Emily Plihal
Local Journalism
Initiative Reporter
The Village of Donnelly is happy to announce that a new chief administrative officer has been hired to help take care of their administrative duties.
Sumitra Subedi has joined Donnelly’s team as the newest CAO, and she is eager to embrace her new role.
“I’m excited to learn with the community and use my experience and knowledge where I can,” she says.
“I’m passionate about serving the community and engaging and giving back to the community,” she adds.
Subedi brings with her a master’s degree in business administration from her home country of Nepal. She furthered her education when she moved to Canada in 2021.
“I have about 10 years of experience banking, customer service, and in administration,” Subedi says.
“Most recently I worked as a financial administrator at Ronald McDonald’s House in Saskatoon. It was a fantastic place to work because I got to engage with people.”
Subedi says she is excited to learn more about the village, which she moved to last year, and has quickly learned to love the quiet, tranquility, and kind people in the community.
“We moved to this beautiful area when my husband had a chance to work at SARDA Ag Research,” Subedi says.
“People here are very helpful and understand one another and respect each other.”
Subedi says she is happy to have her children, sons ages one and eight, be able to learn and grow in the region. She says her eldest son is currently being educated at Routhier School and her toddler is being watched by his grandfather.
She adds her family has been very supportive with her decision to apply and now accept her new role as CAO.
“As CAO, I will be the administrative head of the municipality and aim to be responsible and efficient with the service our administration provides to the community,” she says.
“I’m excited to closely work with the mayor, council, and community members.”
Subedi says she also loves to volunteer, with her most recent roles at Global Gathering Place to provide support to newcomers, immigrants and refugees, and she also was a treasurer at another non-profit.
Mayor Myrna Lanctot says the village council is excited to welcome a full time CAO back into their folds.
“The council is pleased to welcome Sumitra as our new chief administrative officer for the village,” says Lanctot.
“We look forward to benefitting from her expertise and knowledge as we work towards advancing the goals of our community. We are confident that residents will appreciate her commitment to being in the office five days a week, ensuring accessibility and open communication.”
If municipal residents would like to speak to the new CAO, she says they can go into the Village office, phone (780) 925-3835 or email her at cao@donnelly.ca.