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Jean Giguère, C.M.
Co-Chair & President, Culture Days Manitoba Board
Vice-Chair, Culture Days National Board
Director, Business for the Arts
Chair Emeritus, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Sylviane Lanthier
Co-Chair & Vice-President, Culture Days Manitoba Board
Executive Director, Centre culturel franco-manitobain
Thomas Sparling
Secretary-Treasurer, Culture Days Manitoba Board
Executive Director, Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba
Barbara Warrack
Retired Music Coordinator, Seven Oaks School Division
Catherine Maksymiuk
Manager, Media & Marketing, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Cherry Karpyshin
General Manager, Prairie Theatre Exchange
Crystal Kolt
Cultural Coordinator
, Flin Flon Arts Council
Dominic Lloyd
Programs and Arts Development Manager
, Winnipeg Arts Council
Dorothy Dobbie
Past President
, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Javier Schwersensky
Director of Marketing, Sales and Programs
, The Manitoba Museum
Jeff Herd
Executive Director
, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Monica Lowe
Chair, Nuit Blanche Winnipeg Committee
Distribution Director, Winnipeg Film Group
Patricia Sanders
Associate Director of Policy, Planning and Partnerships
, Manitoba Arts Council
Virginia McKee
Planning and Program Analyst
, Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Sport and Consumer Protection,
Province of Manitoba
Jean Giguère
Co-Chair, Culture Days Manitoba
Director, Culture Days National Board
Director, Business for the Arts
Chair Emeritus, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Sylviane Lanthier
Co-Chair, Manitoba Task Force
Executive Director
Centre culturel franco-manitobain
Dorothy Dobbie
Past President
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Bill Elliott
Director of Finance & Operations
The Winnipeg Art Gallery
Jeff Herd
Executive Director
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Camilla Holland
General Manager
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Cherry Karpyshin
General Manager
Prairie Theatre Exchange
Crystal Kolt
Cultural Coordinator
Flin Flon Arts Council
Dominic Lloyd
Programs and Arts Development Manager
Winnipeg Arts Council
Virginia McKee
Planning and Program Analyst
Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Sport and Consumer Protection
Province of Manitoba
Patricia Sanders
Associate Director of Policy, Planning and Partnerships
Manitoba Arts Council
Trudy Schroeder
Executive Director
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Javier Schwersensky
Director of Marketing, Sales and Programs
The Manitoba Museum
Thomas Sparling
Executive Director
Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba
Barbara Warrack
Retired Music Coordinator
Seven Oaks School Division
Contact the Manitoba Task Force via email
Amy House
Chair, Newfoundland & Labrador Task Force
Chair
Association of Cultural Industries of Newfoundland & Labrador
Gaylene Buckle
General Manager
Theatre Newfoundland Labrador
Gillian Davidge
Manager, Education and Public Programming Unit
The Rooms
Eleanor Dawson
Director of Arts, Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
Newfoundland and Labrador Government
Dr. Smita Joshi
Director
NL Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism
Patricia Parsons
Manager – Central Division
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries
Labrador Cultural Outreach Officer
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Mona Rossiter
Commercial Coordinator
Suncor Energy
Reg Winsor
Executive Director
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Contact the Newfoundland and Labrador Task Force via email
Jeanne-Mance Cormier
Co-chair, New Brunswick Task Force
Curator
Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton
Nadia Khoury
Co-chair, New Brunswick Task Force
Chair
New Brunswick Foundation for the Arts
Julie Basque
Société culturelle des Tracadilles
Tim Borlase
Chair
ArtsNB
Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
CEO
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada
Akoulina Connell
Executive Director
ArtsNB
Brendan Doyle
Ingrid Mueller Art + Concepts
Nathalie Dubois
Director, Arts Development
Dept. Tourism, Heritage and Culture
Jennifer Duguay
Tourism Manager
