United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin Committees
Board of Directors
Leading prominent individuals in our community make up the board of directors. These volunteers provide leadership, strategic direction, and financial oversight to the organization.
Khalid Khokar, President
Islamic School of Cambridge
Judy Sorbara, Vice President
Retired Principal, Upper Grand District School Board
Jean Prichard, Treasurer
BDO Canada LLP
Steve Allen, Past President
Dofasco Inc.
Kelly Henderson
Associated Youth Services of Peel
Stuart Holloway
Community Member
Ryan Baker
Sorbara Law
Terry Peach
Community Member
Irene Thompson
University of Guelph
Vanessa McQuade
Intrigue Media
Campaign Cabinet
The Campaign Cabinet is a volunteer committee of the United Way Board of Directors, struck each year to provide leadership to the fundraising campaign. We thank these generous and dedicated volunteers for their support to the 2020 Campaign!
Campaign Chair – Jeff DeRuyter
Retired Police Chief
Guelph Police Service
Jason Bruder
CFIA
Alasdair Campbell
Vice President, Claims
The Co-operators
Miranda Drexler
Realtor, The Zahnd Team
GenNext Co-Chair
Robyn Gladstone
Human Resources Manager,
Roctel Manufacturing
(a division of Linamar)
Les Indoe
Community Member
Sue Keuhl
Community Relations,
Sleeman Breweries Ltd.
Rory Labron
Consultant
IG Wealth Management
Jessica McGinnis
Quality & Compliance Lead
McNeil Consumer Healthcare
Irene Thomspon
Director, Student Housing Services,
University of Guelph
Jill Ferguson
Manager, Curriculum Team
University of Guelph
Patricia Tersigni
Director, Academic Programs & Policy
University of Guelph
Community Impact Committee
The challenge of deciding which funding requests are fulfilled falls to the Fund Distribution Committee volunteers, who review the applications, visit program sites, examine community need assessments and recommend funding levels.
2018 Committee Members
Chair – Kelly Henderson
Associated Youth Services of Peel & United Way Board of Directors
Glenna Banda
Children’s Foundation of Guelph & Wellington
Wendy Dempsey
Community Member
Michelle Flanagan
Communitech
Vic Folliott
The Grand 101
Stuart Holloway
STL Lighting
Julie Hutchins
Community Member
Gabriella Ieropoli
North for Youth/Mount Forest Family Health Team
Irene Marson
Community Member
Trish McComb
County of Wellington
Lisa McMurtry
University of Guelph
Katherine Morrison
County of Wellington
Michi Motomura
Community Member
Moustapha Oke
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Eric Pool
City of Guelph
Kelly Rutherford
The Co-operators
Ruth VanLoon
Langs CHC/Waterloo Region School Board
Robert Waterman
Homewood Health
Linda Yuval
Peel Children’s Centre & Nexus Youth Services
