Councillor Jan Gillett
Previous terms on City Council
- First term
Professional background
- Several years’ experience working in non-profit with youth and teen mothers
- 10 years’ experience in retail, HR and business management
- Left the hustle and bustle to return to the non-profit sector and realize a better work/life balance
- Saw a need in the community - founded a local non-profit - Parkland Pregnancy Support Centre
- Business Management - McEwan
- Culinary Arts course - NAIT
- Co-owner of RavenWolf Brewing Co Ltd. - a local microbrewery and taproom
Current community involvement
- Director of Parkland Pregnancy Support Centre
- Co-owner RavenWolf Brewing Co Ltd.
- Spruce Grove Rotarian (currently on leave of absence)
- Former co-chair of the Winter Emergency Response Committee
- Meridian Housing Foundation Capital Campaign Committee (former Spruce Grove representative)
- Since joining City Council, I have stepped back from some community involvement in order to focus on my new responsibilities representing Spruce Grove
Significant accomplishments and awards
- Spruce Grove Public Library Board Trustee – four years
- Recognized as ”Pillar of the Community“ for my community advocacy
- Creator and founder of the Late Night Cafe (an element of the Winter Emergency Response)
- Founding Parkland Pregnancy Support Centre - seven years ago
- Former board member - Tri-Region Pay Forward Kindness - non-profit
- Wine and Spirit Education Trust - Level 2 Intermediate
Hobbies and interests
- Travelling to new places and experiencing new cultures
- Wine enthusiast - tasting wines
- Cooking and entertaining
- Event planning and seasonal decorating
- Genealogy
- Personality psychology - e.g. Enneagram, Myers Briggs, DISC, Eysenck and True Colours
Family and pets
- Happily married to my husband, Randal for 33 years
- I have three adult daughters, raised in Spruce Grove and live locally
- I am proud granny of three little ones
- I have other immediate family who live in Spruce Grove as well
Favourite amenity in Spruce Grove
- My favourite amenity in Spruce Grove is Central Park. It is an outdoor space used year-round by many different ages from our community.
- There is nothing better in the winter than strolling in the park with friends, drinking hot chocolate and enjoying the magical Christmas lights!