Town of Hampton
Jane Fullerton
CEO
NB Museum
Luc Gaudet
General Director
Centre des arts et de la culture de Dieppe
Francesca Holyoke
Department Head, Librarian
Archives and Special Collections, University of New Brunswick
Marie-Thérèse Landry
Director
Conseil provincial des sociétés culturelles
Natalie Landry
Executive Director
NB Crafts Council
Nathalie Landry
Coordinator, New Brunswick Task Force
Communications Consultant
Écho Actions Communications
Cat LeBlanc
Member Services Director
NB Film Coop
Don Matheson
Executive Director
NB Youth Orchestra
Karen Matheson
Director of Education
Science East Science Centre
Melissa McCarthy
Archives Advisor
Council of Archives New Brunswick
Adda Mihailescu
Art Educator, Manager of Public Programs
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Bill Mitchell
Assistant Regional Director
York Library Region
Ruth Murtgatroyd
Executive Director
Fredericton Regional Museum
Ingrid Pataki
Director
Gallery 78
Rosemary Polegato
Professor, Department of Commerce
Mount Allison University
Robert Powell
Mayor of Oromocto
Town of Oromocto
Krista Rae
Marketing & Public Relations Officer
Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Roxanne Richard
Cultural Development Officer
City of Moncton
Murielle Savoie
Cultural officer
Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne
Kate Thompson
Public Services Development Librarian
New Brunswick Public Library Service
Kate Wallace
Executive Director
ArtsLink NB
Amani Wassef
Director of Education/Community Engagement
Fredericton Playhouse
Angela Watson
Cultural Development Officer
City of Fredericton
Dawn Waye
Tourism Administrator
City of Miramichi
Caroline Young Walker
Program Consultant
Dept. Tourism, Heritage and Culture
Contact the New Brunswick Task Force via email
Nancy Morgan
Chair, Culture Days Nova Scotia Task Force
Independent Arts Management Consultant
Outreach Coordinator, Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre
Interim Administrator, Performing Arts Lodge Halifax
Dartmouth, NOVA SCOTIA
Greg Guy
Senior Communications Officer
CBC Nova Scotia
Susan Jeffries
Community Development Officer
Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage
Jennie King
Sales and Marketing Manager
Neptune Theatre
Charlie Rhindress
Associate Artist
Neptune Theatre
Ontario Culture Days Incorporated as a not-for-profit in January 2015. Our founding board is made up of the following members:
Warren Garrett (Chair)
Executive Director
Ontario Presents
Anita Gaffney (Secretary)
Executive Director
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Gary Filan (Treasurer)
Vice President Business Development
Aimia
Andrea Halwa
Executive Director
London Arts Council
Maria Jurewicz
Senior Analyst, Consulting Group
TrojanOne
Adam Belovari
Culture Coordinator
City of Burlington
Adele Dobkowsky
Executive Director
Arts Build
Andrea Halwa
Executive Director
London Arts Council
Angela Paparizo
Cultural Planner
City of Burlington
Angie Aranda
Outreach and Events Coordinator
Neighbourhood Arts Network
Toronto
Anita Gaffney
Executive Director
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Antoni Cimolino
General Director
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Astero Kalogeropoulos
Manager – Arts, Culture, Festivals and Events l Economic Development
City of Waterloo
Bernadette Ward
Executive Director
Oakville Arts Council
Beth Angle
Arts & Culture Committee Staff Liaison
City of Niagara Falls
Brandon Moore
Communications Coordinator
Theatre Ontario
Carly Anderson
Coordinator
Arts Milton
Carol Bauer
Artist & Member Services
Quinte Arts Council
Carol Feeney
Executive Director
Quinte Arts Council
Cathy Masterson
Manager of Cultural Affairs
The City of Windsor
Charles Smith
Project Lead
Cultural Pluralism in the Performing Arts in Ontario (CPPAMO)
Toronto
Christopher Menard
Cultural Development Coordinator
City of Windsor
Claire Hopkinson
Executive Director
Toronto Arts Council
Dhira Ghosh
Event Coordinator
London Arts Council
Donna Goodwin
Tourism and Economic Development
Simcoe County
Eileen Smith
Arts and Culture Marketing Coordinator
Perth Arts Connect
Elizabeth Bender
Municipal Cultural Planning Coordinator
Township of Centre Wellington
Ellen Timms
General Manager
Port Credit BIA
Emily Trottier
Business Development Officer
Greater Sudbury Development Corporation
Erika Olsen
