Dr. John M. Anderson was born and educated in Toronto. He received a Bachelor of Science in Forestry, and a Ph.D. in animal physiology, both from the University of Toronto. He  joined the Biology Department of the University of New Brunswick in 1958, and spent the better part of his career in New Brunswick, mostly in Charlotte County. He was appointed Director of the DFO Biological Station in St. Andrews in 1967, where he founded the Huntsman Marine Science Centre. He moved back to Fredericton in 1973 as President and Vice-Chancellor of UNB. His research interests have focused on fish, mostly Atlantic salmon, so it was a natural move after his UNB presidency to return to St. Andrews to join the Atlantic Salmon Federation where he became Chief Scientist and Vice-President Operations.

He retired in 1997, but continues to remain active in the fields of research and salmon conservation. His current activities include the ASF, the Canadian Executive Services  Organization, the HMSC, the Canadian Nature Conservancy, the Mackenzie King scholarships, the McCain Group scholarships, and the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. He has six children and eight grandchildren, and lives in St. Andrews with his wife, Sylvia.

Mr. Rick Bryce was born and raised in Hamilton,Ontario. He was employed for thirty years by American Can and then Ball Corporation in the metal container industry. His travels took him to plants in Hamilton and

Burlington, Ontario, Vancouver , British Columbia, Columbus, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia. In 1999 Rick accepted the position of General Manager, Can and Cover Division for Connors Bros. Ltd. of Blacks

Harbour.Rick, his wife Val and their three children, Erin, Thomas and Jamie moved to a beautiful home overlooking the ocean on the Harkness Road in Chamcook. Over the years, Rick has been the president of a local Ontario credit union and has been on the Board of Directors of the St.Andrews Arts Council. He has coached the Boys Basketball team at Sir James Dunn Academy for the last four years.When he is

Mr. Andrew Daggett was born and raised on Grand Manan Island and has lived there all his life except for the time spent at Mount Allison University getting a BSc with a major in Psychology. Andy is very happily married to his beautiful wife Tara who is finishing her Masters of Marine Biology and has recently started a job with Sweeney International.

Prior to his current position as Village Manager, Andy worked construction (heavy equipment), worked in the woods (have chainsaw, will travel) and drove tractor trailer, specializing in the hauling of live fish. Outside of his duties as Village manager, Andy sits on the Board for CBDC, is a member of the committee for the Grand Manan/Loos Islands Twinning Project, is a deacon, moderator, and Sunday School teacher in his church, and is a Rotarian.

Leisure activities include sports (basketball, baseball, golf), gardening, hunting (mostly bow hunting), and spending time with his wife.

Ms. Jessie Davies is a new resident of St. Andrews.  For the last five years she has been working on projects in Vietnam and China on sustainable development.  She is Director of Enivironment and Sustainable Development at the University of New Brunswick, a member of the Premier's Round Table on Environment and Economy, on the Board of the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, served on the Joint Public Review Panel for the Sable Gas Project, the New Brunswick Electricity Market Design Committee, the stakeholders Committee on Protected Areas etc.  In times when she is not sitting ...she enjoys kayaking, gardening, travel and walking her dog, Maggie.  Huw and Jessie have two children, Rhiannon (an engineer living in Amsterdam) and Llewellyn (a boat designer and teacher living in Bristor Rhode Island.  Jessie did her undergraduate work at Cornell University and her Masters at Cambridge.  She is past president and a Honorary Trustee of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick.

Mr. Paul Donahue is a long time resident of Milltown Heights, St. Stephen, N.B., married to Joan (Murphy) of Saint John who is an employee of the Atlantic Health Sciences Corporations. They have one son, Aaron.

Mr. Donahue is a St. Stephen High School graduate. He worked for a year gaining business experience then went to NBIT Teacher Training (Commercial) in Moncton, N.B. After teaching for two years, he went on to University of Maine to complete his degree then on to UNB to complete the one-year BEd program. Mr. Donahue taught at Eastern Charlotte Regional High School, James M. Hill High School in Chatham, and the New Brunswick Community College in St. Andrews before coming to teach at St. Stephen High School.  He has a total of thirty years teaching experience and will retire as of June 30, 2001.  At SSHS, Mr. Donahue was staff advisor for the yearbook for a number of years.

Mr. Donahue was involved in the NBTA District 23 (St. Stephen Branch) as Treasurer, Vice President and President.  He was also Chairman of the local Professional Development Committee. Mr. Donahue is involved with the Meals on Wheels program. He was a Board member for the Charlotte County Museum and is presently Chairman of the Charlotte County Mental Health Association.  Mr. Donahue enjoys meeting other people and helping those in need, particularly senior citizens. 

Mr. Dan Harrington, a Saint John native, has lived in Charlotte County for over 12 years. He and his wife Mary McCann reside in Crocker Hill, N.B. with their 3 children where Mary operates St. Stephen Physiotherapy. Dan is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick and the University of British Columbia where he completed a graduate degree in Regional & Community Planning.

Prior to his current position of Manager of the South West Solid Waste Commission Dan spent a number of years in the banking and consulting industries. In addition, he has been active in a number of professional, community and school organizations. Currently Dan is serving as a trustee of the Ganong Nature Park and chairs their Management Plan Committee.

 Dan’s ‘spare time’ passion is basketball and since his knees are weakened from old age he now coaches. Having coached teams from mini to high school he spent the last two seasons coaching at the St. Stephen Middle School.

Mr. Katsuji Haya was born in British Columbia having spent most of his youth in the Vancouver area.  He received both his Bachelor and Doctorate degrees from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia.  Mr. Kaya spent three years at the University of London, London England and 1½ years at Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas doing medical research.  In 1978 he moved to St. Andrews after accepting a position as a scientist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans at the Biological Station.  He continued to work for DFO and currently is head of a research team concerned with the effects of human activities on fisheries resources and the marine environment.  Mr. Haya is married and raised a daughter and two sons in St. Andrews. 

