Meet the Board
Amanda Dezotell
Director
- Administrator for the Manitou & District Regional Park
- Lifetime Watrous resident
- Actor and Director for the Saltwater Players acting troupe
- Treasurer for the Watrous & District Food Bank
Carolyn Beveridge
Director
- Entrepreneur in business, investing and succession planning
- Host of Skullcreek Studio
- Past member of the school board
- Rotary International member
- One of the founders of The Solar Energy Society of Canada.
- Created classical music festivals
- Active in preservation of Heritage buildings.
- Worked with government projects and ongoing resolutions.
- Has experience working with several ambassadors globally, to develop food security.
Cheryl Hanson
Director
- Mayor, Village of Manitou Beach
- Thirty years as an Insurance Adjuster, specializing in Liability claims.
- I have represented Insurers at mediation and am well versed in litigation.
- Member of the National Committee for the Canadian Independent Adjusters Association.
- Past Chairperson of the Blue Goose All Industry Insurance Mixer.
- Past President of the Saskatchewan Adjusters Association.
- Past member of the Aberdeen School board.
- Winner of the National Speaking contest for the Canadian Association of Insurance Women… CAIW 2022.
- Formed the Saskatchewan Insurance Professionals group under the CAIW and served as Director.
David Schleich
Director
- David and his wife Dr. Sussanna Czeranko operate Manitou Waters Naturopathic Clinic and Health Education Centre at Manitou Beach.
- PhD Theory and Policy Studies – Health and Higher Education Univ. of Toronto
- Retired higher education administrator
- Author and public speaker
- Past-President of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild
- Board Member of the University of Saskatchewan Senate
- Drummer for the local band Louie & the Beachcats
Director
Kapil Thakar
- General Manager Manitou Springs Mineral Resort and Mineral Spa
- MBA Marketing University of Wales, Cardiff, UK – Specialty in Revenue Management
- Resident of Manitou Beach since 2021
- Personal interests -Promoting Wellness and the benefits of the mineral waters of Little Manitou Lake
Jeff Siegfried
Community Enhancement Director
- Lifetime resident of Watrous, has enjoyed Manitou Beach his entire life
- Spent 36 years at Watrous Mainline GM before taking the opportunity to do more for the community
- Director – Saskatchewan Writers Guild Foundation
- Watrous Winterhawks senior hockey President and representative on Watrous Recreation Board
- Past member of Watrous Arts Council, Kinsmen Club, Manitou Golf Course Executive, Saltwater Players community theater
- Life-long passion for community projects, Examples:
- Frozen Tongue Challenge 2019 (loser) project raised $18,000 towards a new fire truck
- Kinette Mock Wedding 2016 “Married” Centennial Ford owner Earl Amendt Jr. Project raised almost $25,000 for Kinsmen Telemiracle
Lane Manson
Chairperson Watrous Manitou Marketing Group
- Councillor Town of Watrous since 2020
- Lifetime resident of Watrous
- Family oriented, husband and father of three. Ball and Hockey coach
- Watrous Recreation Board Chair
- Hospitality business owner
Sandra Hessdorfer
Vice-Chairperson
- Councillor, Resort Village of Manitou Beach
- Owner of a mixed farm
- Agriculture Education Advocate
- Chair of Women in Ag Sask
- Member of the Steering Committee for the National Women in Agricultural and Agri-Foods Network
- Current 4-H Leader
- Board member for my local community centre
