People
The Board's role
Board members
Staff
LITE Board members take a very active role in the direction and administration of LITE’s activities. The Board is responsible for carrying out LITE's mission and for developing long-term strategies to achieve LITE's goals in Winnipeg's inner city. The Board hires the Executive Director and provides oversight to the fundraising, financial, personnel, disbursement, and policy areas of LITE's work as an organisation.
Board members serve for two-year terms (renewable). Besides directing the activity of the organisation in regular board meetings, members participate in committees, help with events, and promote LITE in the community.
2010-2012 Board members
Allan Beach - Co-chair (term until 2011)
Allan is currently a Staff Representative with the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union and a member of the Provincial Apprenticeship & Trades Qualification Board. He has a BA (adv) in Labour and Workplace Studies from the University of Manitoba and training in labour relations, human resources, and addiction issues. Allan has worked in the past as an advocate and member of the board at the Worker Advisor Office and the Community Unemployed Help Centre, as an officer of the Manitoba Labour Board, as a special coordinator with the Manitoba Federation of Labour, and as a sessional lecturer at the University of Manitoba.
Cory Bellhouse - Treasurer (renewed term until 2012)
Cory first got involved with LITE through an International Development Studies internship at the University of Winnipeg in 2004, and has been an active part of LITE ever since, helping coordinate the Pancake Breakfast for several years and serving as a board member since 2006. Aside from this and the regular human social activities in which he engages, he also works as a bike messenger/business owner at Natural Cycle Worker Co-op, teaches labs at U of W, and migrates to BC every summer to plant some trees.
Jennifer Bogoch - Co-chair (renewed term until 2011)
Jenn joined the LITE board in 2007 and has served as Co-chair for the past two years. Jenn works with SEED Winnipeg as an Asset-Building Program Coordinator and is a graduate of the Community Development/Community Economic Development program at Red River College.
Jacob Carson (renewed term until 2011)
Jacob began on the board of LITE in 2007 as a partner representative of the Community Garden Preserves project out of St. Matthews/Maryland Community Ministry. He has since left his work at St. Matthews, but remains involved and committed to Winnipeg’s CED community through his work at SEED Winnipeg with the Asset Building Program.
Nancy Chippendale (renewed term until 2012)
Nancy has a public relations background and has raised considerable media awareness about homelessness as Siloam Mission's Communications Coordinator and about youth homelessness as Resource Assistance for Youth's Communications Coordinator. She co-founded the successful Gordon Bell Field of Dreams initiative and continues to advocate for more sport and recreation opportunities for youth in Winnipeg's inner city.
Jesse Gair - Partner Member (Spence Neighbourhood Association) (term until 2011)
Jesse holds an honors Diploma in Community Development/Community Economic Development program from Red River College. He is a committee member of Emerging Leaders for CCEDNET and the Early Career Advisory Committee of the HR Council for the Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector. Jesse has worked on youth related projects in food security, social enterprise, recreation, volunteerism, and advocating to government and social service agencies. Currently, he is the Youth Outreach Coordinator for The Spence Neighbourhood Association.
Denise Greyeyes (renewed term until 2011)
Denise has served on the LITE Board for many years and has previously served as LITE Treasurer. Denise volunteers at many community events and tends a community garden in her North End neighborhood. Denise is a graduate of RRC with a diploma in Business Administration. Denise has volunteered as Treasurer for KEEP Child Care and for King Edward School Parent Council. Denise finished her term as LITE Treasurer in 2007.
Jackie Hogue - Partner member (WCWRC) (renewed term until 2011)
Jackie is the Director at the West Central Women's Resource Centre (WCWRC) and has been nominated to be a partner rep on the board. LITE is currently funding the Child-minding program of the WCWRC. Jackie has a background in teaching, facilitation, and social justice and has joined the ad-hoc 2007-08 LITE Membership Bylaw Committee.
Lindsey McBain (renewed term until 2012)
Lindsey McBain works at the Canadian CED Network as the Program Co-ordinator for the Prairies and Northern Territories. Lindsey's interest in LITE began when he volunteered for the annual pancake breakfast. His work with the national network gives him a broad perspective on the current CED work across the country.
Brent Vandurme (renewed term until 2012)
Brent is a research analyst with Assiniboine Credit Union. He has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Manitoba. Brent participated in a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) internship in Nigeria that focused on economic development and good governance.
Antonio Buccini (term until 2012)
Antonio is currently employed as an Employment Services Advisor with Employment Manitoba; a department of the Province of Manitoba under Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade. Previously, he worked with New Canadians assisting them transition into the Canadian Labour Market. He has been actively volunteering within the community as a Board Member and Secretary for the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and has taken on leadership roles with Manitoba Commonwealth Conference, Manitoba Youth Parliament, and several federal, provincial and municipal election campaigns.
Billy Granger (term until 2012)
With nearly 10 years of experience in the non-profit sector working primarily with the Wilderness Committee and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Billy has played a key role in numerous successful efforts that created opportunities for community-based economic development in rural and remote communities, new protections for threatened wilderness areas, and helped enhance protections for species at risk in Manitoba and across Canada. As a co-founder and active board member with the Vasa Cooperative, Billy is keenly aware of the important role cooperatives and social enterprises can play in the effort to combat poverty in our community. He has a sound understanding of business, which includes: knowledge of governance procedures and development, finance, fundraising, marketing, group development, and project management. Billy currently works as a Business Counsellor with SEED Winnipeg.
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Tana Hendren, Interim Executive Director
Tana began working for LITE in August 2009 and had been on the LITE board since 2008. Tana has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Winnipeg, where she majored in Geography and graduated from Red River College’s Community Development/Community Economic Development program in 2007.
Jen Buhr, Operations Manager
Jen began working at LITE in October 2007 as an intern from Menno Simons College and is excited to continue working at LITE in a fuller capacity. She graduated from the University of Winnipeg with a Bachelor's degree in International Development Studies.
Erika Frey, Community Events & PR Assistant
Erika began working at LITE in June 2010. She is a recent graduate from the Community Development/Community Economic Development Program at Red River College. She emigrated from Peru in 2008 where she studied Communications for Development. She also has experience organizing political activities and working with indigenous people in development projects back in Peru. Erika is interested in building and supporting CED initiatives and she's also motivated by the fair trade model.
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