Portraits of First Nations Members in Calgary

CALGARY, CANADA: Sandra Sutter, Chair, Metis Women"u2019s Economic Security Council. Sutter, a Cree Metis woman from the Prairies, is the Aboriginal Partnerships Manager for Tarpon Energy Services and CGT Industrial and the Executive Director for the Circle for Aboriginal Relations (CFAR) Society. She has been involved in the financial, utility, non-profit, accounting and oil and gas sectors in her professional and volunteer life since moving to Calgary in 1988. Sandra Chairs the Metis Women's Economic Security Council for the Province of Alberta; is the past President of the Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary and serves on the National Negotiating Committee for the National Association of Friendship Centres. where she served as Treasurer for a one year term. She is a member of PAWI (Professional Aboriginal Women in Industry) and serves on the Aboriginal Advisory Committee for: Careers, the Next Generation. Sandra was honoured to receive a Metis Entrepreneurial Business Award for service to the local Metis business community from Metis Region 3 in 2014. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images)