Janet Kaufman has lived in Guelph since 1976 when she accepted a position in the University of Guelph Library, retiring after thirty-five years of service. She and her husband have three adult children, all U of G alumni, and two grandchildren.

Janet has been a volunteer board member and served in leadership roles with a number of community benefit organizations in Guelph for over twenty-five years. She currently serves on the boards of the Guelph General Hospital and PIN:The People and Information Network, as well as the CLGW board.

Janet brings her experiences in library service and management, as well as knowledge of the community, to board discussions. Her involvement on the board of CLGW draws on her desire to make a contribution to building a healthy and inclusive community.

Lynn Hammond has lived in Guelph for over 30 years. Over her career, she has worked in Guelph and its surrounding community in both the not-for-profit social services sector and the for profit sector.

Currently working for the Ontario College of Family Physicians in Toronto as the Manager of Governance and Board Planning, Lynn brings experience in  Board Governance, Planning, Human Resources, Facilities Management, Finance and working with membership organizations. Lynn joined the CLGW Board in February of 2020 and is excited to volunteer in the community she lives in with an organization whose values align so closely to her own.

For over 45 years, Otto and his family have lived in the Guelph area.

Otto is a member of the Ontario Association of Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT).

For 30 years, Otto worked with Siemens Canada Limited in finance, administration and audit.

He says, “I believe it’s important, where possible, to give back to others with special needs.  I look forward to working with other members and the Board at CLGW.”

Pauline Busby has lived in Guelph for the past 30 years. She has had previous experience working on a number of community boards and committees, with previous experience on the CLGW board and sitting as a SEAC representative for the Upper Grand District School Board.   Pauline currently works as an Office Manager in downtown Guelph.  Pauline is a parent and primary caregiver for a person supported at CLGW and she is looking forward to sharing her perspective with the Board as the Board strives to make the best decisions for CLGW.

John has lived in the Wellington Region for over 25 years. He first moved to Puslinch and now resides in Guelph. He has two daughters and a partner and balances his time in the community as a senior swim official, soccer coach and business youth mentor.

John is very excited to join the Board of CLGW where he hopes his experience in not for profit and charitable housing partnerships will be valuable. John has worked to build housing for other CL organizations in the province.

John Gerrard is a Senior Level Executive (CEO) with a decade of successful experience in developing Innovative strategies and building organizational capacity. John specializes in new business, operational improvement, and development. He regularly presents at national not for profit and charitable sector conferences on housing and social enterprise platforms. A strong believer in the power of “trial and test” John sees resource/financial management opportunities as the key to organizational self reliance.

A father of three, David has lived in Guelph for 28 years.

For 25 years, David worked in international sales. Currently, he owns and manages rental properties.

Now that he is semi-retired, David has time and expertise to share as a Board member. He brings his perspective and and experience as the parent of a 27-year-old son with special needs.

Courtney Horowitz has lived in Guelph since she was four and kept meaning to move to Toronto when she finished university (also at Guelph), but eventually decided that it was too great to leave. She has worked in developmental services for over 15 years. In that time, she has been a direct support professional, the project coordinator for the Supporting Kids in Camp program through the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington, and a family support coordinator at Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region (EAFWR).

She is now a project manager with EAFWR, where she works on evaluation, strategic planning coordination and reporting, legislative compliance, and software development.

She connected with CLGW as part of her MPNL program and sought out board membership after getting a chance to meet CLGW members and hear about how the organization's innovative supports were positively impacting their lives.