The Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada is pleased to announce the 2010 recipients of the AFOA/Xerox Excellence in Aboriginal Leadership awards at the 10th Anniversary Annual AFOA national conference in Ottawa. The recipients for the 7th year of the award are Deanna Hamilton, President and Chief Executive Officer, First Nation Finance Authority located in Westbank First Nation in British Columbia and Lynn Anne Knockwood, Director of Common Services, Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq in Truro Nova, Scotia.