Contact United Way Peterborough & District
Office Location
277 Stewart Street, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 3M8
Office Hours
Monday through Thursday 9AM-5PM
Friday 9AM-noon
Saturday and Sunday CLOSED
Phone
705-742-8839
office@uwpeterborough.ca
Staff
Jim Russell, CEO
Phone: 705-742-8839 x 26
Email: jrussell@uwpeterborough.ca
Rhonda Gilchrist, Senior Director of Operations and Revenue Generation
Phone: 705-742-8839 x 27
Email: rgilchrist@uwpeterborough.ca
Betsy MacDonald, Senior Director of Impact and Communications **On leave**
Phone: 705-742-8839 x 28
Email: bmacdonald@uwpeterborough.ca
Tonya Kraan, Director of Community Impact
Phone: 705-742-8839 x 30
Email: tkraan@uwpeterborough.ca
Elyse Belsey, Campaign Officer
Phone: 705-742-8839 x 32 Cell: 705-772-6681
Email: ebelsey@uwpeterborough.ca
Jessica Easton, Finance/Data Officer
Phone:705-742-8839 x 21
Email: jeaston@uwpeterborough.ca
Adeline Murphy, Campaign Officer
Phone: 705-742-8839 x 25 Cell: 705-313-0651
Email: amurphy@uwpeterborough.ca
Elisha Rubacha, Community Impact Officer**On leave**
Phone: 705-742-8839 x 33
Email: erubacha@uwpeterborough.ca
Joy Uson, Finance/Data Officer
Phone:705-742-8839 x 31
Email: cjuson@uwpeterborough.ca
Board of Directors
Chair
Karen Wilson – Executive Director, Employment Planning & Counselling Peterborough
Past Chair
Dr. Marcus Harvey – Executive Director, Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA)
Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee
Brock Maschke – Chief Financial Officer, Swish Maintenance
Chair, Community Impact Committee
Nancy Fischer – Retired, City of Peterborough
Directors
- Sahar Afroz – Manager, Sam’s Place
- Reem Ali – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisor, City of Peterborough
- Mike Baxter – Commercial Banking Senior Relationship Manager, CIBC
- Joëlle Favreau – Health Promoter Specialist, Peterborough Public Health
- Bruce Gibson – Retired; Dentist
- Adam Hopkins – Senior Vice President, Academic at FNTI (First Nations Technical Institute)
- Christi Nash – Co-Founder & Partner, Arising Collective
Labour Council Representatives | Labour Partnership
- Marion Burton – Executive Member At Large, Peterborough & District Labour Council
- Dr. Marcus Harvey, Executive Director Trent University Faculty Association (TUFA)
Ex-Officio
Jim Russell – Chief Executive Officer, United Way Peterborough & District
Committees
Community Impact Committee
The Community Impact Committee guides United Way’s strategies to achieve the community priorities identified in our Community Impact Agenda while also stewarding the ongoing development and evaluation of our priorities to ensure they remain relevant and responsive to our community.
The Community Impact Committee oversees United Way’s relationship building activities with its partner agencies and other community initiatives.
Chair: Nancy Fischer
Committee Members:
- Kirsten Armbrust
- Danielle Belair
- Joëlle Favreau
- Heather Holland
- Adam Hopkins
- Christie Nash
- Kathy Neill
- Mark Stewart
- Karen Wilson
Community Advisory Board
The Community Advisory Board (CAB) acts as an advisory body to the Community Entity (CE) for Peterborough (United Way) providing guidance on issues of homelessness in the community. The Community Advisory Board (CAB) is expected to coordinate efforts at the community or regional level.
Learn more about Reaching Home: Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada – Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy
Co-Chairs: Jim Russell and Jocelyn Blazey
Committee Members:
- Sewina Chu (Housing, Infrastructure & Communities Canada)
- Aimee LeLagadec
- Alana Parisien
- Annie Hedden
- Ashley Safar
- Christian Harvey
- Dana Hetherton
- Dane Record
- Debbie Carriere
- Dion Gemmiti
- Donna Rogers
- Jennifer Bain
- Jim Hendry
- John Beamish
- Kerri Kightley
- Lenard Hall
- Lori Flynn
- Naomi Nichols
- Paul Armstrong
Finance Committee
Chair: Brock Maschke – Chief Financial Officer, Swish Maintenance Limited / Charlotte Products Ltd.
Committee Members:
- Mike Baxter – Manager, Commercial Banking CIBC
- Steve Henderson – RBC Dominion Securities Inc
- David Martin – Community Member
- Murray Miskin – Lawyer, Miskin Law
- Meghan Valentine – Manager, Financial Services, PRHC
Community Campaign Cabinet
- Paul Rellinger, 2025 Campaign Chair
- Darcy Bonner, Community Ambassador
- Michael Eamon, Trent University
- Ann Farquharson, Farquharson Law
- Coby Fewings, Scotiabank
- Bruce Gibson, Community Ambassador
- Marg Glenn, Glenn Isle Farms
- Sheridan Graham, County of PTBO
- Greg Kidd, KPRDSB
- Richard Lambert, BMO
- Evan Lyons, PRHC
- Laken MacFarlane, City of PTBO
- Vipesh Patel, Community Ambassador
- Thomas Piggot, HKNP Health Unit
- Amanda Pinder, RBC
- Stephan Ragaz, Community Ambassador
- Balkaran Singh Sathi, Sathi Law
- Jeannine Taylor, KawarthaNOW
- Sebastien Tinor-Roy, TD Bank
- Staff Sargeant John Townsend, PTBO Police
- Shirley Turner, EXIT Realty Liftlock
- Danielle Turpin, Community Ambassador
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