Leadership

Janice Filmon was asked, and accepted the position as Founding Chair for the Nellie McClung Foundation. She and Myrna Driedger together assembled an exemplary team of women and men in order to tackle the challenges of legally establishing the foundation, commissioning the artist and foundry, reviewing and selecting monument concepts, fundraising and capital management, branding and communications, media and government relations, and finally, site development, landscaping and engineering. In addition to this, the organization’s secondary mandate of education required teaching, research and subject matter expertise, and relationships with leading women’s and human rights organizations.

The 2012 Board of Directors is as follows:

  • Chair: Lila Goodspeed 
  • Treasurer: Darlene Cole 
  • Secretary: Kristen Lynch
  • Fundraising: Doris Mae Oulton
  • Education: Bette Mueller
  • Directors: Myrna Driedger, Janice Filmon (Past Chair)

Past Board Members: Judy Holden (Secretary), Debra Jonasson-Young (Artist Liaison), Alyson Kennedy 

Special Advisors to the Board

A panel of specialists was also instituted and has remained accessible throughout this initiative in order to provide the board with expertise and support in critical areas:

  • Myrna Driedger MLA
  • Garry Hilderman
  • Kristen Lynch
  • Barbara Biggar
  • Mike Radcliffe
  • Linda McDowell