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“When people are in a difficult situation, that is not the time to lay out the twenty-year vision for the community”

- by Steve McLellan Updated 22:38, Oct. 16, 2019 | Published 9:00, Oct. 6, 2015This article was published over a year ago. Some information may no longer be current.
Steve McLellan
Steve McLellan has been CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce since 2007. Previously, he held senior positions in the Saskatchewan business community, including eighteen years with Tourism Regina and Tourism Saskatchewan. He has served on dozens of local, provincial, and national boards of directors; has chaired the Chamber Accreditation Council of Canada, where he currently serves as a board member; and is vice-chair of the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina. Steve has received both the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and Sask Business magazine recently named him one of the province’s Men of Influence. He is a graduate of Saskatchewan Polytechnic, where he received the 2015 Alumni Partnership Award.

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