Deborah M. Howes

Part-time Board member

Deborah M. Howes has more than 25 years experience in dispute resolution and labour relations. She serves as an arbitrator and mediator on a variety of provincial, national and international rosters. She is President of High Clouds Incorporated, an Alberta-based company that provides seminars and dispute resolution services. A Chartered Arbitrator and Chartered mediator, Ms. Howes holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Conflict Management Certificate from the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society. She served as Vice-Chair with the Alberta Labour Relations Board for 11 years, and before that practised law at the firm of Duncan and Craig. Co-founder of the Foundation of Administrative Justice, a non-profit society dedicated to training the members and staff of administrative tribunals, Ms. Howes continues to serve as its Executive Director. Ms. Howes was appointed as a part-time member of the Public Service Labour Relations Board on August 1, 2007 for period of three years. She was subsequently reappointed for an additional five-year term, which will end on August 1, 2015.