Directors and Officers of FOWB Inc
Volunteers, Neighbours and Association Executive
Karen Fischer (Consecon)
FOWB Chair |
currently
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Cheryl Lunan (Consecon)
FOWB Treasurer |
Karen White (Gardenville)
FOWB Secretary |
Toby Toth (Consecon)
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Ray Petterson (Gardenville)
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This could be you...
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and your neighbour
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Board Member Highlights
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Karen FischerFOWB Chair
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Karen is a community economic development professional. She has worked with rural municipalities, organizations, Indigenous communities and businesses for 22 years, as a coach, facilitator, trainer, and collaborator, building partnerships and providing resources and tools to help increase economic and community development capacity.
She has an in-depth knowledge and is very passionate about helping to build vibrant and vital rural communities using numerous community development tools, programs and resources. She has expertise and specific interest in business development, retention and expansion, strategic planning and organizational development, business and community development, Teeny Tiny communities, and supporting the local food sector. Karen is an aspiring ally, and has demonstrated a significant commitment to learning, unlearning and facilitating conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion within her workplace and community.
She has an in-depth knowledge and is very passionate about helping to build vibrant and vital rural communities using numerous community development tools, programs and resources. She has expertise and specific interest in business development, retention and expansion, strategic planning and organizational development, business and community development, Teeny Tiny communities, and supporting the local food sector. Karen is an aspiring ally, and has demonstrated a significant commitment to learning, unlearning and facilitating conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion within her workplace and community.
Karen White
Karen has been a member of The FOWB for several years and is pleased to be on the current board as their secretary.
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Karen & her husband Paul moved to “The County” and bought their home on Wellers Bay in 2001.
When Paul died of cancer in 2002, Karen started volunteering for the Canadian Cancer Society. She also volunteers for several other organizations. Her love of the county and her home on Wellers Bay has provided Karen with a purpose and she is grateful to the FOWB for all they do to maintain the health of Wellers Bay. |
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Cheryl Lunan
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Cheryl Lunan joined the FOWB board as Treasurer 4 years ago during Covid. The following year she also became our volunteer bookkeeper as our former one closed her business.
Cheryl moved to Consecon with her husband Lloyd in 2012. She is happy to be at the northwest end of the county with so many wonderful people after spending a lot of time at the opposite end of it with family living near Picton. Enjoying her teenage experiences in the County, she came to love it. |
Cheryl also volunteers with Humane Society Hastings Prince Edward , PEC Fresh and with Consecon Legion as treasurer. She helps with her granddaughters care when she is off school. Her whole family love to kayak, paddleboard and swim in WellersBay. It is a beautiful body of water and we all want to keep it that way for future generations to enjoy, as well.
Toby Toth |
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Ray Patterson
Director 2
Ray Patterson has rejoined the Board of the Friends of Wellers Bay.
Ray Patterson has rejoined the Board of the Friends of Wellers Bay.
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Previously, he co-led the "State of the Bay Committee," which organized a broad community survey and membership drive and completed the proposed Strategic 5 year Plan; much of which was adopted as current areas of focus for the FOWB.
Retired from Nortel Networks after several decades in senior management, including global mandates in Executive Development and Employee Training, as well as Director of Environmental Protection, Ray has also been involved with The United Way, Habitat for Humanity (Brampton) in leadership capacities, as well as PEC Seniors Care, Wheels of Hope (Canadian Cancer Society), and the Ameliasburgh Recreation Committee. |
‘Living (almost) on Wellers Bay since 2012 with partner Dr. Scott Donaghue, we have enjoyed kayaking, boating and swimming...hosting our three grandchildren and Scott's family from Sault Ste. Marie.’
Ray has deep roots here. His Father Edwin Patterson and his Grandmother Francis (Weller) Patterson, plus several generations before, were born in Carrying Place and surrounds. Ray is an 8th generation descendant of Asa Weller; one of the first settlers of Carrying Place. The fact that Ray and Scott live on Wellers Lane is a wonderful coincidence.
Ray has deep roots here. His Father Edwin Patterson and his Grandmother Francis (Weller) Patterson, plus several generations before, were born in Carrying Place and surrounds. Ray is an 8th generation descendant of Asa Weller; one of the first settlers of Carrying Place. The fact that Ray and Scott live on Wellers Lane is a wonderful coincidence.
