Meet The Council

Mayor Jim Wood

Jim Wood - Mayor


Email: mayor@rdcounty.ca
Tel: 403.596.4189
County Office: 403.350.2152

Board and Committee Membership:
  • Municipal Planning Commission (MPC)
  • Audit Committee - Chair
  • Emergency Management Committee – Chair
  • Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP)
  • Director, Central Rural Municipalities of Alberta (CRMA)
  • Intermunicipal Collaborative Framework (ICF) Committee Red Deer
  • Mountain View County ICF and IDP Committee
  • Bowden, Delburne, Elnora, Innisfail, Penhold and Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committees
  • Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) - Alternate
  • South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission – Alternate
  • Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater and Water Commissions – Alternate
Philip Massier

Philip Massier
Councillor, Division 1


Email: pmassier@rdcounty.ca
Tel: 403.749.2956
County Office: 403.350.2152

Board and Committee Membership:
  • Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) - Vice Chair
  • Audit Committee
  • Emergency Management Committee
  • Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) Partnership Advisory Committee - Alternate
  • CN Rail Advisory Committee
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committee - Delburne, Elnora
  • Parkland Regional Library Board
  • Red Deer & District Family and community Support Services (FCSS)
  • Red Deer River Municipal Users Group (RDRMUG)
  • Three Hills RCMP Detachment Police Advisory and Restorative Justice Committee
Jean Bota

Jean Bota
Councillor, Division 2


Email: jbota@rdcounty.ca
Tel: 403.396.4408
County Office: 403.350.2152

Board and Committee Membership:
  • Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) 
  • Audit Committee
  • Emergency Management Committee
  • Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) Partnership Advisory Committee
  • Innisfail Municipal Seed Cleaning Plant
  • Red Deer Intermunicipal Collaborative Framework Committee (ICF)
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committee - Delburne, Elnora
  • RCMP Blackfalds Detachment Police Advisory Committee
  • South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission (SRDRWC)
2017 - Div 3 - Dana Depalme

Dana Depalme
Councillor, Division 3


Email: ddepalme@rdcounty.ca
Tel: 403.872.1547
County Office: 403.350.2152

Board and Committee Membership:
  • Municipal Planning Commission (MPC)
  • Audit Committee
  • Emergency Management Committee
  • Agricultural Services Board (ASB)
  • Innisfail and District Chamber of Commerce
  • Innisfail Municipal Seed Cleaning Plant
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committee - Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold
  • Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
2017 - Div 4 - Connie Huelsman

Connie Huelsman
Councillor, Division 4


Email: chuelsman@rdcounty.ca
Tel: 403.224.3037
County Office: 403.350.2152

Board and Committee Membership:
  • Municipal Planning Commission (MPC)
  • Audit Committee
  • Emergency Management Committee
  • Agricultural Services Board (ASB) - Chair
  • Mountain View County ICF and IDP Committee
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committee - Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold
  • Westerner Park
Richard Lorenz

Richard Lorenz - Deputy Mayor
Councillor, Division 5


Email: rlorenz@rdcounty.ca
Tel: 403.728.3285
County Office: 403.350.2152

Board and Committee Membership:
  • Municipal Planning Commission (MPC)
  • Audit Committee
  • Emergency Management Committee
  • Agricultural Services Board (ASB) - Vice-Chair
  • Central Alberta Regional Waste Management Commission (CARWMC)
  • Mountain View County ICF and IDP Committee
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committee - Sylvan Lake
  • Sylvan Lake Management Committee
  • Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater and Water Commissions (SLRWC)
Christine Moore

Christine Moore
Councillor, Division 6


Email: cmoore@rdcounty.ca
Tel: 403.314.4084
County Office: 403.350.2152

Board and Committee Membership:
  • Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) - Chair
  • Audit Committee
  • Emergency Management Committee
  • Central Alberta Regional Trails Society (CARTS)
  • Central Alberta Regional Waste Management Commission (CARWMC)
  • Intermunicipal Collaborative Framework (ICF) Committee - Red Deer
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Committee - Sylvan Lake
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan Steering Committee - Sylvan Lake Area
  • RCMP Blackfalds Detachment Police Advisory Committee - Alternate
  • Red Deer & District Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)
  • Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA)