Karen Harding

Chairman

I have lived most of my life in Puslinch, growing up on a farm. I was involved with 4-H homemaking and calf club, as well as minor baseball. I have retired from 39 years of nursing, looking forward to travelling, spending time in my gardens, reading and knitting.

Anne Day

Editor

Originally from Scotland, Anne emigrated to Canada with her husband in 1975. They moved to Crieff ten years ago and for the past five years she has been editor of the Pioneer. She owns Company of Women, an award-winning organization that supports women in business. Author of three books, she is working on two more. She is also a regular columnist for Huffington Post and former Managing Editor at Today’s Parent. Anne has two daughters.

Barbara Chillingsworth

Secretary

Originally from Coventry, England, Barbara emigrated to Canada after a four-year stay in Germany. She lived in Burlington for 30 years before moving to Puslinch in 2010. She worked as a bookkeeper while raising her three children and is now enjoying retirement as a proud grandmother to seven. She is part of the Scrabble Club, loves to travel, play ten-pin bowling, and garden.

Dianne Churcher

Advertising Sales Manager

Dianne moved to Puslinch with her family in 1987 and commuted to her job with a consulting engineering firm in Waterdown until retiring. She now enjoys spending time with friends and family, volunteering, gardening, reading, and at the YMCA.

Stella O'Krafka

Church & Community Notices, Circulation

Hailing from Preston, Stella has lived in the area all her life. A retired accountant, she loves to work at numerous volunteer projects and keep active. Outside of the Pioneer, she volunteers at the Cambridge Centre in Hespeler and as a financial clerk with the federal elections office. Outside of volunteering, she enjoys meeting new people and challenging herself to try new things. She likes taking road trips across Canada with her husband Bob, to whom she has been married 51 years.

Kathy Holland

– enjoy reading, gardening; have two daughters; – enjoy and keep busy with 5 grandchildren
– raised in Guelph; now living in Puslinch
– continue to work at bookkeeping

Barbara Bulmer

Barbara was a Registered Nurse working in Kitchener and California. A resident of Puslinch for 50 years Barbara was the first woman to serve on Puslinch Township Council. Her keen interest in politics and community encouraged her volunteer participation on boards and committees in Kitchener, Cambridge, Puslinch and Queen’s Park. She had a second career in Real Estate sales, and was a very active Rotarian for twenty years. Barbara has two children: Matthew, who lives in Puslinch with his family, and Alexandra who lives in Toronto and the UK.

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