December 16, 2011
On December 16, 2011, CBA President Trinda L. Ernst, Q.C., announced that Michele Hollins, Q.C., of Calgary has been named the incoming CBA Second Vice-President. In addition, Annette Horst of The Pas, Manitoba, has been named CBA Treasurer for a second term.
Both Michele Hollins and Annette Horst ran unchallenged. Their acclamations will become official at the CBA Mid-Winter Meeting of Council on February 12, 2012.
Having served as President of the CBA’s Alberta Branch in 2007-08, Michele Hollins has been involved with the CBA for many years. Nationally, she is the Vice-Chair of the CBA Communications Committee, and is Chair of the CBA’s CLC and Mid-Winter Review Committee. A partner at Dunphy Best Blocksom in Calgary, Michele Hollins will become CBA president in 2014.
Annette Horst served as President of the CBA’s Manitoba Branch (MBA) in 2008-09 and was Chair of the Young Lawyers-CBA in 2006-07. A supervising attorney at Legal Aid Manitoba’s Northland Community Law Centre in The Pas, Annette Horst is currently serving a two-year term as CBA Treasurer. In 2012 she will begin her second term as Treasurer, a role she will hold until 2015.
Trinda Ernst congratulated both Michele and Annette on behalf of the CBA’s Board of Directors and staff.