Loan Review Committee
John Shoff
Loan Review Committee Chair
John Shoff is the owner of Reality Bytes Incoprated, a tech services company and BELL dealer located in Drumheller. Reality Bytes provides complete IT based solutions for small business. Our technicians and programmers can deliver a complete solution including servers, workstations, networking design and installation, IP based communications, high speed internet, business telephone systems, website design, SQL database programming and design, mobility solutions from BELL, satellite and terrestrial high speed internet solutions.
Trevor Gough
Committee Member
Trevor Gough is the president of the Drumheller accounting firm, Ascend Financial. He received his BComm from the University of Calgary, majoring in accounting. This education laid the foundation necessary to enter into and complete the Certified General Accountant’s program. He has operated in Drumheller for 19 years and in 2016 Trevor was admitted into the Chartered Professional Accountant’s Association.
Over the last 20 years Trevor has been very actively involved in the community. He has served on many community boards offering his expertise to organizations such as the Heart to Heart Foundation, Dinosaur Trail Golf & Country Club, Drumheller area Skateboard Enthusiasts, Drumheller Festival Society. Trevor resides in Drumheller with his wife Karen, daughters Taylor and Kelsey and dog Frankie.
Doug Lubinski
Committee Member
Doug Lubinski is the General Manager/Owner of Western Chevrolet Buick GMC. He joined Western Chevrolet Buick GMC in 2001 as a Salesperson, moving through management and into ownership in 2010.
Prior to Doug’s automotive career, he spent 13 years in the Alberta Oil Industry and 6 years in seasonal contracts with the Drumheller Curling Club and the Dinosaur Trail Golf & Country Club. Doug is a graduate of the North American Dealers Association class DCA178 in McLean, Virginia. Currently, Doug is serving as a Director on the board of the Alberta Motor Dealers Association.
Under Doug’s leadership, Western Chevrolet Buick GMC was awarded General Motors of Canada President’s Triple Crown Award in 2004. The dealership has also been awarded the Drumheller Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for Large Business of the Year in 2012, Arts Culture and Community in 2015 and was nominated for Large Business of the Year in 2015.
Doug currently resides in Drumheller, Alberta.
Twyla Palmquist
Committee Member
Twyla Palmquist is the Owner/Senior Adjuster for TJ Valley Adjusters Inc., which is locally operated out of the vibrant community of Drumheller. She has been in the insurance industry for over twenty years and has many qualifications in Business, Insurance and Management. She originally grew up in Drumheller, spending all of her school years in the valley. She is happy to be back in Drumheller and is looking forward to volunteeering, in order to help Drumheller prosper.
Brad Peake
Committee Member
My name is Brad Peake and I have been a Drumhellerite since 1979. Today I work for and manage a privately owned Alberta-based Oil and Gas Company. By the age of 23, after completion of a four-year apprenticeship, I became a nationally certified Auto Mechanic and worked the trade for a total of ten years. I worked my way up from fixing cars to fixing oil wells and oil batteries, gas wells, sour gas plants and related sulphur extraction facilities, becoming a Lead Plant Operator of eight positions in Rainbow Lake. I now have an ownership stake in the business I work in today. People say I am very well rounded in how things work, how they should work, and why they may not work, what to do when they don't work, or if there is any chance at all if something might ever work. I am looking forward to being a part of the Community Futures Loan Review Committee and hope I bring some value to the process.
Joe Rowbottom
Committee Member
Joe runs a mixed farm and a roll-off bin business based west of Drumheller. He has served on various boards, has coached assorted youth sports and strives to be a good member of the community. He holds a degree from University of Alberta in Ag. Business Management. Joe hopes his business background will be helpful to the clients that Community Futures tries to help.
