Message from the Executive Director
Board of Directors
Patti Callahan – Chair, Retired, Educator
Debbie Deering – Vice Chair, Managing Senior Partner, Relevant Life Financial Group Inc
Al Lang – Treasurer, Retired, City of North Bay
Don Coutts – Retired, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Steven Venasse – President, Venasse Building Group Inc
Ted Thomson – Senior Financial Advisor, Assante Wealth Management
Yvonne Weir – Retired, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Michael Burke – Retired, Solicitor, City of North Bay
Guy Fournier – Retired, Branch Manager, RBC
Advisors to the Board
Barbara Minogue – Retired, Executive Lead, Ontario’s Promise
Gail Malden – Associate Account Manager, RBC
Lloyd Burke – Retired, Partner, KPMG
Jacques Lacourse – Group Health, Life and Disability Advisor, Kennedy Insurance
Natalie MacDougall – Manager, Correctional Services
Committees
Grants Committee Financial Committee
Steven Venasse, Chair Al Lang, Chair
Don Coutts Lloyd Burke
Jayme Lathem Steven Venasse
Gail Malden Ted Thomson
Patti Callahan Chris Mayne
Guy Fournier Guy Fournier
Debbie Deering
Fund Development Committee Special Events Committee
Michael Burke Chris Mayne, Chair
Yvonne Weir Allison Zadorozny Quinn
Ted Thomson Patti Callahan
Patti Callahan Guy Fournier
Debbie Deering Joan Schwendemann
Gail Malden
To find out more about joining our committees, please contact Executive Director Kate Merritt-Dupelle.