Updated: August 2021
As a Go Home cottager for about 26 years, I am, by some measures, a newcomer. But it was love at first sight for me and over the years I have kayaked, paddled, sailed, windsurfed and rowed almost every inch around our common lands many times over and have hiked our trails in summer and winter. Well, mostly winter as I am still rather snake phobic despite all the years amongst our reptilian friends.
Retired now, my teaching career was long and varied. I have taught all elementary grades from 1-6 and then worked for 10 years teaching children with extreme behaviour challenges. I moved to be a resource for about 100 schools assisting them with their students with behaviour difficulties before becoming a vice principal of one of the largest elementary schools in Canada and then a school principal.
I spend most of the time between ice out and November here at the cottage.
I am happy to have the time to devote to scheduling and supporting existing activities, new ventures like camp, and all the other fun ideas we are able to dream up.
Outside Go Home, Lewis is a Director – Global Commercial Programs for Sanofi, based in Toronto. After completing an undergraduate degree in biochemical engineering his PhD was focused in biomedical engineering, giving unique insight into the regenerative medicine technology pipeline, from bench-side discovery to preclinical models through clinical trials and commercialization.His academic career fostered an aptitude for problem solving and critical thinking which he applies to strategy development and business management. Lewis’ experience spanned a number of industries, including Healthcare, Pharma, Retail, Transportation, and the Public Sector. He has been involved in large-scale technology and process transformations, collaborating with clients to align their functions to corporate objectives, identifying areas for improvement and working towards developing solutions to deliver maximum value. Often working directly with and reporting to C-suite executives, Lewis understands key activities required to execute innovative strategies in complex environments.
At Sanofi, Lewis is responsible for coordinating commercial data and analytics activities and priorities supporting global business units and functions.
A Go Homer since birth, Christine joined the Board in 2022 as Athletics Director and took the position of Vice President in 2024.
Outside of Go Home, Christine is Senior Director of Strategy and Operations at Wealthsimple, a Canadian Fintech. She has a decade of experience in financial services, operations, and corporate and business unit strategy.
Jim Rusak joined the Mad Club Board as Environment Director in 2018. He has his Ph.D. in Aquatic Ecology from York University and is currently a Research Scientist with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment at the Dorset Environmental Science Centre and adjunct professor at Queen’s University. Jim comes to the bay by marriage to Cindy Trimble and has an inordinate fondness for the unique flora and fauna of the Go Home Area of Georgian Bay.
Emily is a 4th generation Go Homer, and hails from the Copp Cottage at Split Rock Island. Her favourite thing to do at the bay is hanging out on the veranda, preferably with a book or a cup of tea in hand. She has a fine arts degree from the University of Toronto, and her MBA from Dalhousie University. For her day job, Emily manages the Events team for Canadian Tire Corporation (which matches well with her meticulous nature). She is passionate about the Go Home Bay community and is excited to join the Board as Treasurer.
I am a lifelong Go Homer in all seasons having arrived by water from March through December, and by skis Dec through March! I helped my Dad build our cottage (if picking up kindling counts as help) and have now fixed most of the problems he left us…. and created some of my own. I am a Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of residential building science consulting in addition to 13 years of plant engineering and project management. I have also served on the board of a charity as Treasurer and President, and in various roles for several professional organizations.
Jan Wishart has been apart of Go Home Bay for 43 years. Jan joined the board in 2018.Most of her adult life has been spent working or volunteering in non profit in the Chicagoland area.
Past President:
Kelly Killoran
killoran.kel at gmail.com
Newletter Editor:
Diana Wishart Cape
diana.cape at gmail.com
Librarian:
Brye Bonner
Cottage: 705-756-1865
brye.bonner@icloud.com
Madawaska Club of Go Home Bay