| President | | Joe Dickenson |
| | Joe comes from a dairy, beef and cash crop farm in Lambton County and has been a member of both the Lambton and University of Guelph clubs since 1998 with a year taken off to ranch in Saskatchewan and go to school on exchange at the University of Alberta in 2002. Joe has a degree in Agricultural Science from the University of Guelph, is one of the founding fathers of the FarmHouse Fraternity colony at Guelph. He enjoys playing sports, restoring farm machinery, driving, and is the Dairy Herd Improvement rep. for Lambton County. |
| Past President | Ellen Batchelor
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| Ellen has been a member of the Rocklyn Junior Farmers since 1994. During that time she has travelled to Australia and New Zealand on a 6 month exchange and has sat on the Provincial Executive Board for two years as the Executive Director of Communications (now CIP) before being elected in 2005 as the 62nd Provincial President.
Ellen lives and runs her family Beef farm with her parents outside of Dundalk. Ellen has her education background in Early Childhood Education and is presently the Supervisor of the local Childcare centre.
In her spare time she enjoys skiing, camping, biking and traveling.
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| Executive Director of Fund Development | Barclay Nap
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| Barclay grew up on a dairy farm in Puslinch Township. His JF career started in Halton, where he held a number of positions, including president. Barclay is now a member of the Erin club in his home county of Wellington. Barclay has a degree in Pyschology from the University of Windsor and a diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Conestoga College. In his spare time, Barclay likes to garden, keep fit and read.
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| Executive Director of Community & International Programs | Brenda Lennox
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| Brenda is a graduate of the University of Guelph and currently is working as an Account Coordinator at AgLine/TI in Cambridge. She grew up on a standardbred breeding operation that is run by her parents. Brenda is an active memb er of the Erin club and has been in Junior Farmers for nine years. During her time in Junior Farmers Brenda has been actively involved at both the club and provincial level serving as provincial director for the Erin club and previous to that the University of Guelph club.
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| Executive Director of Memebership | Cecelia McMorrow
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| Cecelia was raised on a small dairy farm near Lindsay and was an active 4-H member. She joined the Victoria club in 1999 and the following summer, participated in the JF exchange to Alberta. That year, Cecelia joined the University of Guelph club where she was studying International Development (with an emphasis in rural and agricultural development) and was a part of College Royal. In 2004, she participated the three month JFAO exchange to the UK. After graduation, she lived in Toronto for a year, doing settlement work in a refugee housing community. At the end of August 2005, Cecelia moved home and helped to get her club (which had been inactive since 2001) going again. The club was renamed Kawartha, as after provinically mandated restructuring, it currently finds itself in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Cecelia is currently working in Lindsay with the Women's Resources, and is excited to be a part of the 2006/2007 JFAO executive.
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| Executive Director of Finance | Andrew Emmott
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| Andrew hails from Oxford County, and has been working in the ag service industry. He has been a member of Brant, U of G and Oxford counties, representing U of G and Oxford at the provincial level as Provincial Director previously. Andrew graduated from the Bachelor of Commerce, Ag Business degree from the University of Guelph in 2003 and is interested in supporting the grass root clubs. Andrew has also been happily married to Shelly for 2 years now and lives in Ingersoll.
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| Executive Director of Marketing | | Brad Found |
| | Brad hails from a beef cow/calf/feedlot operation and small swine finishing herd and sheep flock. Brad's been a member of the Durham East JF for 11 years and has been on the provincial board of directors for 5. Brad graduated from Kemptville College in 2000 with a Diploma in Agriculture and now helps manage the farm with his parents. |
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