Elected Board of Directors and PAC
Our elected Board of Directors is supported by a Policy Advisory Council with members representing every region of the province. As farmers ourselves, we understand the issues concerning Ontario farmers and work hard to make your voices heard.
Board of Directors
Mark Wales - President
Don McCabe - Vice President
Debra Pretty-Straathof - Vice President
Keith Currie - Executive
Bette Jean Crews, Director, Zone 12 and Immediate Past President
Ralph Brodie - Director, Zone 1 - Essex & Kent
Paul Wettlaufer, Director - Zone 2 - Bruce and Grey
Larry Davis, Director, Zone 3 - Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk
Larry Freeman, Director - Zone 5 - Halton, Hamilton / Wentworth, and Niagara North & South
Joe Vermunt, Director - Zone 7 - Huron and Perth
Mark Reusser - Director, Zone 9 - Dufferin, Waterloo & Wellington
Bruce Webster, Director - Zone 10 - Durham, Peterborough and Victoria / Haliburton
Eleanor Renaud, Director - Zone 11 - Dundas, Frontenac, Grenville and Leeds
Alex Ferguson - Director, Zone 14 - Glengarry, Prescott, Russell & Stormont
Peggy Brekveld - Director, Zone 15 - Algoma, Cochrane, Dryden, Kenora, Manitoulin-North Shore, Nippissing East & West, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury East & West, Temiskaming & Thunder Bay
Wayne Black - Director At-Large
Joe Dickenson - Director At-Large
Peter Lambrick - Director At-Large
Policy Advisory Council
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ALGOMA |
Ken Macleod |
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ARNPRIOR |
Tom O'Rourke |
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BRANT |
Sandra Vos |
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BRUCE EAST |
Lorne Underwood |
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BRUCE WEST |
Pat Jilesen |
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COCHRANE |
Charles Regele |
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DUFFERIN |
Leo Blydorp |
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DUNDAS |
Jacqueline Pemberton |
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DURHAM EAST |
Brad Found |
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DURHAM WEST |
Zac Cohoon |
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EAST NIPISSING/PARRY SOUND |
Klaus Wand |
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ELGIN EAST |
John Pfeffer |
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ELGIN WEST |
Pete Agar |
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ESSEX EAST |
Julien Papineau |
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ESSEX WEST |
Bernard Nelson |
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FRONTENAC |
Brian Tolls |
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GLENGARRY |
Willam Hagen |
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GRENVILLE |
Adrian Wynands |
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GREY NORTH |
Jacquie Hendry |
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GREY SOUTH |
Wayne Caughill |
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HALDIMAND |
Ron Young |
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HALTON |
John Opsteen |
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HAMILTON-WENTWORTH |
Michelle Spoelstra |
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HASTINGS |
Linda Huizenga |
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HURON EAST |
Ken Scott |
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HURON SOUTH |
Wayne Hamilton |
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HURON WEST |
Steve Thompson |
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KENORA/DRYDEN |
Peter Aalbers |
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KENT EAST |
Louis Roesch |
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KENT SOUTHWEST |
Ed VanDe Wynckel |
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KENT NORTHWEST |
Mike Vannieuwenhuyze |
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LAMBTON NORTHEAST |
Harry Buurma |
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LAMBTON NORTHWEST |
Peter Greydanus |
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LAMBTON SOUTHWEST |
Kathy O'Hara Wilson |
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LANARK |
Dave Campbell |
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LEEDS |
Kim Sytsma |
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LENNOX & ADDINGTON |
Scott Piercy |
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MANITOULIN - NORTH SHORE / SUDBURY WEST |
James Anstice |
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MIDDLESEX EAST |
Crispin Colvin |
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MIDDLESEX SOUTH |
Mario Slegers |
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MIDDLESEX NORTH |
John Walsh |
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MUSKOKA |
Klaus Wand |
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NIAGARA NORTHEAST |
Robert Bator |
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NIAGARA NORTHWEST |
Mike Chechalk |
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NIAGARA SOUTH |
Chris Vanrooy |
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NORFOLK EAST |
Vic Janulis |
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NORFOLK WEST |
Carmina Halstead |
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NORTHUMBERLAND |
Bruce Buttar |
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OTTAWA |
Dwight Foster |
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OXFORD NORTH |
John Gal |
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OXFORD SOUTH |
John Van Dorp |
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PEEL |
Philip Armstrong |
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PERTH EAST |
Sharon Weitzel |
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PERTH NORTHWEST |
Brent Royce |
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PERTH SOUTHWEST |
Joanne Foster |
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PETERBOROUGH |
John Fallis |
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PRESCOTT |
Leo Imfeld |
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PRINCE EDWARD |
Tom Bakker |
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RAINY RIVER |
Peter Aalbers |
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RENFREW |
Rodney McNulty |
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RUSSELL |
Rejean Pommainville |
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SIMCOE EAST |
Jim Partrigde |
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SIMCOE SOUTH |
Dan Deboer |
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SIMCOE WEST |
Kristen Ego |
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STORMONT |
Barbara Ann Glaude |
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TEMISKAMING |
Charles Regele |
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THUNDER BAY |
Peter Aalbers |
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VICTORIA/HALIBURTON EAST |
Bill Hawman |
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VICTORIA/HALIBURTON WEST |
Terry Parker |
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WATERLOO |
Jeff Stager |
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WELLINGTON NORTH |
Gord Flewwelling |
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WELLINGTON SOUTH |
John Sealey |
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WEST NIPISSING/SUDBURY EAST |
Klaus Wand |
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YORK |
Jordan Coates |
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JUNIOR FARMERS' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO |
Ty Jelinski |
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L'UNION DES CULTIVATEURS FRANCO-ONTARIENS |
Simon Durand |
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CHICKEN FARMERS OF ONTARIO |
Henk Lisa |
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DAIRY FARMERS OF ONTARIO |
Norma Winters |
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EGG FARMERS OF ONTARIO |
Dianne McComb |
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GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO |
Fred Wagner |
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GRAPE GROWERS OF ONTARIO |
Jim Morrison |
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ONTARIO APPLE GROWERS' |
Rein Van Brenk |
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ONTARIO ASPARAGUS GROWERS’ MARKETING BOARD |
Jason Ryder |
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ONTARIO BEAN PRODUCERS' MARKETING BOARD |
Al Futcher |
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ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION |
Jim Coneybeare |
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ONTARIO BLACK TOBACCO GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION |
Wayne Sonneveld |
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ONTARIO CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION |
Joe Hill |
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ONTARIO EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION |
Al Patterson |
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ONTARIO FLUE-CURED TOBACCO GROWERS' MARKETING BOARD |
John Vamos Jr. |
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ONTARIO FRUIT & VEGETABLE GROWERS' ASSOCIATION |
David Lambert |
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ONTARIO GINSENG GROWERS' ASSOCIATION |
George Rapai |
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ONTARIO GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE GROWERS |
Jim Slater |
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ONTARIO LIVESTOCK ALLIANCE |
Judy Dirksen |
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ONTARIO PORK PRODUCERS' MARKETING BOARD |
Teresa Van Raay |
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ONTARIO PROCESSING VEGETABLE GROWERS |
Jim Reith |
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ONTARIO SHEEP MARKETING AGENCY |
Judy Dening |
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ONTARIO TENDER FRUIT PRODUCERS' MARKETING BOARD |
Ken Porteous |
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SEED CORN GROWERS OF ONTARIO |
Jeff Wilson |
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TURKEY FARMERS OF ONTARIO |
Brian Ricker |