Meet Your Trustees

Nov. 4, 2026

Trustee Information

Ward 3 Brianne Goertzen (Board Chair) bgoertzen@retsd.mb.ca Ward 1 Colleen Carswell ccarswell@retsd.mb.ca Ward 2 Idunnu Tokurah itokurah@retsd.mb.ca	Ward 4 Susan Olynik (Board Vice-Chair) solynik@retsd.mb.ca Ward 1 Susan Bywater sbywater@retsd.mb.ca Ward 2 Sheri Hanson shanson2@retsd.mb.ca

Ward 3 Lindsay Fritzsche lfritzche@retsd.mb.ca	Ward 4 Peter Kotyk pkotyk@retsd.mb.ca
Ward 4 Michelle Kowalchuk mkowalchuk@retsd.mb.ca

BOARD PRIORITIES

The Board of Trustees has identified the following as its priorities for the 2026–2027 year:

Implement a comprehensive orientation and onboarding process for new Trustees to support effective governance
Determine technology priorities and establish budget and scope considerations to support divisional needs
Provide governance oversight and support for key milestones associated with the opening of the new school
Continue to advocate for new schools and capital projects

Board%20Group%20Photo%20(WEB).jpg Our Board of Trustees: (back, left to right) Peter Kotyk, Idunnu Tokurah, Michelle Kowalchuk, Sheri Hanson, Lindsay Fritzche; (back, left to right) Susan Bywater, Brianne Goertzen (Board Chair), Colleen Carswell, and Susan Olynik (Board Vice-Chair).

Our division is governed by a board of nine trustees who are elected by and from the community every four years. Trustees have an important governance role in the division and are accountable to the public for the safety, quality, and cost of education through human resource practices, policies, and budgetary decisions.

Public board meetings take place at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month during the school year (the precise dates can be found at the left of this page). The Board of Trustees invites the community to attend or listen in on all public board meetings, which are held in person at the RETSD Administration Offices, 589 Roch St., and virtually on Microsoft Teams through a link posted on the home page of this website prior to each meeting.