• Paul Cuppen (Chair) is a Registered Physiotherapist (B.Sc.) in private practice. In his professional capacity (about 40% of his clientele are seniors), he hears on a daily basis from seniors who are trying to find solutions to their own housing needs or those of even older parents. Before coming to Canada, Paul worked for 20 years in Switzerland helping to establish supportive living homes for the elderly in that country.
• Jackie Ordronneau (Vice-Chair), DVM, is a practicing veterinarian who, prior to moving to the Sunshine Coast, was a partner in an eleven doctor practice in Seattle. She now practices small animal medicine part-time at Sechelt Animal Hospital. She brings her superior planning and organizational skills and her keen problem-solving ability to the Area A Seniors Housing Project.
• Anky Drost (Secretary) comes to us from a 25-year career as law clerk and legal assistant in law offices in Ontario and Vancouver, specializing in the field of wills and estates. She and her husband moved to the Coast early in 2005. She has become involved in various roles as a volunteer in the Pender Harbour community. As a retiree, she has become concerned about seniors’ welfare and independent living and is very interested in the Abbeyfield House concept of senior housing. Anky is a key volunteer on our Outreach Healthy Meal project.
• Rose Doepel (Treasurer) B.Comm. is the Financial Services Mananger for the Pender Harbour Health Centre. Prior to that she was the manager of the Pender Harbour Legion. She also writes the weekly Harbour Highlights column for the Coast Reporter. Between her employment and diverse volunteer activities, this 14-year resident of Pender Harbour has come to know and care about the seniors in the
  community and the challenges they face in maintaining their quality of life.
• Linda Curtiss, RN, has just retired from her position as Nurse/Administrator of the Pender Harbour Health Centre. She has been a practicing nurse for 36 years and has lived in Pender Harbour for 33 years. In her work, she was in constant contact with seniors and brings to the Board in-depth knowledge of the health and other related problems they face on a daily basis. She also chairs the Pender Harbour Community Improvement Foundation. Linda is managing the Outreach Healthy Meal Project.
• Jim Woodward has worked in the housing field with the non-profit, co-operative, and public sectors for more than 24 years. His experience includes 10 years as a development consultant assisting with all types of affordable and special needs housing. In 1992, Jim was the Secretary to the BC Provincial Commission on Housing Options. For six years, to the end of 1998, he was a director at BC Housing, the provincial housing agency. He has worked as a private research & planning housing consultant for 7 years.
• Gil Yard is a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superintendant with some 37 years of police experience in the 5 western Provinces. Social issues of all types were common to the day-to-day responsibility of delivering police services. Gil retired to Pender Harbour in 2001 and his concern for senior's housing is the result of first hand experience dealing with family and inlaws.
  
  The Board is assisted by a number of other community members:

• Jonathan Paine is a BC registered civil engineer and principal of Snow Country Consultants. While located in Whistler from 1980 until 2003, he provided structural engineering and snow consulting services to both local and international clients. Jonathan’s development experience includes the design and project management of several warehouses and a 23 lot subdivision in partnership in Whistler. He now lives in Pender Harbour and recently developed a commercial building in Madeira Park. He has agreed to help on an “as needed” basis on our building sub-committee.
• Marg Penney is a freelance consultant with expertise in research and evaluation, community development, and grant/proposal writing. She did some of the initial research which led us to the Abbeyfield Model, and facilitated the public consultation sessions which led to its endorsement by the community. She is on contract to the society to write funding proposals, but also donates substantial volunteer time to our undertaking.
• Carol Cotter provides clerical assistance to the Board. She is a long-time resident of Pender Harbour, with substantial small business and administrative experience, including work with the Pender Harbour Growth & Development Partnership and with the Pender Harbour Community Improvement Foundation. She also volunteers substantial amounts of time and is currently undertaking the development of a volunteer manual to support our fund development campaign.

Louise Berg Retires from the Board
On May 7, the Board celebrated the many contributions of Louise Berg, who is retiring from the Board after 6 years of dedicated service. Louise has been a fountain of good ideas and has brought her extraordinary organizational skills to everything she has done for Seniors Housing. Who else could have organized last summer’s highly successful raffle and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union Christmas campaigns?

Filling the vacancy on the Board is Rose Doepel.