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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. <>Hugh McKnight, PresidentJohn M. Anderson, Vice President Jessie Davies, Treasurer Barb Rayner, Secretary David Ames Alan Dunfield Bill Francis Chris Frantsi Lance Howard Helen Stephenson Fraser Walsh FCF Advisors <>John ClarkVance Craig Janice Harvey Phoebe Anne Magee G. Fred Nicholson, Q.C Mary Wobma George (Skip) W. Wolf III FCF Staff
<>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. 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. 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. 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. Helen Stephenson 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 volunteers for the Charlotte County Cancer Society. She lives in St. Andrews with her husband Brian and son, Chris. They also have two grown children Sara and Mark.
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