Our Board of Directors
- Lew Voytilla (Yellowknife) - Chairman
- Peter Allen (Yellowknife) - Vice-Chairman
- James Wah-Shee (Yellowknife) - Board Director
- David Tucker (Yellowknife) - Board Director
- Eddie Lavoie (Inuvik) - Board Director
- Eric Menicoche (Fort Simpson) - Board Director
- James Schaefer - (Fort Smith) Board Director
- Cheryl Tordoff - Corporate Secretary
- Peter Taschuk - Legal Advisor
- Ron Threlkeld - Legal Advisor
Lew Voytilla, FCGA
Chairman of the Board
Lew Voytilla has been the Chair of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation Board since December, 2006. He retired from the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in the spring of 2006 after thirty years of service. In the last thirteen years of his service, he held the post of Deputy Minister responsible for functions similar to the GNWT’s treasury board. This included responsibility for the public service, information management, comptrollership, audit, budgeting, evaluation, and planning and analysis. During his time as Deputy Minister, he was the lead official for the GNWT’s Review of Electrical Generation, Transmission & Distribution in the NWT that was undertaken in 2000. He also chaired the GNWT’s Energy Coordinating Committee until his retirement.
Lew Voytilla has held a Certified General Accountant designation since 1982. In 2001 Mr. Voytilla received the Vanier Medal for outstanding Canadian public service. In addition to his Board Chair functions, Lew currently operates a small but active consulting company. He lives with his wife Cheryl in Yellowknife.
Peter Allen
Vice Chairman
Peter Allen of Yellowknife serves as Vice Chairman of the NWT Power Corporation. He graduated from Dalhousie University (1972) with a Bachelor of Arts, as well as Shulitz Business School (1975) with a Master of Business Administration.
Peter Allen joined the Government of the Northwest Territories in 1976 and held a variety of positions. These appointments included: Director of the Program Evaluation Division (1976-1979), Cabinet Secretary to the Priorities and Planning Committee (1979-1985), Executive Director to the Devolution Office for the Department of the Executive (1986-1989), and Assistant Deputy Minister to the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (1989-1993).
Currently Peter Allen is active as the President of the Nexus Group, a consulting company which specializes in strategic planning, corporate and business planning, and socio-economic impact studies. Peter Allen also is a Director on the Smart Communities Board and past Co-Chairman of the Living History Committee and Director of the Yellowknife Direct Charge Cooperative.
Eddie Lavoie
Board Member
Eddie Lavoie first came to the North in 1982 to take over as the Senior Boys’ Dean at Grollier Hall, shortly after concluding his collegiate studies in theology, scripture and philosophy, and becoming a Brother in the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. In the years since, he and his brother Joey have partnered to create and build a successful group of companies offering a diversity of services and retail outlets to the people of Inuvik. With his wife –Cheryl- Eddie has three sons, and business, family, and faith form a stable triad to balance Eddie’s diverse projects and interests. Deacon for the Our Lady of Victory Parish since 1994, Eddie has also served as a Town of Inuvik councilor, Justice of the Peace for the Northwest Territories and an active member of numerous local boards, including the Great Northern Arts Festival. As well, he spearheaded a grassroots development project in Tanzania, which culminated in a group of youth travelling to Africa to dig wells; a group in Yellowknife is currently reprising the project based on the successful model Eddie assisted in developing.
Eddie undertook a pilgrimage across continental Spain in 2004, walking over 500 miles in 33 days:“Successful process is nothing less than having the courage to take one step at a time”
David Tucker
Board Member
David Tucker is newly appointed to the Northwest Territories Power Corporation Board. He has been active in the northern business community
in a variety of capacities including as a business manager and, since 2005, as a business owner and consultant.
David Tucker also serves as an Executive and on the Board of the NWT Construction Association and the Northern Construction Safety Association. Prior to moving to Yellowknife he worked in a variety of specializations in the public accounting and project management fields.
David Tucker holds Commerce and Engineering degrees from the University of Alberta and is a Chartered Accountant. His consulting activities revolve around strategic and business planning. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Yellowknife.
James Wah-Shee has been a leader and active participant in the economic and political life of the Northwest Territories for the past four decades.
Throughout this period, he has shown an unwavering commitment to developing a strong, independent Territory and to the well-being of its people and communities.
This commitment was clearly demonstrated in various roles he has played – as President of the NWT Indian Brotherhood, Chair of the Federation of Natives North of Sixty, Member of the NWT Legislative Assembly, Deputy Premier, President of the Denendeh Development Corporation, and Self- Government Negotiator for Dogrib Treaty 11 Council (now the Tlicho Government).
James currently lives in Yellowknife and serves as the President of the NWT Aboriginal Summit. He is a Tlicho Citizen, an elder and continuing source of inspiration for many northerners.
Cheryl Tordoff
Corporate Secretary
Cheryl Tordoff was appointed to the position of Corporate Secretary, Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) in October 2003. She also serves as Corporate Secretary for the Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation (NT Hydro) and subsidiaries NWT Energy Corporation (03) Ltd., Sahdae Energy Ltd. as well as NTPC subsidiaries NWT Energy Corporation and 5383 N.W.T Ltd. and joint venture companies Aadrii Ltd. and Dezé Energy Corporation Ltd.
Cheryl has been employed with the Northwest Territories Power Corporation since July 1989. She was hired as the Assets and Inventory Clerk and in her career with the Corporation has served as Payroll Officer, Reconciliations Clerk, Contracts Coordinator and A/Manager of Logistics. Cheryl also served as the Executive Assistant to the President of the NWT Power Corporation for two years before moving to Yellowknife and accepting the position of Corporate Secretary.