Speaker Biography - Dan George (Prince George, BC)

President, Four Directions Management Services Ltd.

Dan George, President of Four Directions Management Services Ltd. (1994) and Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative, is a lifelong resident of Prince George B.C. Mr. George is a member of the Gilseyhu Clan (Big Frog) of the Wet’suwet’en People and his home community is Hagwilget Village.

Mr. George’s extensive experience in Aboriginal community development includes: Chief Negotiator, Office of the Wet’suwet’en; Executive Director, Prince George Native Friendship Centre and Treaty Director, Carrier Sekani Tribal Council.

Dan is a proud and committed Board Member of: the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, the Fraser Basin Council, Positive Living North, and the Cedar Project.

Dan has been involved in First Nations and Aboriginal issues for more than twenty-five years. He has been married for twenty-one years to his wife Teresa, they have two teenage daughters, Amanda and Brittany, and one granddaughter, Kiana