Ray Gerow Email & Phone Number

Ray Gerow is Wet’suwet’en from the Burns Lake Band in Central British Columbia and is a Canadian Military veteran. He served a short term as elected Chief of his nation (Ts'il Kaz Koh), prior to that he was the CEO for the Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA), and previously the CEO for the Heiltsuk Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), and has been a leader in the area of Aboriginal economic and community development for over 30 years. Prior to joining HEDC his primary activity was to provide services to support Aboriginal entrepreneurs, both on and off reserve, through the Aboriginal Business and Community Development Centre, which he helped establish in 1996. He has lent his expertise to establishing two other Aboriginal business support centres and an Aboriginal Business Support Network in the Province of B.C. Ray has an extensive background in managing and coordinating projects and events, including 5 years of convening the “Strategic Conversations” conferences aimed at bringing together the B.C. Aboriginal economic development network into a learning environment where the network was able to share experiences. Ray was a co-lead in a three year National SSHRC project in partnership with the University of Northern British Columbia with a focus on urban Aboriginal economic development.While in Prince George Ray worked to better integrate the urban Aboriginal population with the mainstream community. His leadership in the Urban Aboriginal Strategy in Prince George, and his service on a diverse range of boards, underlines his dedication to, and talents for, creating an environment in which Aboriginal people can participate in the mainstream economy and society. As a result of Ray’s involvement, in Oct. of 2009 he was recognized as the Prince George Citizen of the Year, the first Aboriginal person to receive this award and in 2011 he was recognized by the Prince George Chamber of Commerce as the Prince George businessperson of the year.

Listed skills include Community Development, Leadership, Economic Development, Strategic Planning, and 46 others.

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  East Northumberland Secondary School