Vice Chief Eric Sylvestre is a member of the Birch Narrows First Nation of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC). Prior to this position, he was a private businessman owning and operating a store at Birch Narrows. Prior to that, he studied at the University of Saskatchewan in the area of business administration. He was also employed by MLTC as the Director in charge of MLTC's self government negotiations. He is also a former Chief and Band Manager for Birch Narrows. He also holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the U of S and he has been a classroom teacher. Vice Chief Eric has been part of MLTC, one of the most highly successful tribal council's in Canada, in a number of capacities over the past 15 years.