President

Account Manager, Bonshaw Media

Since graduating from Memorial University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Dave has been working with enterprises of all sizes to help them achieve their marketing goals.

With over seven years experience as a marketing consultant, his expertise in customer service, sales, and marketing has allowed him to develop a keen eye for creative and progressive views towards media placement.

While he enjoys volunteering with associations he is passionate about, Dave also has been an active musician in the community with his band The Hallidays and teaches percussion at Halliday Music Studio.

Vice President

A.F. Bruce Law

Jillian Hewitt is an associate lawyer with the law firm A.F. Bruce Law. Jillian obtained her International Bachelor of Business Administration from Memorial University in 2010 and graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Juris Doctor in 2014.

Jillian considers herself so fortunate to have grown up in Mount Pearl and to have had the opportunity to be a part of the warm and growing community for so many years. She hopes to continue to nurture these community relationships onward throughout her professional career.

With the firm, Jillian maintains a varied general practice encompassing a wide range of areas including civil litigation, real estate, family law, criminal law, wills and estates and administrative law.

Director

Royal LePage Vision Realty

Currently Brad provides full Residential and Commercial real estate services to customers across Mount Pearl, Paradise and the Greater St. John’s area. Clients appreciate his honesty, patience and conscientious attitude towards the tasks at hand. Prior to returning to his hometown of Mount Pearl, Brad worked abroad in Hospitality, Education and has a strong IT background. Bringing these areas together provide Brad with a diverse and unique range of experiences, problem-solving skills and abilities. Brad’s professional development has continued long after graduating with an Information Systems degree from St. Francis Xavier University. He currently volunteers for the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and the Association for New Canadians. Having been a member of the MPPCC since 2015, Brad is eager to contribute as a Board member in order to improve upon his professional and leadership skills. Brad feels strongly about being a participating member and promoting the growth and development of a prosperous business community in Mount Pearl, Paradise.

Director

MGM National Safety Training & Services

Colleen’s career started as a Software Developer and Business Analyst within the IT industry, working for various companies within the sector throughout Canada and the US for a little over 20 years. She has lived outside of Newfoundland for 8 years but always knew that she would come “HOME” to raise a family. Returned to NL in 2003 and continued working within the Information Technology sector until late 2014 at which time she decided on a career change. It was then that Colleen started working alongside her Husband, Scott in the Safety Training field. 

In 2017, Colleen and Scott partnered with Colin Murphy and started their own company called MGM National Safety Training & Services, which is located in Mount Pearl.

Colleen is a firm believer in what the Chamber of Commerce stands for and how it brings the business communities together to support one another. She welcomes the opportunity to develop and expand her own business knowledge while drawing on the experiences and support of other members who have such diverse business backgrounds.

Colleen has seen first hand the benefits of joining the Chamber of Commerce and wish to be part of the expandimng and growing the membership. MGM National’s business partners attend every event that the Chamber offers and have made many new friends, business acquaintances, and clients. Many of these members are now business associates that they rely on for their services. There is nothing that is ever too small or insignificant to benefit from, no matter if it is today, tomorrow, next week or next year.

Director

Darlene Careen is a proud resident and tireless volunteer in the City of Mount Pearl and has been for over 20 years. After studying Business Administration at Memorial University, Darlene has enjoyed a successful, progressive career in the oil and gas industry, which has led her to her current position on the West White Rose Project. Her work experience with major industrial projects has covered the many facets of commercial management including contract management, negotiation, execution, close-out, and labour relations.

A true community-builder, volunteering is a part of who Darlene is and has been through all the stages of her life. A mother of two, she has always been involved in her children’s groups and activities. As her son moved through Beavers, soccer and hockey, she found herself volunteering as a leader, coach, “cheerleader,” “chauffeur”, fundraiser, and eventual board member. Likewise, for her daughter, she supported her and her friends backstage at dance competitions and recitals.

Right now, things are bittersweet for Darlene as her children become adults. While she may no longer have babies in the house, she has more time for volunteering. Today, she is a board member for the Alzheimer’s Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, treasurer for the Mount Pearl Frosty Festival Board of Directors, Mount Pearl City Days committee member, Avalon Dragon Boat racer for breast cancer survivors, an instructor for Junior Achievement’s Our Business World, and a Techsploration role model and mentor to several young women as they launch their careers. All while spending time supporting the Ronald McDonald House and Jimmy Pratt Breakfast Service.

Darlene would love the opportunity to bring her professional skills, leadership, business and community network, knowledge, and dedication to the Mount Pearl-Paradise Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and, in turn, learn from and create new connections with its many amazing directors and members. Darlene believes that Mount Pearl is the best place to raise a family and wants to help foster a strong and diverse business community that can offer opportunities for all its residents.