Bill Lockington, Board Chair

• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws Degree, University of Western Ontario
• Called to the Bar of the Province of Ontario in 1973
• Has practiced law in Peterborough since 1974, primarily advising owner-managed and family businesses
• Senior partner of the law firm Lockington Lawless Fitzpatrick
• Extensively involved in community and volunteer work and is presently or has been, Chairman and Director of the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation, Chairman and Director of Peterborough Family YMCA, St. Joseph's Hospital and Foundation, St. Joseph's Care Group, Wood Lake Cottagers Association, Peterborough Art School, Greater Peterborough Economic Council, the Hearing Handicapped Group Home Society and Showplace Peterborough
• Past director of the Canadian Canoe Museum, YMCA Canada and the Peterborough Regional Health Centre

 

Tim Barrie

• Honours Bachelor of Business Administration, Wilfred Laurier University
• Masters in Business Administration, York University
• Previously worked for General Motors in several engineering and administrative capacities at the Oshawa Car Assembly Plant
• Manages several industrial and commercial properties in Peterborough and Oshawa
• President and General Manager of Merit Precision Moulding in Peterborough, Ontario
• Has served as a Director of the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation, the Kawartha Manufacturers’ Association, the Peterborough Safe Communities Foundation, Peterborough Green-Up and the Peterborough Minor Lacrosse Association

 

Peter Dilworth

• Honours B. Sc., Trent University
• Master of Arts Degree in Economics, University of Guelph
• Spent more than 20 years working with the BCE Inc. family of companies
• Currently Vice-President of Finance, for Bell Aliant
• Has spent most of his career in the areas of Finance and Economics with a focus on Operations Finance, Strategic Planning, Costing and Profitability Analysis
• Has also testified before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on behalf of Bell Canada on matters relating to Finance and Productivity
• Member of the Board of Directors for NorthWestel Inc. and is the Executive Sponsor for the cities of Peterborough and Sudbury relating to Bell's Community Outreach Program

 

David Fell

• Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree, McMaster University
• Executive MBA in progress, Queen’s University
• Co-founder of Operitel Corporation one of the 2008 Profit 100 fastest growing companies in Canada. David led the sales and marketing team at Operitel as Vice President from 2002 to 2009.
• International experience working and living in Africa (Uganda) and Asia (Indonesia)
• Past experience working in the areas of public health and community development
• Currently Chair of the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation. Past experience as a Director of the Community Opportunity Innovation Network and a Director of the Kawartha World Issues Centre.

 

Dr. Steven E. Franklin

• President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University
• Previously Vice President of Research at the University of Saskatchewan
• Master of Arts degree in Physical Geography and a Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing from University of Waterloo
• Previous academic appointments have included the University of Waterloo, Memorial University, the University of Calgary and the University of Saskatchewan
• Throughout his academic career, he has assumed progressively responsible leadership roles including professor, department chair, associate dean of research, special assistant to the provost, and vice president of research.
• Awarded the Canadian Remote Sensing Society Gold Medal in 2007
• Has supervised more than 50 graduate students and seven Post-doctoral Fellows
• Awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant to conduct remote sensing and biodiversity research in western Australia with colleagues at Curtin University

 

Paul Hickey

• Bachelor of Commerce, Queen’s University
• Co-founder of MarketForce, one of Canada’s leading advertising agencies which was purchased by Young & Rubicam in 1999. Paul stayed on to lead the agency through 2003
• 2005 founded BrandHealth, headquartered in Peterborough, 20+ employees providing strategic and creative services to national and international clients, primarily in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors
• Board Member, Lakefield College School
• Past-President, Association of Medical Advertising Agencies
• Board Member, Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board
• Board Member, 4th Line Theatre

 

Rick Krug

• Former Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer with Siemens Milltronics
• Held senior finance and systems positions in both General Electric and Groupe Schneider, two outstanding, world class companies
• Strengths in project management and financial analysis for long-term, profitable business development and has considerable experience in financial restructuring, negotiating banking lines of credit, setting up third party financing with bonds and debentures and IPO equity financing
• Governor, Trent University
• Extensively involved in community and volunteer work and is presently or has been, Director Accurex Inc., Director Peterborough Library Foundation, Director Kenner Collegiate Foundation Board, and Director Peterborough Regional Health Centre
• Member of the Peterborough Partnership Investment Group

