Dusty Miller, a resident of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, has volunteered at the community level for a number of years. From 1999 to 2004 he served in various capacities in the Lake Melville Minor Hockey Association, and for the last two years he has served on the executive of the Grand River Snowmobile Club and is currently the President of the Labrador Snowmobile Racing Association. He also served for two years on the board of directors for the Goose Bay Airport Corporation. Mr. Miller is trained as an air traffic controller and served with the Canadian Forces for nine years until retiring in 1990 to work for Transport Canada. Having joined the Serco Goose Bay team in 1998 as standards and training officer, in March 2004 he was appointed as site manager.

Certainly no stranger to Labrador, Joe Goudie has been a pillar of the Labrador community for many years.

For the past 10 years Joe has been serving Parks Canada as a Consultant and as a Community Liason Officer referencing the feasibility study into the Mealy Mountains of Labrador as a possible National Park.

Joe's love of Labrador has been eveident throughout his professional and personal life. He has been everything from MHA for Naskapi (now referred to as lake Melville)and holding provincial Cabinet posts such as Minister of Fisheries to Minister of Rural, Agricultural and Northern Development to Native Liason Officer with DND and Fishing Guide & Trapper.

Colonel G.F. (Garry) Reaume was born in Windsor, Ontario and attended the University of Windsor graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Joining the Canadian Forces in 1974, he realized a life long desire to fly when in 1975 he was selected for pilot training in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Upon completion in 1976, he was retained at the Big 2 for instructional duties on the Tutor jet trainer where he remained for four years and some 1500 instructional hours. In 1980, he was selected for an exchange position with the United States Air Force at Williams Air Force Base near Phoenix, Arizona.

Flying the T-38 Talon, he enjoyed duties as Deputy Flight Commander, Deputy Chief of Check Section and lastly, Chief of Check Section before returning to Winnipeg in 1982. He returned to another training position as Tutor Standards Officer in the Central Flying School, during which time he was promoted to Major.

Completing his tour of duty in 1986, Colonel Reaume was posted to Canadian Forces Base Comox and 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron to pilot the CP140 AURORA. During the next five years he held various line and staff positions on the Squadron, departing in 1991 as the Deputy Commanding Officer.

In the fall of 1991, he was selected to attend the Royal Australian Air Force Staff College at RAAF Base Fairbairn, in Canberra, Australia. Upon completion, Colonel Reaume was posted to Maritime Air Group Headquarters Detachment Esquimalt as the Senior Staff Officer Air Operations. Following his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel, he assumed the position of Director of Operations for Maritime Air assets stationed on the West Coast. Colonel Reaume was selected to Command 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron commencing July 1996.

Upon completion of his tour with the “Demons” he was posted to the Continuous French Course at the Base Language Training Centre in Esquimalt, BC completing the course in June. He was then posted back to Comox to assume the position of Wing Administration Officer. Following two years in administration, Col Reaume was posted to Wing Operations as the Operations Officer. Colonel Reaume assumed command of 5 Wing Goose Bay on 7 Jul 2004.

Mayor Leo Abbass of the town of Happy Valley - Goose Bay.

Born and raised in Corner Brook, Chris came to Labrador in 1984. He is a career civil servant who has worked both federally and provincially with various Crown Agencies and Departments. Living primarily in Lake Melville, he has been associatedand held many positions with volunteer groups such as Senior B Fast Pitch League (President), Goose Bay Curling Club (President), Labrador Lites Gymnastics Club (President), Labrador SnoBreak (President), Snoflake Skating Club (Executive).

Chris has been involved with the Labrador Winter Games since volunteering in 1997. For the 2000 and 2003 Games, he held the position as Chair of Sponsorship.Chris continues to be supported in his many endeavour's by his wife Debbie and children Melissa and Jerrod .

Rosemary Fowler was born in St. John’s, and grew up in the town of Gander. She was educated at Memorial University, BAEd; Mount St. Vincent University, MAEd; and the University of Ottawa, MEd. She has sat on, and chaired many committees, both professionally and at the community level. Rosemary taught school in both urban and rural communities in the province, at all grade levels. She spent the last fourteen years of her career as vice principal and then principal, in the school system, in Grand Falls/Windsor.

Rosemary is married to Justice Robert Fowler of Brigus, and they have four children, Robin, Richard, Erika, and Jonathan. All four children are very active in sports. Both Robin and Jonathan competed in the Canada Summer Games, and Jonathan competed at the Olympic Trials in the year 2000. So, Rosemary is very familiar with the committment , training, and the personal sacrifices often required of a competitive athlete. She is a strong believer that any type of sport, in addition to the physical benefits, will build in the athlete, a strong sense of responsibility, and self discipline, as well as a knowledge of how to set goals in life, and how to make healthy life choices. Thus, Rosemary is very happy to be involved with the Labrador Winter Games.

Since moving to Happy Valley Goose Bay, with her husband, six years ago, Rosemary has moved into retirement mode. She is now a regular at the base gym; is learning to quilt (her husband is impressed), and enjoys doing lunch with the girls. She enjoys sailing with her husband, travelling and reading. Her latest claim to fame is that she is the cousin of the Coach of the OLYMPIC GOLD Curling Team!!! Thank You, Toby, for making things happen!!!

Dave Winters was born and raised in Happy Valley - Goose Bay. No stranger to the sporting scene in the Lake Melville area, Dave has a vast volunteer and coaching background involving several sports such as Northern Games in past Labrador Winter Games, Broomball (both provincially and nationally), High School Basketball, Minor Soccer League (Executive Member), Lacrosse, and Softball.

Dave is well known throught Labrador's Sporting Scene and brings a wealth of knowledge to the Board of Directors of the Labrador Winter Games.

Ron Bowles has served since 1998 in various management positions within the Department of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs where he has built strong relationships with Labrador’s Aboriginal communities, town councils and regional economic development boards. During his tenure he co-chaired the management committee of the Inuit Communities Agreement, served as a provincial representative on the Institute for Environmental Monitoring and Research and currently sits on the Board of Governors for the 2006 Labrador Winter Games.

Prior to working in government, Mr. Bowles was the executive director of the Central Labrador Economic Development Board and served as councillor and deputy mayor of the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. He is also a former educator and began his career teaching high school in Churchill Falls.

Mr. Bowles grew up in Churchill Falls and now resides in Happy Valley-Goose Bay with his family. He holds a bachelor of arts from the University of New Brunswick, a bachelor of education from Memorial University and has completed the Executive Development Program from Memorial’s Centre for Management Development.

Sandy Kershaw, an Inuit woman born and raised in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, received a Bachelor of Education from the Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1997.Working as an Executive Assistant with the Voisey's Bay Nickel Company's Aboriginal Affairs and Labrador Human Resources department, a teenaged Sandy volunteered for the very first Labrador Winter Games in 1983, working in results.(For those first Games, the "high tech" world of results consisted of writing the team standings on poster board!As Sandy's printing was neat and clear, she was nominated as one of the scribes.)Having volunteered for four Games, Sandy stated, "I am so pleased and honoured to have been nominated for the Board.The Labrador Winter Games is a joyful event that truly brings people from all over Labrador together in the spirit of friendship and friendly competition.I look forward to volunteering my time in support of such a wonderful event".