Project Manager
Kenora Arts Project
Erin Vaughan
Community Event Facilitator
City of North Bay
Gillian Hards
Cultural Services Coordinator
Town of Richmond Hill
Gordon Duff
Treasurer/Deputy CAO
Town of Minto
Gregory Peddie
Arts Development Coordinator
City of Brampton
Haleigh Fox
Cultural Event Coordinator
City of Orillia
Helen Yung
Independent Artist/Consultant
Culture Days
Jacoba Knaapen
Executive Director
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Jacqueline Soczka
Manager of Culture
City of Orillia
Jane Taylor
Facilities Director
Aurora Cultural Centre
Janis Luttrell
Recreation Programmer, Arts and Culture
City of Newmarket
Jen Rafter
Cultural Program and Event Coordinator
City of Guelph
Jennifer Tupling
Cultural Coordinator
City of St. Catharines
Jodi Hendriks
Culture & Community Enhancement Programmer, Recreation, Culture, & Wellness
Town of Pelham
Joelle Berlet
Culture Days Coordinator
Humber College
John Lindsay
Chair
Sudbury Arts Council
Kalsang Dolma
Drebu
Toronto
Karen Parker
Executive Director
Downtown Belleville BIA
Karina Douglas
Reference Librarian/Vice-President
Timmins Public Library/Porcupine Art Club
Kelly Schermerhorn
Culture Days Committee
Town of Greater Napanee
Kelly Stahl
Senior Advisor, HACE Creative Economy
Economic Development and Tourism, City of Brampton
Kerri King
Tourism Manager, Planning and Economic Development Department
Regional Municipality of Durham
Kiri Butter
Cultural Services Coordinator
City of Thunder Bay – Recreation & Culture Division
Kirsten Gunter
Director of Communications
Ontario Arts Council
Kristian Clark
Executive Director
CARFAC
Leah Bayly
Supervisor Cultural Services
City of Thunder Bay
Lindsey Shoenmakers
Tourism Coordinator
Regional Municipality of Durham
Lisa Abbott
Supervisor Events and Promotions, Culture Division
City of Mississauga
Lise King
Event Coordinator, Culture Days Corbeil
King’s Framing, Corbeil
Lori Medeiros
Special Events/Scheduler/Membership Coordinator
Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Culture Centre
Lori Talling
Tourism Coordinator
Regional Municipality of Durham
Marie Lalonde
Executive Director
Ontario Museum Association
Marnie Lapierre
Coordinator for Festivals Events and Special Projects
City of Timmins
Melissa Foster
Communicators Coordinator
North York Arts
Mirella Tersigni
Community Development Coordinator
City Vaughan
Nadja Pelkey
Executive Director (interim)
Arts Council Windsor and Region
Natalie Kaiser
Executive Assistant
Toronto Arts Council/Toronto Arts Foundation
Nichole Anderson
Executive Director
Business for the Arts
Nicole Drake
Arts & Culture Coordinator
City of Brantford
Onalee Groves
Culture Officer
City of Barrie
Pam Mackenzie
Community Organizer
Timiskaming District
Patti Broughton
Executive Director
Guelph Arts Council
Robert Giarda
Communications Officer, Cultural Services Department
City of Kingston
Robert Williams
President
Municipal Cultural Planning Inc.
Samantha Rodin
Executive Director
York Region Arts Council
Sara Munroe
Arts and Culture Coordinator
City of Brantford
Sanjay Rangnekar
Coordinator
Arts Milton
Shelagh Paterson
Executive Director
Ontario Library Association
Sonya Poweska
Culture Program Specialist
Economic Development, City of Waterloo
Stephanie Vegh
Executive Director
Hamilton Arts Council
Stephen Near
Program Director
Hamilton Arts Council
Susan Nagy
Executive Director
Lakeshore Arts
Warren Garrett
Executive Director
Ontario Presents
Valerie King
Executive Director
Arts Council of Sault Ste Marie & District
Contact the Ontario Task Force via email
Henk van Leeuwen
Chair, Prince Edward Island Task Force
Executive Director
Culture PEI
Darrin White
Executive Director
PEI Council of the Arts
Peggy Reddin
Director of Arts Education
Confederation Centre of the Arts
Ghislaine Cormier
Executive Director
Fédération culturelle de l'IPÉ
Contact the Prince Edward Island Task Force via email
Rose Gilks
Chair, Saskatchewan Task Force
General Manager
SaskCulture Inc.
Suzanne Campagne
Executive Director
Conseil culturel fransaskois
Marian Donnelly
Culture Days Coordinator
SaskCulture Inc.
Gerry Folk
Executive Director
Cultural Planning & Development
Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport
David Kyle
Executive Director
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Contact the Saskatchewan Task Force via email