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 Executive Director 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 was also President of the Maple Ridge Garden Club for many years.

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).

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.

Maria Raynolds

Maria served on the Board from 2003 to 2009 in various leading roles, notably as president and spokesperson for the Campaign for Pesticide Reduction! Maple Ridge. Born and educated in Germany, Maria has a teaching degree from the University of Muenster, and a Permanent High School Teaching degree and a Diploma in Urban Land Economics from UBC. Her Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Social Policy Issues is from SFU. A 30+-year resident of Maple Ridge, Maria actively pursues many local social and environmental issues. She has served on the Social Planning Advisory Committee and the Board of the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society. She was active in preserving the Codd Island Wetlands and facilitated the Circle Studies.

Muriel Richardson

A splendid green thumb, Muriel took care of the horticultural needs of the CEED Centre. Muriel is a long-time resident and volunteer in Maple Ridge. She served as a Director from 2006 to 2008. She is a past president of the Farmers Institute of McConnel Creek, former secretary of the Farmers Institute of BC, and a past director of the Ruskin Hall.

Iris Reamsbottom

Iris came on board in May 2007 and served until 2008, continuing a long history of community activism. She has served as a director on other non-profit boards and as a School Board Trustee.

Sheila Pratt

Teacher, Retired. A resident of Maple Ridge since 1968, except for year-long teaching exchanges to the U.K. and U.S.A., Sheila is devoting her retirement to community building, environmental conservation and organic gardening. She believes in thinking globally and acting locally. Her BA in Sociology/Anthropology was earned at Simon Fraser University. Sheila was a director from 2003 to 2010. She set up the CEED Centre’s Haney Farmers Market Booth program and ran it for two years. She also played instrumental roles in other programs, such as the Organic Youth program.

Paula Panek

Paula lent her financial acumen to the administration of the Society for the 2009-2010 period after a career in municipal administration. She served as both Secretary and Interim Treasurer.