Frank Lento while serving as a teacher, or administrator for the past 41
years and recently elected Board Chair for the school district of
southeast Kootenay is very passionate about ice hockey and has
served as the Ice Hockey Chair of the 2010 Olympic Bid Committee and
as past Chair of Hockey Canada.
In many
of his introductory remarks, Lento acknowledges the important
contributions of being a volunteer and congratulates any person on
their election and their willingness to serve on boards or
committee’s for the betterment of children either in hockey or
education. He likened the hockey associations to a “great ship”
that is driven “not by the sails, but the unseen wind”, in the
form of coach’s, trainers, manager’s, association director’s
and other support staff.
Hearkening
back to his experience with “ programs of excellence “ in
hockey, Lento challenges the associations to stretch their thinking
to strive to make the programs the goal of steadily improving the
achievement of our players with the main focus on fun.
With
many National and International experiences related to hockey, Frank
Lento looks forward to assisting the B.C. Games Society in growing
stronger as a policy Board and also was a contributor to the bid of
2010 as a Mission staff member at the Nagano Olympic Games.
Frank’s
expertise and his ability to form and participate as a volunteer in
many ventures in the sport of hockey outside his workplace is a
person sought after as the list below shows years of dedication.
Hockey Canada:
Chair 2010 Bid Committee Ice Hockey ( changing men’s venue to GM
Place)
Hockey Canada:
2001 Hockey Canada Order of Merit Ice Hockey
Hockey Canada:
Served as a Director to the COA
Hockey Canada:
Served as a member of both HC and BC’s National Appeals Board
Hockey Canada:
Served as a past member Hockey Canada’s National Parent Committee
(contributing workshops and Parents of Value resource)
IIHF: Director
for Hockey Canada (contributed to negotiations with the NHL and IIHF
regarding Canada’s participation in the Nagano Olympics PLUS
author of Fair Play Page 2 HC Playing Rules also used by IIHF)
Hockey B.C:
Past President
Hockey B.C:
Chair and contributor BC Schools program (introducing students to
the game of hockey)
Hockey B.C:
Provincial Sport Advisor for hockey to the BC Games
Hockey B.C:
Initiated Programs implementation workshops, Risk Management and
Insurance program, framework for Strategic Planning, Restructuring
and Governance reports for Hockey BC and HC
President:
Western Women’s Hockey League( contributed a business plan for
teams and groundwork for amalgamating with the National Women’s
League to compete for the Clarkson Cup)
Frank
Lento is a definite candidate for induction into the (Builders
Category) of the BC Hockey Hall of Fame.
