Pat Rigey Shares Life Story with Club Members
Posted by John Borst
on Feb 14, 2015
New Rotarian and club member, Pat Rigey briefly shared her life story in what Rotarians call a “vocational talk”
Rigey was born and raised in Dryden with her two brothers. She did all of her primary and secondary schooling in Dryden. After graduation she attended Ryerson she obtained her BA.
Her career began in the Reed Ltd office in Toronto and its successor companies over a span 27 years.Pat started in the finance department and rose to become corporate secretary with responsibility for ensuring compliance with various rules and regulations governing the corporation.
During her career Pat took evening classes and obtained further designations accosiated with her work.
After 27 years and a number of ownership changes, the office closed and Pat was the last one to leave before the lights were turned off for the last time.
However, she soon received an offer from ATCO in Calgary, where she was a senior manager in charge of corporate governance and a member of 9 different committees.
While there Rigey helped develop electronic board books so that board members could review documentation wherever they were in the world.
In 2006, Pat became involved with EPIC, a committee of the company which dealt with
charitable donations after ATCO stopped its involvement with the United Way.
Rigey retired little over a year ago and moved back to Dryden. She lives with her mother and assists with her care. Her recreational interests include hiking, curling, sewing, mahjong, and Rotary.