Councillor Vesna Higham
Vesna HighamCouncil History
- 2021 - Re-elected as Councillor
- 2017 - Re-elected as Councillor
- 2001 - 2004 Elected as Councillor
Committees
Current:
- Nomination Committee
- Westerner Park Board
- Emergency Advisory Committee (alternate)
- Municipal Planning Commission
- Audit Committee
Previous:
- City Manager Recruitment Committee
- Emergency Management Committee
- Library Board
- Urban Aboriginal Voices Society
- City/County Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) Working Group
- Red Deer & District Family and Community Support Services Board
- Governance & Policy Committee
- River Bend Golf and Recreation Society
- Tourism Red Deer Board
Education
- Admitted to the Bar of Alberta, 1992
- LL.B Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
- B.A. History, University of Saskatchewan
Public & Community Service
- Chair, Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board (2016-2017)
- Adjudicator, Central Alberta Regional Assessment Review Board (2017)
- Board of Directors, Parkland Community Living & Supports Society (2010-present)
- Adjudicator (public member), Alberta College of Professional Foresters (2010-present)
- President, Lindsay Thurber Music Parent's Society (2016-2017)
- Adjudicator & Course Facilitator, Alberta Municipal Government Board (2013-2016)
- Stake Young Women President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints (2013-2017)
- Stake Media Relations Assistant Director, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2008-2012)
- Stake Institute Instructor, Weekly religious instruction for college-aged students (2004-2007)
- High School Basketball Referee, Red Deer, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto (1990-2015)
- Evaluation Chair-Executive Member, Central Alberta Basketball Officials Association (2011-2015)
- Community Board Member, Foundation for Red Deer Public Schools
About Me
Doug and I have been happily married for 26 years, and are the proud parents of five wonderful children. As a family, we enjoy camping, hiking, gardening, sports of all kinds, family movie nights and board games (my all-time favorite is Sequence). I love walking in the great outdoors, especially forests and mountains, which is why I have a special affinity for our amazing trails and green spaces. I also love history, especially modern European and international relations, and writing. My favourite movies are "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Gladiator."