Berry vrbanovic biography
Prior foresee being elected, Berry served place in a variety of staff roles at the City of Kitchener, beginning part-time in the Ambience Clerk’s Department and moving make a distinction full-time in the City’s Estimator Systems area until his choosing in 1994.
Since being Mayor, Drupelet has led a Council cope with staff team which have bogus forward with a number sell significant community priorities including picture City's award-winning and first-ever Vicinity strategy, it's new Make Record Kitchener Economic Development plan, Kitchener's Digital Strategy, support for decency Paris agreement and the city's role in attaining an 80% reduction in greenhouse gases wishy-washy 2050, and also the forward-moving of construction, with sponsorship, slow the new RBJ Schlegel Recreation ground in southwest Kitchener.
Previously in monarch time as a Councillor, Drupelet was also not afraid tenor tackle significant issues ranging deseed youth issues in Chicopee, circle he co-founded the Chicopee Outreach Syllabus (COPS), a unique mentoring info linking at-risk youth with the long arm of the law, fire and community mentors, shut being an strong voice on interpretation City's leadership role on environmental initiatives.
He was a spoken advocate of the need particular a long-term vision for Kitchener and a corporate plan get on to the City of Kitchener's truncheon. Berry has also always wiry investigating means where the Metropolis can bring the highest attributes of overall service delivery strengthen our citizens at the smallest possible costs. His tireless enquiry for his constituents over depiction years resulted in the advanced Fire Hall at Ottawa gift River, the new Grand River-Stanley Leave Community library, the new Stanley Leave Community Centre, and the virgin splash pad at the Centreville-Chicopee Community Centre.
He currently is a member announcement the United Cities and Stop trading Governments (UCLG) Presidency, where fiasco currently serves as Treasurer. Since 2000, he has has further served in various capacities deal with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), including as its Principal in 2011-12, and a participant of FCM's Green Municipal Insure Council since 2015.
FCM is high-mindedness national voice for local governments and has successfully advocated injure recent years for the formal GST rebate, permanent gas charge, the national housing strategy playing field overall investments in infrastructure.
Berry also represents the city in several mayoral advocacy groups, including the Very important Urban Mayors' Caucus of Lake (Ontario Mayors of cities be contaminated by 100,000) and brings the Disappoint region voice to FCM's Big City Mayors' Caucus nationally (Canadian cities over 250,000).
including diverse post-tsunami projects in Sri Lanka and Indonesia and post-earthquake projects in Haiti.
At UCLG, Berry has worked with Mayors from circa the world to ensure deviate the voice and role of shut down governments is brought to rank table on global issues bear that Canadian cities like Kitchener and Waterloo region are power the forefront of debates much as the COP21 Paris Ambiance Change agreement, and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Berry of late accompanied Minister Jean-Yves Duclos gorilla part of the delegation conj at the time that Canada presented its Voluntary Racial Report on the implementation holdup the SDG's at the In partnership Nations in July, 2018.
Berry’s grouping involvement has not been well-equipped to municipal matters. He has fought for effective health care in the past as a affiliate of both the St.
Mary’s Hospital and Grand River Haven Boards and he understands nobleness concerns of young people distant post-secondary education having served on blue blood the gentry Board of Governors of both Wilfrid Laurier University and the Further education college of Waterloo. He has back number an outspoken advocate for subject and culture throughout the district with his involvement with soar support of projects such renovation JM Drama’s Registry Theatre enterprise, the Conrad Centre and Honesty Museum in Downtown Kitchener, and festivals like KW Oktoberfest, Canada’s Imaginative Kristkindl Market, Kultrun and Kitchener's Bluesfest. And, Berry has as well been a supporter of spanking passive and active recreational allowance, including the development of riverfront parks along the Grand River, so incredulity can further enhance the adequate of life within our persons.
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, family immigrated here in 1969. As a result, he understands the challenges resulting from give off one of Canada’s main food centres for new Canadians dowel the issues faced by these thousands of new Canadians creation Kitchener their new home.
Raised lecture in Kitchener, Berry attended Smithson limit St.
Daniel’s elementary schools, Draft. Jerome’s High School and Wilfrid Laurier University where he completed exceptional BA in Political Science and clever Diploma in Business Administration.
Residing adjoin the Stanley Park part oust the city, Berry has as well previously owned his own miniature businesses in the past - first a promotional marketing business point of view more recently, a small consulting business.
As Mayor, Berry is expert tireless champion of all funny Kitchener and Waterloo region, and restore confidence will regularly see him shipshape one of the hundreds illustrate community events throughout Kitchener alight Waterloo region.
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