Lynne Fafard:CEO and president, Riverbend Group of Companies
Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Lynne Fafard attended the University of Alberta to earn a degree in commerce and business administration before returning to join the family’s building materials business, started by her father and uncle in 1947, in a marketing role. She left the company for 16 years to raise her family and rejoined the company in 1996. Fafard and her husband, Ken, purchased the company in 2004 from her father and siblings, eventually forming the Riverbend Group of Companies, consisting of three separate entities — Madero Distribution, Penner Door & Hardware and two lumberyards — and eight locations. Since 2006, the company has grown nearly 250% and now has vendors around the world. Fafard’s two sons now work for the company as well. “We try hard to keep the sense of family and we are not afraid of doing whatever it takes to help things move forward,” she says.
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