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Community Foundation Serving the Communities of Charlotte County, N.B., Canada - Incorporated in 1993 |
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Return to About FCF Click on individual name for a brief bio. <>Lance Howard, PresidentFraser Walsh, Vice President Helen Stephenson, Secretary David Ames, Treasurer Heather Chase Andy Cleghorn Alan Dunfield Chris Frantsi Sharon McGladdery Danielle Sullivan FCF Advisors <>John ClarkVance Craig Janice Harvey Phoebe Anne Magee G. Fred Nicholson, Q.C Mary Wobma George (Skip) W. Wolf III FCF Staff
Alan Dunfield, is a resident of St.
Andrews and principal of the St. Stephen Middle School in St. Stephen.
He
taught in Montreal for 12 years before moving to this area. Having
spent
summers in the Maritimes, he moved to New Brunswick in 1985 and taught
at the
St. Stephen Middle School for five years, then spent six years as
vice-principal of Vincent Massey Elementary School in St. Andrews. He
was
appointed principal at the middle school in 1997. The Learning
Partnership
chose him in 2009 as one of Canada’s 31 outstanding principals.
Dr. Chris
Frantsi has lived in St. Andrews since 1975. He has extensive
background in fisheries and aquaculture in both public and private
sectors. He began his career as a microbiologist with federal Fisheries
Inspection Branch and later taught food microbiology at the University
of Guelph. From 1972 to 1975 he was responsible for fish health in
Atlantic Canada's federal government salmon hatcheries. he then joined
the North American Salmon Research Centre in St. Andrews and worked
with the Huntsman Marine Laboratory and New Brunswick Community College
in establishing and teaching Canada's first Aquaculture Technician
Training Program. From 1978 to 1985 he conducted research privately for
government and private clients in both shellfish and finfish.In 1985 he joined Connors Bros. Limited, later to become Heritage Salmon Limited, to establish the Aquaculture Division where he worked in senior management to 2004. He currently pursues a number of private interests under Chris Frantis & Associates. He currently serves on the advisory board of the Atlantic Innovation Fund. Lance Howard, Lance is originally from the Montreal area, and after earning an engineering degree at Queen's and an MBA in Manitoba, he worked as an engineer and senior executive for SNC Lavalin Inc. There Lance had the opportunity to plan energy projects and to build power projects, both across Canada and in several developing countries. For many years, he and Frances have been returning to Bartlett's Mills to visit her family, and in 2005 they had the good fortune to be able to move to Charlotte County permanently. Their son Nathan still lives in Montreal, working as a musician. These days Lance is busy with the oceanfront residential project at the Glass Shore in Bocabec. He has various community interests, and serves on the boards at Passamaquoddy Lodge and Wesley United Church. Otherwise, he loves to work in the woods and kayak on our beautiful Passamaquoddy Bay. Lance and Frances are waiting somewhat impatiently for grandchildren. Sharron McGladdery moved to St. Andrews from Ottawa to St. Andrews from Ottawa in 2009 to take on the position of Director of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's (DFO) St. Andrews Biological Station (SABS). This saw her return to the starting place of her career in marine biology when she was a graduate student from the Univeristy of New Brunswick working on at the Huntsman and DFO on herring. During the next 25 years she was a DFO scientist in Moncton and Ottawa and worked with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Canadian Executive Services Overseas (CESO) on technical support programs in the Asia-Pacific region. While in Ottawa she also served on the Board of Ottawa Therapy Dogs - an organisation dedicated to safe animal interactions for hospital therapy or visitation purposes - and, on moving back to St. Andrews, has become involved with community organisations such as Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre, Kiwanis and the Huntsman Marine Science Centre. She is excited to see the opportunities offered to the next generation of marine biology students through the new facilities being developed at Huntsman and at SABS. Helen Stephenson moved to St. Andrews in 1984. She is a Registered Nurse and has worked with the New Brunswick Extra Mural Program for over 20 years with a particular interest and expertise in Palliative Care. She has been a board member of the Ross Memorial Museeum, Friends of the Ross Memorial Museum, Passamaquoddy Children's Centre as well as the Charlotte County Day Care. She is active in her church and enjoys gardening and playing as well as growing squash. Danielle Sullivan Fraser T. Walsh, P. Eng., is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick’s electrical engineering program and has studied through Harvard and Queens universities. He joined Connors Brothers Limited, the world’s largest sardine processor, in 1970 as an engineering project manager and has since enjoyed a distinguished career with positions of progressive responsibility and success. These have included terms as senior vice-president of Connors Brothers’ divisions for canning, operations, and aquaculture, as well as President of Heritage Salmon Limited. Fraser is very active in both industry and community life. He has served as director on numerous industry-related organizations and is former director of the New Brunswick Power Holding Corporation. Fraser is a director of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and is an owner of a New Brunswick Senior “A” Hockey League team. Sandy Thurber, Executive Director, was born in St. Andrews, N.B. She completed the Clerk Typist course at NBCC in St. Andrews and worked for 10 years with a local bank then 15 years bookkeeping for a private industry. With need for a change, she started her own business supplying bookkeeping services to several businesses and registered charities. After being with FCF part time since 2002 as bookkeeper/administration/grantmaking assistant, she accepted the position of Executive Director in 2006. She enjoys painting, biking, swimming and hiking. She was an active member and volunteer of the St. Croix Blades Speed Skating Club and served as President for a term. She serves on the Community Inclusion coordinating committee for Charlotte County.. She lives in St. Andrews with her husband Brian. Sandy and Brian feel fortunate to have their three children Sara, Mark and Chris and one grandchild, Noah, living in New Brunswick.
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