Past Board Members

The CEED Centre (Fraser Information Society) has benefited from the direction of many people since 1984, more than appear below. We would like to acknowledge their wide-ranging contributions. We ask those that have served on the Board to send a photo and a short bio about their FIS days to the so that they may be acknowledged.

Pat Senft

Pat was president from 199x to 2004. We benefited for many years from her gardening expertise and activism in the community. Pat first joined the Board in 199x and has been a member since May 1992.

Jan
Westlund

Jan served as treasurer from December 2003 to September 2005. We are grateful for her diligent efforts to establish good governance practices and for her ongoing contributions to the Campaign for Pesticide Reduction. She first joined as a member in June 1992.

Selene Jacobson

Selene served on the Board from 199x to September 2005, including a two-year stint as Treasurer. She helped to keep the Society and its gardens blooming in all senses of the word. She is also President of the Maple Ridge Garden Club.

Bill Elder

Bill served as Director from 2004-2006, taking a leadership role in the Celebrate Earth Day festival and policy matters. Bill is a retired secondary teacher who taught in Maple Ridge for many years with distinction. He has served on many community organization boards, including the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society (chair).

Stepan Vdovine

Stepan served as a Director from September 2005 to October 2006. He was concurrently a school board trustee for SD42.

John Earley

John joined the Board in 2004 and served as Secretary until October 2007. In addition to leading the Personnel Committee for most of his three terms, he used his excellent analytical skills to assist the organization . He also used his IT background to assist in setting up the technological needs of the Society.

Sheila Smyth

Sheila served from October 2006 to October 2007, lending her pen to many Society efforts. Her interests focus on facilitating communication between citizen groups and helping find common ground for more effective action.