Kevin Henderson New AEFAA president BY CINDY CHAN
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evin Henderson is the incoming president of the Alberta Educational Facilities Administrators’ Association (AEFAA). Before entering the world of school facilities management and maintenance, Henderson started his career as a Red Seal carpenter building houses before switching over to industrial construction as a civil general foreman. Four years ago, Henderson joined Wolf Creek Public Schools in Ponoka, Alberta as an assistant facilities manager. Henderson is currently the facilities manager for the school division. “I saw the job posting and applied, seeing it as a good opportunity to
have a stable career to provide for my family,” Henderson says.
“It has been great to network and
“As facilities manager, my duties and responsibilities include looking after the operations and maintenance of all the schools in the district,” Henderson says, adding there are 26 schools in the division. “We look after the mechanical systems and the day-to-day operations including caretaking, minor renovations and maintenance, to major renovations and new construction.”
and companies who have been in
Henderson first heard of AEFAA from his boss when he was the assistant facilities manager, who told him joining the association is something the school division is active in.
with the association, he was
share ideas with other managers the education sector longer than I have,” Henderson says, adding he has been with AEFAA for four years. “If I run into a problem, there is another facilities manager or vendor from the trade show who has dealt with these problems and can shed some light on how to properly deal with it. It has been a big help.” During Henderson’s second year elected to the board of directors, serving as a trade show director. Shortly afterwards, he was nominated to become the vicepresident. However, he will soon become the AEFAA president in the fall of 2021.
Henderson’s goals as president include growing AEFAA and showing the value of its services. “Continuing to improve the
communication between all school
and continue to advance building
divisions is important in order to share ideas and best practices; I am also excited to meet with other associations to collaborate
maintenance with improving technologies,” Henderson adds. Outside of work, Henderson lives a fairly active lifestyle. He enjoys camping, working out and engaging in sports with his kids. n
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