Mr. Haya contributed to his children’s recreational activities by serving on the executive of the St. Andrews’ Figure Skating Club, St. Andrews’ Minor Hockey and Algonquin Golf Club (Junior Coordinator).  His longest commitment has been the ten years as treasurer of the St. Andrews’ Minor Hockey Association.  He has also managed and coached a number of baseball, hockey, basketball, and golf teams for local organizations and Sir James Dunn Academy.

Mr. Dale E. Lively was born in Nova Scotia in 1936 (Feb 4) and moved to St. Andrews with his wife, of 40 years, Dixie in 1976.  He has 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren.  Mr. Lively has retired from the RCMP and as a local business owner.  He is currently president of Livelea Enterprises Ltd., is a member of the Management Committee, The Health Centre Inc., is the Director of the RCMP Veterans Association, National and Provincial Boards, is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, is Honourary Aide-de-Comp to Provincial Lieutenant Governor; The Honourable Marilyn Trenholm-Counsell, and is the Chairman of the Business Improvement Corporation St. Andrews, NB.  Mr. Lively is also a licensed Private Investigator in the Province of New Brunswick.  He was the former President of the St. Andrews Chamber of Commerce and New Brunswick Section of Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce.    His hobbies are gardening and travel.

Mr. Fraser McMullin originates from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Upon completion of University her moved to Pennfield to pursue his career, and to raise his two sons. Mr. McMullin has been an educator in Charlotte County for 23 years. Much of his career had been dedicated to the principalship of Blacks Harbour School. Mr. McMullin is an avid road cyclist and long distance swimmer. He also enjoys time spent with his personal hobby of woodworking. 

Ms. Barb Rayner grew up in southeast England and decided at the age of 14 she wanted to become a journalist. She landed a job as a cub reporter on the local paper straight out of high school and by the time she was 21 had also completed all the necessary college courses as well. 

She worked on various weekly and evening papers in England before immigrating to Canada in 1974. Her first seven years on this side of the Atlantic were spent in Newfoundland then she moved to St. George. Since coming to Canada she has worked for various newspapers and radio stations with the last nine years at the St. Croix Courier.

A former school board trustee and a member of the now defunct St. George Rotary Club she is the divorced mother of two sons - Ben, a journalist who is the pop music critic for the Toronto Star, and Duncan, a political scientist who is working for a public relations firm in Ottawa.

Ms. Margaret Raymonde (Ray) Peterson was born in Gatehouse-of-Fleet, Scotland, and moved to Canada with her parents in 1946.  She was educated at Carleton University in Ottawa, receiving a B.Sc and then a M.Sc. in Biology in 1966 and 1968 respectively.  In 1991 she gained a Certificate in Voluntary and Non-profit Sector Management from U.N.B.  and the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy.  In addition, she received a LLB from U.N.B. in 1999 and became a member of the NB Bar in 2000.  Ms. Peterson has been employed as a teacher at the UNCC; as a contract researcher in biological sciences at the Federal Biological Station and at the Atlantic Salmon Federation; as the director at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre; and as an articling clerk for Denyse Smart.  She served on the District 10 School Board form 1989 to 1992 and as Mayor of St. Andrews from 1992 to 1995.  Ms. Peterson is Past President elect of the Kiwanis Club of St. Andrews and a member of the Board of Directors of Charlotte County Housing Inc.

Mrs. Margaret Anne (Peggy) Saunders was born brought up and educated in the USA.  She has since become a Canadian citizen.  She and her husband came to Canada in 1956 and to St. Andrews in 1960.  He husband (Dick) was a scientist at the Biological Station.  Mrs. Saunders has three children.  Over the years she has volunteered at church and other organizations, primarily the Ross Memorial Library (formally the St. Andrews Library) serving as a volunteer, Board member, employee and again as a Board member.  She was also on the Regional Library Board. Her most recent involvement is with Hospice of Charlotte where she is presently Chairman of the Board.

Ms. Mary Wobma was born in Blacks Harbour and moved to St. Andrews in 1981 with her husband Keith and their children Shauna and Troy.  She is currently employed at the Atlantic Salmon Federation as an Administrative Assistant/ Finance and Human Resource Administrator.  She has always been involved as a volunteer in her community in one form or another.  Ms. Wobma coached junior volleyball at the Sir James Dunn Academy and has been involved in the Girl Guide organization as a leader and later as an auxiliary member.  She participated in the fund raising efforts to build the community tennis courts.  She served on the Town Council as Deputy Mayor for 3 years and as a councilor for 1½ years.  Ms. Wobma continues to work raising monies for Canada Day fireworks and is very involved with her church community.  She enjoys music, gardening, tennis and volleyball.

Ms. Leslie Cuthbertson, Executive Director was born in Montreal, Quebec, and moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1980 to study Forestry at the University of New Brunswick. After completing her B.Sc. Forestry degree in 1985 she began working in the non-profit sector for Conservation Council of New Brunswick. She continued her work in the non-profit environmental field as Executive Director of a Vancouver-based environmental group, and returned to New Brunswick to work for the Atlantic Environmental Network. This led her to other work in the field of environmental consulting with Jacques Whitford Inc., and later more general consulting assignments in a broad diversity of fields, with a Montreal based firm, Tardif, Murray and Associates Inc. In 1994, Ms. Cuthbertson, her husband Rob Rainer, and two children moved to St. Andrews. While working part-time and raising her children, Ms. Cuthbertson volunteered on the Vincent Massey Elementary School Parent Advisory Committee. She became involved with Fundy Community Foundation as part-time Executive Director in 1999.