Board of Directors & Other Volunteers

EAC/ACB Board meetings are open to all EAC/ACB members. Board meetings are scheduled in advance and listed on our events calendar.

If you would like to attend one of the open Board meetings, please send a message to the Secretary secretary@eac-acb.ca  so that you can be issued a link to the session.

To safeguard our domain name, we have set up a contact page. Please use the form to contact any member of the board of directors.

Would you like to know more about a position and its responsibilities? Visit our Job Descriptions page.

To nominate someone to the EAC/ACB Board of Directors, please use the Nomination to the Board form.

 

Officers

• • President: Terri Briggs

• • Vice-President: Heather McKinnon

• • Secretary: Debbie Booth

• • Treasurer: Barb Angier

Directors

• • Communications Director: Poppy Bleau

  • Education Director: Mary Van Tyne

  • Membership Director: Karen Sewell

  • Chapter Director: Cynthia MacDougall

  • Individual Member Director: Caroline Jenner

  • Past President: vacant

Appointees & Assistants

Appointee duties require specialized knowledge, dealing with assets and continuous developing and creating; Assistant duties are administrative.

• • Archives: Vacant

  • Chapter Membership Appointee: Mary Robertson

  • Education Assistant: Arlewyn (Arlie) Wingate

  • Education Online Assistant: Faith Cormier

  • eThreads Editor: Wendy Wilson

  • Formatting Specialist: Diane Mugford

  • French Liaison: Louise Desmarais

  • Government Compliance Liaison: Rebecca Courage

  • Heritage Collection Appointee: Marjorie Gavigan

  • Leonida Leatherdale Needle Arts Librarian: Natalie Dupuis

  • People Pool Coordinator: vacant

  • Project Coordinator: Audrey Lauriston

  • Registrar: Carolyn Puckett Smith

  • Sampler Registrar: Anne Rowlands

  • Seminar 2027 Co-Chairs: Anne Rowlands & Sheila Anstey

  • Seminar 2027 Liaison: Mike Parr

  • Seminar 2028 Co-Chairs: Sylvie Parent & Micheline Rouleau

  • Seminar 2028 Liaison: Heather McKinnon

  • Seminar 2029 Co-Chairs: vacant

  • Seminar 2029 Liaison: vacant

  • Social Media Coordinator: Meghan Lightle

  • Speaker Series Coordinator: Dima Santina

  • Test Student Coordinator: Linda Brenner

  • Website Content Coordinator: Wendy Passalent

  • Youth Embroiderers Assistant: vacant

Committees and Working Groups

Committees are responsible for making recommendations on a specific subject or completing a specific activity; Working Groups are tasked with a specific purpose and defined deliverables to be completed by a deadline.

• • Editorial Committee: Poppy Bleau, Barbara Gilbert, Pat Bowley

  • Embroidery Canada Proofreaders: Linda Brenner, Sue Davies, Louise Desmarais, Dina Iwanycky, Kristina Glicksman, Shannon Johnson

  • Technique Study Course Counsellors: Patricia (Pat) Armour, Kim Beamish, Linda Brenner, Barbara Gilbert, Seema Hollenberg, Barbara Kershaw, Helen McCrindle, Carolyn Mitchell, Janet (Jan) Scruggs

  • Translation: Louise Desmarais, Faith Cormier

  • Website Team: Meghan Lightle, Dina Iwanycky, Audrey Lauriston, Wendy Passalent

Contractors

• • Embroidery Canada Editor: Victoria Moorshead

• • Technical Specialist: Doug McKinnon