Secondary school teacher - Specialist - Business and Commerce, retired

Administrator - Human Resources - retired

Secretary - Treasurer, family-owned business

IFUW Task Force - Geneva, December 2001

IFUW Triennial Conferences - led CFUW delegation, Ottawa 2001; Minuting Secretary to the Board of Officers and Conferences: Graz 1998, Yokohama 1995; IFUW Council - Geneva 1997.

CFUW Director of Finance - 2006-2008 and 2004-2006 - annual budgets $500,000 +

Chair, CFUW Charitable Trust - 2006-2008 and 2004-2006 - investment portfolio $1 million +

CFUW President -2000-2002 - chaired 17-member Board of Directors; hands-on experience in overseeing National Office staff on behalf of the Board of Directors

CFUW International Relations Committee - 2000-2006

CFUW Strategic Planning - first Chair

Volunteer Experience:

Treasurer - Toronto Symphony Volunteer Committee - fund-raising body, over $1 million annually. First Strategic Planning Chair

Director - large, nationally-known Canadian golf club - food and beverage portfolio with $500,000 + annual budget.  Member - Strategic Planning

Chair, CFUW Charitable Trust - 2006-2008 and 2004-2006 - investments portfolio $1 million

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Goals:

To ensure transparency of IFUW finances.

To treat all NFAs with fairness and equality in terms of their financial contributions to IFUW.

To work for the financial sustainability of IFUW for the future.

My experience on the IFUW Task Force, as leader of the CFUW delegation to the Triennial Conference in 2001, and attendance at both Conference and Board of Officers meetings as Minuting Secretary have given me a unique insight into the workings of IFUW, and an appreciation of its accomplishments for women and children around the world.

University of Western Ontario BA 1960 - Secretarial Science

Sheridan College, Diploma (post degree) 1984 - Integrated Office Systems

Royal Conservatory of Music - ARCT - 1957 - Piano Performance