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Board of Directors

CCEDNet's Directors are elected by our members and Standing Committees to 3-year terms.  The Board meets on a monthly basis on average.  Minutes of Board meetings are available upon request.

 

Board Members

 

Caroline Lachance, President

Caroline Lachance has been involved with the Canadian CED Network since 2002. Between 1996 and 2010 she worked for ÉCOF, the Community Economic Development Corporation (CDEC) of Trois-Rivières. Caroline has an economic background and is known for her expertise in corporate financial and administrative management. She has been a member of several provincial networks, such as CDEC du Québec, and the Social Economy and Community Action Employment Sector Committee.

 

Carol Madsen, Vice President

Carol Madsen has been on the Canadian CED Network board since 2005. She is the Manager of Pathways Information Centre, a CED project of Tradeworks Training Society  located in  Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She has been teaching in Simon Fraser University's Centre for Sustainable Community Development for nine years and has taught at Concordia's School of Community Public Affairs and UBC's School of Social Work.  Previously she was the regional representative for the Canadian CED Technical Assistance Program for British Columbia and the Director of  Bridging the Divides, a participatory action research CED project that took place in two rural communities in BC.  She has been involved in CED, social justice and international development work for more than 25 years and it passionate about creating a more equitable Canadian society for all.

 

Victoria Morris, Treasurer

Victoria Morris has been involved in CED and youth focused work for over 10 years. Victoria was first elected to the Board of CCEDNet in 2002 and co-chaired CCEDNet's Emerging Leaders Committee from 2003-2006. Her work to date has focused on youth engagement, multiculturalism, co-operative education and development, communications and CED focused community planning. Victoria is Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Association and is currently completing a Masters of Business Administration in Community Economic Development through Cape Breton University. Victoria is involved in several performing and visual arts endeavors and until starting the MBA in CED program, was also actively involved in a number of CED organizations and community initiatives.

 

Diana Jedig, Secretary 

Since 1994, Diana Jedig has been the Executive Director for the Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations (OACFDC). Her direct experience with the Community Futures Program has been a key strength in ensuring the Network responds to the needs of its members.

 

Michael Farris

Michael has a master’s degree in Administration, a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Studies and training in child and youth care, child and family services, fundraising and philanthropy. Michael has extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector. This includes over 25 years experience in agency leadership and activities such as founding award winning, innovative projects and programs. He is committed to collaborative action and to person-centred approaches. Michael has an extensive history of work with inner city, First Nations and new Canadian populations. He has contributed to service development through program standards development, consultative roles and collaborative initiatives. Michael has presented to local, provincial, national and international bodies and forums, including Parliamentary Committees, United Nations Conferences and the Council of Europe. He has served in numerous consultative, research and planning activities within the sector and with all orders of government. 

 

Ryan Gibson, Chair of Membership Committee

Originally from rural Manitoba, Ryan is currently a doctoral student at Memorial University and a Research Affiliate with the Rural Development Institute of Brandon University. For the past seven years Ryan has been engaged in community development projects and processes focused on rural and northern governance, regional collaboration, cooperatives, community foundations, and rural revitalization.

 

Norman Greenberg, Chair of Policy Council

Dr. Greenberg is a psychologist who has worked in the field of rehabilitation for almost 20 years. Graduating from the University of Western Ontario with his doctorate in Developmental Psychology, he has worked with youth and adults with both psychiatric and developmental disabilities. Working at the Nova Scotia Hospital, now the Capital District Mental Health Program, he was instrumental in creating a Community Economic Development initiative to support long-term residents to gain employment experience. He currently works at the employment unit supporting Gung Ho Cooperative, seeking ways to expand the work available using Community Economic Development tools and methodologies. He is the present Professional Practice Leader for Psychology in the Mental Health program.

 

Marianne Jurzyniec, Co-chair of Emerging Leaders

Marianne is currently employed with Affinity Credit Union as a Financial Services Manager in Regina Saskatchewan. She is finishing her Justice degree at the University of Regina and plans to complete an MBA in Community Economic Development to further build her career in this area. In 2011, she joined the Canadian Community Economic Development Network’s standing committee, Emerging Leaders, and has enjoyed the experience of meeting other people who share the same goals as she does. Through all of these endeavours she has found a passion for co-operatives and my community. She has spent time both in rural communities and larger cities and witnessed the differences of how co-operatives function which sparked her interest in uniting these two diverse aspects.

 

Art Lew

Art Lew is the General Manager for Haida Gwaii Community Futures (HGCF) that he started in 1998. HGCF is a leader in building community capacity and supporting efforts to expand economic opportunities that promote community sustainability with particular emphasis on social enterprise. HGCF board reflects the population distribution of the islands with 50% of it members being nominated by the Haida communities.

Art has been an active member of CCEDnet since its inception and is on the leadership council for the British Columbia CED network. He has been a member of the international committee for the past 3 years. This resulted in a partnership between HGCF, Canadian Crossroads International and a Bolivian microfinance organization that is developing exchanges between Canada and Bolivia.

Art holds University degrees in Business and in Community Economic Development. He has held positions in management consulting, in senior management in a variety of business sectors and as an owner manager of a small business. His CED experience has spanned the last 14 years.

 

Christine Landry

Christine Landry has been with Community Futures Manitoba, the association of Manitoba’s 16 Community Futures organizations (CFs), since 2000.

As Project Coordinator, she works with the 16 CF offices to strengthen their capacity to assist rural, northern an Aboriginal communities in strengthening their business sector and build capacity for CED. Christine has been actively involved with CCEDNet, sitting on the annual CED Gathering planning committee since 2004. She was also a member of the planning committee for the 2009 National CCEDNet Conference in Winnipeg.

Christine works with Community Futures offices each year to plan their annual provincial conference, which is promoted to CED service providers across the province. She also handles the association’s marketing and communications activities. Recently she was pleased to be a member of CCEDNet Manitoba’s Interim Governance Committee to develop a model for improving communication and efficiency in the Network.


 

Vacant, Chair of Practitioner and Sector Strengthening Committee