Long-term Service Awards

In December, Bethany celebrated some long-service employees.

Nuri Haib has been with Bethany for five years. He joined Bethany in 2012 as the Administrator at Bethany Airdrie. In 2016, he moved into the role of Senior Director, Quality, Resident Safety & Clinical Education. In this role, Nuri has worked with his team to get the organization “audit ready” and to enhance the educational curriculums of Bethany’s new programs. In conjunction with Learning and Development, his team successfully led the training and orientation of over 300 employees hired for Bethany Riverview – a very impressive accomplishment.

Cheryl Klassen is celebrating her 30^th working anniversary at Bethany. She started her career in 1988 within the department of Finance. She started as an accountant and then spent a short time as Acting Housing Coordinator in 2000. In 2001, she moved into the systems administration world to support users with a number of Bethany’s systems. Currently, as Application Support Analyst, Cheryl very patiently explains information to various users and helps ease frustrations.

Michael Baden is celebrating 35 years of service as a Bethany employee. He began his career as a Porter in 1983 and after a couple of years was promoted to Supervisor for all the porters. As health funding cuts made headlines in the 1990s, the use of porters was affected and Michael moved into maintenance for the next eight years. In 1998, Michael transferred into the Materiel Management department while working on his Bachelors of Commerce degree at the University of Calgary and became our Materiel Management Manger in 2004, a position he still holds today.

Harry Johnson has also been with Bethany for 35 years. His first role was a Casual Porter – Maintenance position which commenced in 1983. Shortly afterwards, he was promoted into the Audio Visual department as a Technician. Harry upgraded his skills through technical courses and in 2008, he took over as the Supervisor of the Maintenance Department at Bethany Calgary and held this position for over a decade. In the spring of 2018, Harry moved up to the role of Area Supervisor, Maintenance Calgary Zone Sites. Harry received the Service Excellence Award at Bethany’s Service Excellence Awards banquet in April 2018.

A big thank you to these four outstanding employees for their enthusiasm, hard work and dedication that help in creating caring communities at Bethany!