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Executive Office
The Executive Office is responsible to plan, implement, and oversee a comprehensive global strategy designed to develop and oversee the MCK’s activities, roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures; to guide and engage the organization to ensure transparency; and ensure that effective communication channels exist throughout the organization. The Executive Office functions as the triage center to determine priorities and actions.
About Us
The Executive Office is comprised of:
- Executive Director – Dawn Marquis-Deere
- Executive Financial Officer – Kyle Delisle
- Executive Operations Officer – Alan John Rice
- Executive Administrative Officer – Donna McCarthy *Interim
- Executive Infrastructure Officer – Chris Stacey
- Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
- The Executive Support Services consisting of Public Relations, Legal Services, Organizational Development, Human Resources and Information Management
The Executive Office strategy aims to enhance core governance functions of the organization by addressing the
following responsibilities:
- Strategic Governance by setting strategic direction and global organizational strategy and planning and providing Leadership in these areas.
- Administrative Governance through the establishment of the organizational structure, setting the organizational culture, leading organizational change, and the establishment of organizational standards.
- Quality Governance through the establishment of an accountability framework and change management framework.
- Financial Governance by setting the global financial envelope, the development of a MCK business interest strategy and global financial planning.
- Operational Governance by setting operational standards and service delivery standards, assessment of the community’s needs, and operationalizing the political direction.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that the following activities take place: inspections, developing orders, and supporting action in the event of non-compliance to existing community laws, regulations, and policies related to this mandate.
Each unit at the MCK is committed to continuously monitoring and integrating appropriate industry trends and standards, ensuring that their knowledge is current and relevant. Units further commit to applying their subject-matter expertise to determine the necessity and the method of developing and revising legal and regulatory frameworks that relate to their specific mandate.
Each unit at the MCK is committed to fostering cooperation and collaboration between units, recognizing the importance of respecting each other’s requirements and processes. These obligations are anchored in our organizational policies, procedures, and legal requirements. Each unit is dedicated to transparent communication and mutual support to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of our operations.

Dawn Marquis-Deere
Executive Director
Oversees:
- Executive Office
- Legal Services
- Public Relations
Administrative link and supervisor of the Commissioner of Justice and Director of Kahnawà:ke Legislative Services

Alan John Rice
Executive Operations Officer
Oversees:
- Client Based Services
- Housing
- Kahnawake Labor Office
- Sports & Recreation
- Public Safety
Administrative link and supervisor of the Commissioner of Public Safety

Chris Stacey
Executive Infrastructure Officer
Oversees:
- Environment Protection
- Lands
- Capital
- Public Works
- Asset Management

Donna McCarthy
Interim Executive Administrative Officer
Oversees:
- Administration
- Human Resources
- Information Management
- Organizational Development

Kyle Delisle
Executive Financial Officer
Oversees:
- Finance
- Revenue and Business Development
Administrative link and supervisor of the Purchasing Agent of the Executive Directors Committee
Complaints
The Executive Office acts as the coordinator/monitor, and in certain circumstances, the investigator of client complaints. If you have a complaint related to the quality of services supplied by the MCK and its employees, you may submit it to MCKComplaints@mck.ca or by mail to: Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke, P.O. Box 720, Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, J0L 1B0, by fax: 450-638-5958 or in person at the MCK Main Building. Please refer to the MCK Complaints Policy for more information.