 

John Martin

• Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba (1965)
• Mechanical Engineering Masters Degree with a major in computing, University of Waterloo
• Chemistry B. Sc., York University
• Mann Testing Laboratories Ltd. (1974), shareholder in this company
• Mann Testing Laboratories Ltd. (1984) CEO and major shareholder
• Brought together Chemex (Alberta) and Novalabs (Quebec) to form Maxxam Analytics International Inc. (1996)
• Chair of Maxxam Analytics International Inc. (2000)
• Guided merger between Maxxam and Philip Analytical Services (2004) to double the size of the company to equal 1400 employees
• Maxxam Analytics International Inc. is sold (2008), retired from company
• Remains active on several boards and within the community

 

Andy Mitchell

• President/CEO of the Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster
• President/CEO of the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation
• Has held the position of Community Bank Branch Manager in Cornwall, Elliot Lake and Gravenhurst and has served as the President of the Elliot Lake, Gravenhurst and Northeastern Ontario Chambers of Commerce
• Elected as the Member of Parliament for Parry Sound Muskoka in 1993 and served in that capacity for over twelve years. He has held numerous cabinet posts including Secretary of State for Parks Canada, Secretary of State for Rural Development and Secretary of State for FedNor. He also served as Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food
• Has been directly involved in the development of public policy relating to community sustainability including the launching of the Federal rural development secretariat, the expansion of FedNor's community development initiatives, the expansion of the Community Futures Program in Ontario and the creation and launching of the COMRIF program.
• B.A in Political Science from Carleton University and is currently teaching fourth year political science at Trent University.

 

Larry Seeley

• B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto
• Diploma, Business Administration, Laurentian University
• Corporate Vice President Environment, Health and Safety; Director of Metallurgical Operations in Sudbury; Manager of Corporate Metallurgical Technology; Manager of the Sudbury Smelter; and other roles in Operations and Technology with Falconbridge Limited (1971 – 1995)
• President, CEO and a Founding Shareholder of Lakefield Research Limited, an International Research, Development and Testing firm for the Minerals and Metals Industries worldwide (1992 – 2004)
• CEO and a Founding Shareholder of Recapture Metals Limited, a firm recycling and producing high value metals (two plants in Ontario, one plant in Germany, and one plant in Utah, USA)
• President of the Canadian Metallurgical Society, Chair of the Science Committee of Science North and has served on the Board of Governors of Cambrian College, Science North, Metallurgical Society and Trent University

 

Tony Tilly

• English Ph.D., York University
• Professor, Chair, Dean and then Vice-President academic at Seneca College, Toronto
• Consultant for a number of Ontario community colleges, and carried out policy and position development for the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (now Colleges Ontario) and planning for the Ministry of Education
• Has worked internationally in the Philippines, the Middle East, and with partner colleges in the United Kingdom and Australia
• 2004 appointed President of Fleming College – one of Ontario’s twenty-four colleges of applied arts and technology – with campuses in Peterborough, the City of Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Haliburton and Cobourg
• Vice-Chair of the Provincial Colleges Ontario Board
• President Tilly has renewed his commitment to Fleming and the community, agreeing to a further five-year term focusing on the strategic priority of developing the Kawartha Skilled Trades Institute

 

Kathryn E. Windrem

• Certified General Accountant, 1991
• Member, Canadian Tax Foundation since 1993
• Principal and Office Managing Partner, BDO Dunwoody LLP, Peterborough
• Advisory Committee Member, Ontario Lakelands Region, BDO Dunwoody LLP
• Past Chair Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce
• Board Member Peterborough Community Futures Development Inc
• Member Peterborough Women’s Business Network
• Greater Peterborough Area, 2009 Business Woman of the Year
• Over 25 years in Public Accounting, with BDO Dunwoody LLP