Our People

 

	Terry Rees - Executive Director Lake Kasshabog Residents' Assoc.
	Lara Griffin - Membership, Office Administration
	Tracy Logan - Programs Coordinator Otonabee River

 

 

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FOCA Board of Directors

Karl Fiander, Otter Lake Landowners Association, President

Karl has twenty-five years of service with a progressive seed company, Pickseed Canada Inc., with sales in over 35 countries, and currently serves as Executive Vice President.  As part of Karl’s role in administering a staff of 50 in Lindsay, Ontario, Karl helped develop and administer the largest selection of reclamation seed products in Canada, within a company with both the largest R&D in Canada with focus on forage, turf and reclamation products, and the largest packager of retail seed in Canada, supplying municipalities, conservation authorities, and major users of professional turf and reclamation seed. Karl has a BSc (Biology) from Carleton University, with a major in Botany, minor in Limnology. In addition to numerous volunteer past endeavours within the community and with Carleton University, Karl is currently the Lake Steward on Otter Lake, and was responsible for producing a state of the lake water quality report.   Karl has an interest in the environment, including water quality, land development, and rural sewage systems, and is active as an Eastern Ontario liaison with FOCA.
(Joined FOCA Board 2006)

Jacqueline A. Mackey, Chemong Lake, Treasurer

Jacqueline Mackey is the Director of Finance & Operations and a 20-year employee of the Canadian Film Centre. Founded in 1986 by director Norman Jewison, the Film Centre is the pre-eminent education institution for creative professionals in film, television and new media.  Ms. Mackey is responsible for all operational and financial functions of the Film Centre including budgets, financial accounting and reporting, and investment oversight. During her tenure the annual budget of the Film Centre has increased from $1,000,000 to over $10,000,000.  Ms. Mackey is a Chartered Accountant and she previously held positions with Independent Pictures Inc. and Ward Mallette Chartered Accountants.  Ms. Mackey received her Hons. BSc from Trent University and was awarded her CA designation in 1985.

Ms. Mackey was born into a cottaging family that has owned and enjoyed their cottage on Chemong Lake in the Kawartha Lakes region for over 50 years.
(Joined FOCA Board 2005)

Ivan Battye, Catchacoma Cottagers’ Association

An interested environmentalist, Ivan graduated from the University of Guelph with a Science degree majoring in Biology.  He went on to study flying and trained to become a pilot.  Ivan has spent many years flying across Canada, in the USA, Arctic, Asia and Europe, and he is currently employed as a Dash 8 Captain and Test Pilot with Dehavilland in Downsview.  Ivan and his wife, Ann, own a cottage on Lake Catchacoma at which they spend every weekend for two thirds of each year.  Both Ivan and Ann have served on the executive of the Catchacoma Cottagers Association --- Ivan as Vice President and Ann as Secretary.  During his two years as Vice President, Ivan established and was the founding member of an association called the “Friends of Lake Catchacoma” which sought to review and challenge the township’s official plan.  Ivan has assisted in lake community activities including serving on numerous committees, organizing cottagers to vote for local politicians, helping with regattas, distributing literature around the lake, etc.  Driven by his love for the cottage where he and his siblings grew up, Ivan has an active interest in the appropriate development of the Kawartha Highlands Signature Site.  In addition to his keen interest in the outdoors, Ivan enjoys renovation projects both at home and the cottage.  
(Joined FOCA Board 2006)

Malcolm Burwash, Lake of Bays Association

While attending Ryerson, the Lake of Bays area captured Malcolm’s interest as a summer employee at what was known as “Bigwin Inn”.  This process fascinated him and consequently he has been a cottager on the lake for over forty years.
In the mid seventies Malcolm joined the Office Leasing Division of A.E. LePage in Calgary and in the early eighties was transferred to the head office in Toronto and later retired as a Vice President of the Toronto Office Leasing Division.
Over the years he has been involved with many charitable organizations and is currently a director of the Lake of Bays Association, The Ontario Camp of the Deaf  (The Bob Rumball Group) and now as one of the newest board members of FOCA.
(Joined FOCA Board Summer 2007)

Bill Cheshire, Baptiste Lake Association

Bill works for the Hay Group in Toronto, providing Human Resource consulting for clients in the private and public sectors.  Bill is active in his professional association, serving on the Professional Standards Committee for the Human Resources Professionals Association. In addition he is a Director for the Mississauga-Kane Road Ratepayers Association, and is a past Director with the Baptiste Lake Association where he was active on their Land Use Planning activities. He is an HBA graduate from the Ivey Business School, and has been an active member of the Toronto Board of Trade and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. He has his CHRP designation from the Human Resources Professional Association of Ontario. His wife Joan’s family has been camping on Baptiste Lake since the late 20’s. All three of their children worked summers at the lake or surrounding area, and the cottage still is the primary home base for family gatherings. (Joined FOCA Board March 2010)

Clifford Hatch, Lake of Bays Association

Cliff has 40 plus years of progressive experience in Canadian and International corporate affairs including directorships on numerous private and not –for-profit boards, including the United Way of Windsor Essex County, the Detroit Institute of Fine Arts, the McMichael Gallery of Canadian Art, the Pape Adolescent Resource Centre, as a Vice President with the Lake of Bays Association, and the Waterfront Ratepayers After Fair Taxation (WRAFT).
(Joined FOCA Board Summer 2008)

Anne McCauley, Muskoka Lakes Association

Anne is a third generation cottager on Lake Muskoka and chair of the Political and Environment Committee, Muskoka Lakes Association. As a professional land use planner with her own consulting firm, Anne takes a keen interest in new development in the district of Muskoka and its impact on the environment. Having over 20 years experience as a municipal employee she is also interested in municipal government and its efforts to meet the needs of its citizens. Rocks, trees and water dominate Ontario’s landscape. With a bachelor of arts degree in geography and a master of science degree in land use and recreational planning, Anne has always been  fascinated by Ontario’s rocks, trees and water and how its citizens appreciate and interact with the natural environment. This love of nature was a furthered through volunteer work with the Canadian girl guides as a leader and as a camp adviser for over 10 years. Anne also has a long history of volunteerism, with 23 years as an advocate and board member on the Special Education Advisory Committee (Toronto Board of Education). (Joined FOCA Board March 2010) 

Ted Spence, Catchacoma Cottagers’ Association

Ted Spence is a cottager on Catchacoma Lake in the Kawartha Highlands and a member of the board of directors of both the Catchacoma Cottagers Association (CCA) and the Cavendish Ratepayers Association Inc. (CRAI). He has worked on the water quality measurement program sponsored by CRAI on the local lakes since 2004 as a member of the MOE Lake Partner Program for Catchacoma. He was a member of the Ecological Integrity Sub-Committee of the Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park (KHSSP) Management Advisory Board, and in 2008 he was appointed as a member of the Management Advisory Board of the KHSSP.

Ted retired from York University in 2009 after 39 years of service. He is a Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies and a graduate of the University of Western Ontario (BA and MSc) and of the University of Alberta (PhD). At York his teaching and research interests focused on environmental and land use planning and on water resources.  He held academic administrative posts at York for more than 27 years including a 10 year term as Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies and a 9 year term as Senior Policy Advisor to the President of York University and as the Executive Director of Institutional Research and Analysis. He played a central role in university planning activities and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) in Ontario.
(Joined FOCA Board 2006)