Media Release

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For immediate release
Septeber 25, 2006

Robert Cartmel and Arni Thorsteinson appointed to Banff Centre Board of Governors

Philip G. Ponting, chair of the Board of Governors of The Banff Centre, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Cartmel and Arni Thorsteinson to the Board of Governors of The Banff Centre.

Robert (Bob) Cartmel is president of the Western U.S. Region, Lafarge North America Inc., with operations in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. Since joining Lafarge in 1984, Cartmel has held a number of positions with increasing responsibility in Eastern Canada and the Western U.S. In the past, he has served as president of both the Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario and the Colorado Rock Products Association.

Arni Thorsteinson is president and principal of Shelter Canadian Properties Limited and is a founder of Lanesborough, Huntingdon, Temple and White Rock Real Estate Investment Trusts. He is chair of the Canadian Aspen Properties Ltd. Advisory Board and the Vision Capital Fund Advisory Board. He is also a director of Ben Moss Jewellers Ltd. and Onex Corporation, as well as a trustee of the Bird Construction Income Fund.

The Centre also welcomes the appointment of Jack Davis to the Board of Governors. Davis was appointed to the Board in July 2006 by Alberta Advanced Education Minister Denis Herard.

Jack Davis is president and chief executive officer of the Calgary Health Region, one of the fastest growing heath regions in Alberta, and has previously worked as deputy minister in various Province of Alberta departments, and as deputy Solicitor General of Alberta. He has served on several boards, including the Alberta Social Housing Corporation, Alberta Energy and Utilities Advisory Board, Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science, and Mount Royal College.

The Banff Centre is a globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility. Centre alumni create, produce, and perform works of art all over the world; lead our institutions, organizations, and businesses; and play significant roles in our cultural, social, intellectual, and economic well-being, and in the preservation of our environment.

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