rule would you make?

  Just use common sense.

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  Precious Gauthier

  Acting Secretary & Treasurer (Independent/Regular School Member)

  What song do you have completely memorized?
  

  I Want You Back by the Jackson 5

  What could you give a 40 minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?

  Gluten-free baking.

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  Saul Hillel Benjamin

  Director

  What could you give a 40-minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?

  “How Education is Not about Getting a Livelihood but Earning a Life”

  Who inspires you to be better?

  Remembering that every young person has their own world to discover, and that the job of everybody is to help.
  

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  Khalid Mahmood

  Director (Individual MAPC Member)

  What is one thing about you that some people may be surprised to know?

  That I am a Marriage commissioner and often perform marriages on the weekends.

  
  What small gesture from a stranger made a big impact on you?
  
  I overpaid at a small store and the owner sent the extra money back by mail.