Danielle Ingram

Chair

Danielle Ingram was born and raised in Stratford and continues to live here with her two children. Danielle holds a BA in Economics, as well as a Diploma in Urban Planning with a specialization in GIS. Having been employed by the City of Waterloo for the past 21 years in Planning, she is also a former two term Stratford City Council member from 2014-2022.

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Vice-Chair

Bio coming soon.

Kathy Vassilakos

Secretary

Bio coming soon.

Bill Andrus

Treasurer

Bio to come soon.

Nigel Howard

Board Member

Bio coming soon.

Jo-dee Burbach

City Council Rep.

Jo-Dee Burbach, grew up in Toronto, has lived in three countries, and along the way earned a BA in Liberal Arts and an MA in Communication Studies. Since 1999, Jo-Dee has lived in Stratford, Ontario, where she currently resides with her three children. She runs her own businesses in graphic design and communications, and has published and edited an online magazine about the Arts in Stratford. In 2018 she became a City Councillor for the City of Stratford and became the Council representative for Gallery Stratford’s Board of Trustees. She received Optimism Place’s Woman of the Year Award in 2020 in the category of Allyship & Advocacy for her efforts focused specifically on anti-Black racism in our community

Martin Pearce

Board Member

Martin Pearce is the Director of the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph, where he has been teaching drawing and painting since 2006.

Represented by Birch Contemporary in Toronto, Pearce has been exhibiting paintings and drawings in Canada , the UK and the USA for more tan 30 years.

Brad Douglas

Board Member

Bio coming soon.

Tom Hamza

Board Member

Tom Hamza is the President of Trow Avenue Partners. He is a strategy and operations professional focussed on service industries and manufacturing, and works with business owners and private equity to improve their companies. He is passionate about Stratford, and lives here with his wife and daughter.