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Joyce Murray was appointed Minister of Management Services on Jan. 26, 2004. She previously served as Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection. Ms. Murray was first elected in 2001 to represent the riding of New Westminster. Before her election to the Legislative Assembly, Ms. Murray was a founder, shareholder and board chair of Brinkman & Assoc. Reforestation Limited, a silviculture company based in New Westminster that offers a range of forest management and restoration services in B.C., across Canada and in Central America. She worked as a tree planter, crew boss and camp cook in remote areas throughout B.C. before becoming an entrepreneur in 1976. Ms. Murray earned her master’s of business administration from Simon Fraser University and received the faculty of business dean’s convocation medal as top MBA graduate. Ms. Murray was the regional winner of the Canadian Airlines Export Award Program in 1996 and earned the Quality Council of B.C.’s Bronze Level Excellence Award in 2000 on behalf of her company’s quality program. Ms. Murray participated in several non-profit forestry organizations and was director of the Employee Share Owner & Investment Association. She was also a member of the Greater Vancouver Regional District solid waste management plan monitoring committee and the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce.