Board of Directors

Donna grew up on a farm in Northern Dufferin near Corbetton. At Dundalk and Flesherton high schools she joined the debating, public speaking, drama and choir teams. She has performed in musical and dramatic productions for Dundalk Little Theatre and Shelburne Grace Tipling Players as well as staging her own plays during her teaching career. As a classroom teacher, she taught Art on rotary to all classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12 using skills from the College of Art. While teaching intermediate grades, negotiating and Federation (Union) obligations took much of her spare time. Currently she serves as Secretary for the Upper Grand Occasional Teachers.Her volunteer committee work has included Hospice Dufferin Board, Westminster United Church Board and the Community Advisory Council for Headwaters Health Care Centre. She is a member of the Orangeville Labour Council. She joined the Orangeville Agricultural Society as a volunteer, then a board member and served two-year terms as President of the Agricultural Society. She has volunteered at the Blues and Jazz weekend in Orangeville and hopes to broaden that experience. On the Dufferin Arts Council she is Secretary and Chair of the Artists in The Schools Program. Provincially, she worked on the Retired Teachers of Ontario Political Advocacy Committee. Presently, she is the President of Bruce Grey, Dufferin Retired Teachers. She spends time gardening, tutoring reluctant students, dabbling in acrylic painting and playing with Petite Bijou, her Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. She is caregiver for her uncle who at 100 still living on his own in Orangeville.She wants to give back to her community in as many ways as possible.