2018-2019 Volunteer Board of Directors
Executive
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Lynn Hennigar - Chairman
Lynn Hennigar is a Mahone Bay native who recently wrapped up a 30+ year career. She is a former owner of LighthouseNOW and former publisher of the Progress Bulletin community newspaper. Lynn is a former councillor for the Town of Mahone. Lynn is now working across a variety of organizations including NOW Lunenburg County toward a positive future for Nova Scotia. Lynn is the daughter of the late Marg and Ralph Hennigar. Her father Ralph was a frequent user of the MBC. She continues to live in Mahone Bay with her dog Penny. |
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Veryan Haysom - Secretary
Veryan Haysom and his wife Valerie Hearder came to Mahone Bay in 1980. Veryan practiced law in the NWT, Labrador, and Nova Scotia. He has been a Director of the Centre since May 2016. |
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Chris Heide – Treasurer
Chris Heide, his partner Deborah Hickman and their two children, moved to Mahone Bay in 1983. His children attended the old Mahone Bay School throughout their elementary and junior high education with his daughter a member of the final graduating class. Chris has volunteered with a host of organizations over the years and served three terms as a Town Councillor. |
Directors
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Meg Craig
With over 15 years of integrated marketing experience, Meg's career began in Toronto working with big brand names like PlayStation, Nestle, and Coca-Cola. Meg feels fortunate that she now gets to live her best life in a beautiful seaside town and continue to do work around the globe. To build a business and raise her family in a place that supports diversity and celebrates abundance - that’s her vision of success. A quiet leader, Meg loves to coach and empower those around her, dig into creative challenges, and works best where the energy is humming. A passionate volunteer, you’ll often find Meg working hard behind the scenes to get things done. |
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Peter Hall - Director
Peter Hall has recently returned to Mahone Bay. He is semi-retired after a 36 year career in broadcasting including 28 years with the CBC. Around the turn of the century Peter was a Scout leader, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Wooden Boat Festival and he proudly supported the creation of the Mahone Bay Centre. |
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Mary-Ann Hiltz - Director
Mary-Ann Hiltz has made Mahone Bay / Mader’s Cove her home for over 30 years. Recently retired from her career in Health Administration she is looking forward to giving back to the community that she loves through her work with NOW Lunenburg County and the Mahone Bay Centre. |
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Don Mader - Director
Don Mader is a Mahone Bay native and is currently the owner /operator of Young and Mader Painting. He also worked for many years in the school recognition business for Jostens and Lifetouch as a territory manager, in NS, NB and southern Ontario. Don served two terms on town council and volunteered for organizations in the area. |
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Lettie Maloney - Director
Lettie Maloney joined us in Mahone Bay in the fall of 2017 after 35 years in Vernon, British Columbia where she owned an Interior Decorating business for 20 years. She also had a career in radio for 16 years, receiving the B.C. Association of Broadcaster “Citizen of the year” award in 1992. She volunteered extensively for 25 years developing skills in fundraising. Her dedicated service to her community was rewarded with a nomination for “Vernon Woman of the Year” in 1993 and receiving the Canada 125 Governor Generals Award in 1992. She is currently working at Gow’s Home Hardware in Bridgewater and enjoys photography and knitting in her spare time. Lettie is excited to be living in Mahone Bay and looks forward to new adventures. |
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John Merchant - Director
A Dalhousie University graduate and former high school teacher, John has been working in the educational publishing industry for over 37 years. He is president of Curriculum Plus Publishing, a Nova Scotia-based publisher specializing in elementary level learning resources. John joined the Mahone Bay Centre Board in 2014 and currently serves on the Fundraising Committee. |
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Jeff Phillips RMT - Director
Having relocated to Mahone Bay with my wife, Ange, in late 2016 we opened our business, Dragonfly Release, in the Mahone Bay Centre in January 2017 where we offer our varied services to the local community. Possessing a varied background of skill sets, due to my long service with the United Kingdom Civil Service, we had emigrated to Canada in 2008 where I retrained to be a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT), adding Reflexologist and Reiki Master/Teacher along the way! Living and working here, I have experienced firsthand the benefit of such a centre and volunteered to become a member of the Board of Management in 2018, as I have a strong interest in seeing the Centre “grow” within the Community, offering a wider attraction of activities and facilities. |
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Lisa Rhuland - Director
