Board of Directors

Peter Carroll
Board Position:	Chair
Region Represented:	Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton
Company/Organization:	Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)
Title/Position:	President
Paul van Laren
Board Position:	Vice Chair
Region Represented:	Northumberland
Company/Organization:	Sabic Innovative Plastics
Title/Position:	Site Leader
Keith Riel
Board Position:	Treasurer
Region Represented:	Peterborough
Company/Organization:	Peterborough & District Labour Council; GE Peterborough
Title/Position:	Executive Member
Experience:	Certified Industrial Electrician and Engineering Electrical Technician Member of Ontario Association of Certified Engineering, Technician and Technologists (OACETT) Past President of CAW Local 524 (GE Peterborough) Active in the United Way of Peterborough & District (Director), Homegrown Homes (Director), and the Committee of Adjustment - City of Peterborough
Dan Borowec
Board Position:	Board Member
Region Represented:	Northumberland
Company/Organization:	Northumberland County Economic Development and Tourism
Title/Position:	Director
Marion Burton
Board Position:	Board Member
Region Represented:	Peterborough
Company/Organization:	Peterborough & District Labour Council
Title/Position:	President
Experience:	Served on the EI Board of Referees for twenty years Served 6 years on the United Way Board of Directors Advocates for those in need during times of unemployment and financial distress
Jennifer Garland
Board Position:	Board Member
Region Represented:	Peterborough
Company/Organization:	The Cactus Group
Title/Position:	Principal
Experience:	Accredited business communicator with over 20 years of experience working with senior executives in a variety of sectors Specializes in the development of strategic relationship building approaches for organizations Has been an active participant in the delivery of strategic plans designed to build productive relationships, facilitate learning and drive change Written work and community investment projects have received both national and international recognition through the International Association of Business Communicators and other national organizations
Andy Mitchell
Board Position:	Board Member
Region Represented:	Peterborough
Company/Organization:	Consultant
Carlos Oliveira
Board Position:	Board Member, Community Development Board Committee Chair
Region Represented:	Peterborough
Company/Organization:	Operitel Corporation website
Title/Position:	Vice President of Application Development
Kamran Qayyum
Region Represented:	Peterborough
Company/Organization:	Siemens Canada Limited






Bonnie Thrasher
Board Position:	Board Member
Region Represented:	Northumberland
Company/Organization:	Boston Pizza Cobourg
Title/Position:	Owner
Experience:	Director for the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce for the past 4 years, 3 of which have been on the Executive and most currently as the President Sits on the Coaching Advisory Committee for the Business Advisory Centre-Northumberland Mentor/Coach at the Business Advisory Centre-Northumberland Grass-roots member of the Sports Tourism Working Group for Northumberland County
Drew Van Parys
Board Position:	Board Member
Region Represented:	Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton and Kawartha Lakes
Company/Organization:	Sir Sandford Fleming College
Title/Position:	Director of Marketing
Denise Williams
Board Position:	Board Member
Region Represented:	Kawartha Lakes
Company/Organization:	City of Kawartha Lakes
Title/Position:	Economic Development Officer






Chris Wilkinson
Board Position:	Corporate Member
Region Represented:	Peterborough
Company/Organization:	Spatial Business Solutions