Former Danielle Smith staffer hired by MaKami College to assist 'transition' from private to public institution

The for-profit vocational school whose owners donated more than $17K to the premier and the UCP was quietly added to the list of Independent Academic Institutions in late-March.

Premier Danielle Smith’s former director of issues management, Erika Barootes, is now the director of external relations for MaKami College. (Twitter/Erika Barootes)

Erika Barootes, a former staffer for Premier Danielle Smith, has a new job with MaKami College, a for-profit vocational school the government added to the province’s list of publicly subsidi…