Lisa Rhuland is a native of Mahone Bay and has worked in Human Resources Management for the past 20+ years in municipal government. Lisa has recognized the importance of community and has served on many Boards and has volunteered in various capacities including Lunenburg County Home Support Society, SHAID Tree Animal Shelter and currently the Mahone Bay Food Bank Society. She is looking forward to contributing to the future of the Mahone Bay Centre. |
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Kelly Wilson - Property and Rentals
Kelly Wilson is a long-time resident of Mahone Bay. Originally from Manitoulin Island, Kelly acquired a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He subsequently spent thirty years in the brewing industry managing and building breweries across Canada, in Zambia, China, the Philippines, Australia and Puerto Rico. During this peripatetic career he was joined by his lovely wife (Merrillynn Swinemar-Wilson) and their two daughters. After returning/retiring to Mahone Bay Kelly spent several years running a small business, consulting pro bono in various countries and volunteering for festivals and events. Currently Kelly’s time is fully occupied with the Mahone Bay Centre, two dogs, a horse and visits to family. |
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Laura Wentzell - CentreFit
Laura Wentzell attended school at the Mahone Bay Centre, where her grandmother, Luana Wentzell, taught for many years. After graduating from Park View Education Centre, she moved to Ontario, where she completed a degree in Kinesiology (McMaster University) and a Masters in Health Administration (University of Toronto). She has held positions in several local and provincial healthcare organizations. After the five year Toronto plan stretched to 15, it was time to come home. Laura, her husband Sinan and their son, Easton, moved to Mahone Bay in 2019. Laura is thrilled to be joining the Board of Directors at the Mahone Bay Centre and to have an opportunity to contribute to this incredible community resource. |
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Norman Whynot - Fundraising Team Lead
Class of 1976, here by since birth, here by choice. Norman is returning to the building as chair of our fundraising committee. Sailor, aspiring artist, story teller and heritage advocate, founding member of Mahone Bay Tennis Club the former town councillor, long-time chair of the Mahone Bay Wooden Boat Festival Society and basketball coach remains an active member at St. John’s Lutheran. In 1997 Norman established Kinburn Property Company, a residential construction and project management company base in Mahone Bay. Married to Sara Costner Whynot, a proud father of two grown children, Rachel and Nathan, and always keen to share news of their exploits. Norman’s mother Jackie Whynot, a regular participant at MBC events and programs has been his role model for community volunteering with over 60 years of experience from Girl Guide Commissioner and baker to Founder’s Society volunteer. |
Other Volunteers
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Paul Seltzer - Honourary Chair
Paul Seltzer was born in 1932, and raised near Washington, D.C., as the youngest of four sons. HIs academic degrees were earned at the University of Maryland, Gettysburg Theological Seminary, and Drew University. He served as a Lutheran pastor for twenty-one years. In 1979 he began twenty years of business interests including food services, directing a conference center, and hospice leadership. In 1999, with his wife, Susan, the move was made to Mahone Bay and Canadian citizenship. They owned and operated the Edgewater B&B until 2014. He has served as President of the local Chamber of Commerce, and then as Chair of the Board of Directors of Mahone Bay Centre from 2004 to 2014. Currently, he serves as honourary chair of the Board, participates in other MBC activities, facilitates the MBC Quest group, continues to play trombone in the Swing Band, leads services at Indian Point Union Church, and is a Justice of the Peace for the Province of Nova Scotia. |
Staff
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Kelly Bent - Administration
I have been a member of the Mahone Bay Centre since 2004 and have worked here since April, 2011. My husband Dan Baxter was one of the first board chairs. This place is where our kids had birthday parties and participated in activities and events, it is where we bring our puppies to learn manners, where we buy our books during the Giant Book Sale and see live theatre. It is where we spend time with friends and make new ones and stay involved with the communities of the South Shore. The Mahone Bay Centre has been an integral part of our lives. As the office manager I meet people, talk about all the great things that happen here, book events, sign people up for the gym and run up and down all the stairs! I do love it here! |
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Stephanie Rideout - Administrative Assistant
My name is Stephanie Rideout and I am the new Administrative Assistant for the
Mahone Bay Centre! After living in the city and working for Halifax Public Libraries for seven years, my partner and I recently decided to move to Mahone Bay and start fresh with new careers. I will be working part-time for the Centre and will also be growing my Real Estate business in the surrounding areas. I am very excited to be here and look forward to being a part of this wonderful team. |