Rick Glumac has officially added the title of "president" to his political résumé.
This week, the Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA was formally elected to the top seat on the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) committee and will serve a one-year term representing the B.C. government.
Glumac explained he hopes to unite the PNWER and its 10 member states for a co-operative and strategic approach to cross-border exports.
"As president, my focus will be to strengthen PNWER's capacity on the Canadian side of the border so that we can undertake even more successful cross-border collaboration," Glumac said in a release.
"As a region, we are diverse, but we share many common interests. I look forward to working with my colleagues on issues related to energy transition, clean transportation and so much more."
Glumac was elected to the PNWER presidency during the delegate council's recent annual summit in Boise, Idaho, from July 16 to 20.
The non-profit organization includes B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Montana.
It's an expanded government role for the Glumac, who was re-appointed by B.C. Premier David Eby as Victoria's liaison to the Pacific Northwest in April.
He was originally named premier's liaison to the Pacific Northwest in December 2020 after winning a second term as Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA from that year's provincial election.
When his additional roles were made public, a provincial grant of $500,000 was also downstreamed to the PNWER to get started on some of B.C.'s key priorities.
This includes building on the feasibility studies of a 400 km/h bullet train connecting Vancouver with Seattle and Portland.
Other practices of precedence for B.C. with the PNWER include agriculture, housing, disaster resilience, electrification and planning.
