Born and raised in the Border City, Stacy Cadzow is on the pulse of the community as the finance manager at the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association.
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Cadzow graduated from Reeves College after high school then moved to Marshall, Sask., for a few years. While in Marshall, she got married to her husband, Bill, and had a few kids before moving back to Lloydminster for the long haul.
Cadzow started at the Lloyd Ex five years ago and quickly got involved in many aspects of day-to-day operations and countless events and fundraisers the Ex puts on.
“At the Ex, I do all of the invoicing and payables. I make sure payroll runs smoothly, the bills are paid, and we’re functioning and continue doing what we do,” she said. “I do the Chase the Ace, something I’ve done for four years now, as well as work alongside our GM, Jackie Tomayer. We both work for the board here.”
Cadzow has been a Lloydminster and District Co-op board member for a year, is the president of the Waterboard Association at Brightsand Lake, and recently joined the board for the Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies and Exhibitions.
“If I wasn’t in the role I’m in now, I don’t know what I’d be doing. I’ve always worked, every day,” she said.
Before the Lloyd Ex, Cadzow worked for local companies doing anything from invoicing and payables to loading trucks and dispatching.
Working at the Ex, however, opened Cadzow’s eyes to the importance of community involvement.
“The oilfield is all I knew before this, but working at the Lloyd Ex, you learn a whole different side of things. I learned what brings the community together, what it takes to put on a fair and how to get the community involved,” she said, noting the Lloyd Ex is celebrating 120 years of the fair this July.
“Keeping this tradition alive is very cool, and it all hit home for me the first time we took my grandson to the fair. He was five at the time and was amazed by the lights and the noise … I thought, ‘This is pretty cool.’
“Seeing that made all the work we put in to make these events happen worthwhile.”
The best part of Cadzow’s day is working with the team at the Ex. She described them as a close team and said it was refreshing to work with men and women after years in the oilfield.
Stacy and Bill have been married for 34 years and jokingly said the key to a long-term union is “Stay together but do your own thing.”
“Bill is a wonderful husband,” she said. “He does a lot of the work around the house since I spend so much time here and doesn’t complain when I get involved with all the organizations I’m a part of.”
Cadzow said persistence is key for young women looking to pursue a career in finance.
“If you really want to do it, nothing’s going to stop you,” she said, noting her finance role is a dream job. “Keep plugging away and keep your mind set on what you want to do.”
The proud mother of three is also a grandmother of five between the ages of two and 11, which keeps her busy when she’s not at the Ex or working with
various boards.
“I like the idea of making a difference. I want my grandchildren to know I make a difference. My oldest grandchild tells everyone I have a million jobs,” she said with a laugh.
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