I am currently serving my fifth term as a municipal politician in the Town of Collingwood, where I was born, raised and never left. I am a mother of two adult married children and Noani to four beautiful grandchildren. I have served in many leadership roles on Council including Chair and Vice-Chair of the Collingwood Police Services Board, Chair of the Development and Operating Standing Committee for multiple tenures, Hospital Board Member, and currently also serve as the Town’s alternate Simcoe County Councillor. I was appointed to the Steering Committee, Small Towns Habitat - Collingwood World Summit in partnership with the Joint Urban Economy Forum and UN Habitat and to the COVID Economic Support and Recovery Task Force. As an elected official, I also serve nationally and internationally with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as a National Director, chairing standing committees, working groups and task forces. I represent FCM as the National Board’s governance representative to the Jordan Municipal Support Program, FCM's only international program in the Middle East and also a Canadian Volunteer Expert serving the Partnerships in Municipal Innovation – Women in Local Leadership (PMI-WILL program) for FCM out of Ghana, West Africa. In my spare time I have volunteered locally for more than 40 years assisting many local organizations.
