Kurt believes strongly in the importance of both getting involved with and giving back to one’s community, and in the past has served on the Board of Directors of the Southern Alberta Epilepsy Association, the Lethbridge Chapter of the Canadian Diabetes Association, the Downtown Lethbridge BRZ, and the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta. He is also the Past President and Chair of the Board of Directors of Economic Development Lethbridge, is a retired member of the University of Lethbridge Senate, and was appointed Chair of the University of Lethbridge Board of Governors in June of 2016.

Kurt’s passion for excellence in governance culminated in him obtaining the prestigious ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto in July of 2020.

Kurt is also a philanthropist, and has personally supported many different pillars of the Lethbridge and area community, including the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation, Lethbridge College, the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Family Services, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, as well as a number of other charities.

In December of 2015, Kurt was named one of Lethbridge’s Top 40 Under 40 by the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. In September of 2017, he was honoured to be given the traditional Blackfoot name, Stamiksiiitoohkitapoyii – Bull Buffalo Standing on the Hill, by the FMNI Chapter of the University of Lethbridge Alumni Association.