New Executive Director

Board Announcement

We are very excited to announce that Sasha Viminitz has been hired as Naramata Centre’s new Executive Director effective May 16, 2022.

Sasha is an adaptive, flexible, people-centric leader with a strong connection and passion for Naramata Centre. Having attended regularly since 2017, Sasha has established personal relationships with many long-term Naramata Centre participants, program and resource leaders. Over these years of listening and learning, Sasha felt a calling to serve this unique community. Sasha has the vision and experience to create a long-term sustainable future: financially, socially and spiritually.

Sasha brings over a decade of management experience and business leadership with a record of proven success. He has worked in both the wellness and hospitality sectors, in both private and not-for-profit ventures. He brings a diverse set of skills including hospitality, human resources, business development and communications, and has been responsible for housekeeping, reception and welcoming, volunteer programs, group bookings, online marketing, site and facilities management and revenue management.

But perhaps most importantly, Sasha understands the spirit that makes the Naramata Centre the extraordinary place and community that it is. He is committed to respecting the Centre’s connection to the United Church. He is aware of the Centre’s current strength of community and its opportunities and he is unabashedly optimistic about its future.

This past weekend Sasha participated in our Board meeting at Naramata Centre providing an excellent opportunity to develop relations with our Board and staff. He will be relocating from Edmonton to Naramata in May. Sasha very much looks forward to integrating into the broader community and hopes to meet many of you personally if you are coming to the Centre this summer and over the coming years.

Please join us in welcoming Sasha!