Madeline has lived in the Welland area since 1979 and has been employed with Scotiabank for over 25 years.

She has been involved in a number of community organizations, and is currently the president of the Niagara Estate Planning Council.

Married to Tim, they have 2 sons, Sean and Jamie. Madeline enjoys travel, antiques and golf in her spare time.

PRESIDENT
Geri Morrone
Geri has been with Meridian Credit Union (formerly Niagara Credit Union) since 1978 and has been an enthusiastic volunteer with several local organizations. Geri feels an incredible sense of satisfaction volunteering with the foundation and is overwhelmed by the community's continued generous support.

A long time Welland native, Geri enjoys spending quality time with her husband and two children.

VICE-PRESIDENT
Roman Groch, BA, CFP, CSA
Roman is a Certified Financial Planner with Dundee Private Investors Inc. as well as an Insurance Advisor with Dundee Insurance Agency Ltd. in Welland. He also earned the Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) designation. Roman is a member of the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners (CIFP) and a past president of the Rotary Club of Welland. He loves electronics, golf, curling and is a member of the YMCA. He lives in Welland with his wife Anna and their daughters, Anastasia and Oksana.

Secretary / Treasurer
Ken Koyama
Ken is currently the publisher of the Welland Tribune, a past director of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association and a founding member of the Community Foundation of Orillia and Area. Ken looks forward to meeting new people and making new friends in this wonderful community.

Ken and Shelley are new to the community and have four daughters.

Peter Allen
As a relative newcomer to Niagara- we moved to Vineland in 2001, it represented somewhat of a homecoming, settling where we came to visit family for years as youngsters. To borrow that quote from television’s “WKRP in Cincinnati”…”town to town up and down the dial” and it’s very true in my case - the journeyman life of this broadcaster has seen stops in Hamilton, Cobourg, Kitchener (x 2), Cambridge and Collingwood.

In his spare time, John likes to play basketball, work out at the "Y" and travel with his family.

Chris Bida

Chris has been with Rose City Pharmacie since 2005 as the owner and pharmacist.  He has been a pharmacist in Welland since 1991.
 
Born and raised in Welland, Chris currently resides there, and enjoys a busy and full life with his son and daughter.
 
Chris is currently working on perfecting his bowling game, if only he can find a left handed bowling ball.

Chris has been a funeral director since 1983 and is currently the general manager of J.J. Patterson & Sons Funeral Residence.

He holds a Certified Preplanning Consultant designation and is a member of the local council of Knights of Columbus. He is also a past-president of the Niagara District Funeral Service Association and has served on the executive of the Welland-Port Colborne

 Bereavement Resource Council.  

Chris has lived most of his life in Niagara.  He and his wife Linda have two grown children, J.R. and Tammy.

Debbie Cosby
Administrator, St. Charles Village

Debbie Cosby has lived in Fonthill for the past twelve years and is the Administrator at St. Charles Village. 

She is married to Kevin and has one son.  She has three dogs and a cat. 

Debbie and Kevin also own Ruffin’s Pet Nutrition, a life-long dream.

Derek Moore
Derek has 11 years of front-line contact centre leadership experience in customer service, technology support and financial services. He is responsible for contact centre execution of account management receivable strategies at Canadian Tire Bank in Welland.

Derek has participated in many fund-raising activities and has served on the United Way payroll pledge campaign committee at CTFS for the past 4 years, serving as Vice Chair in 2008.

His previous education and career experience include teaching roles, with a Masters in Education and a Bachelors of arts in English from Brock University.

Derek is married with two children and a cat. His interests include reading, ball hockey, music, and golfing.

Larry Nolan
Larry Nolan has been in food retailing most of his adult life. Larry, together with his wife Pat, have been living in Welland for the past five years and operating the No Frills franchise located on Lincoln St. E. They have four children and seven grandchildren ranging in age from nine months to thirteen years spread out from Pickering to London.

In his spare time he enjoys sports and travel as well as the unsuccessful attempts to become a good golfer.

Chris Steele
Christopher J. Steele began his career in the financial planning field in 1993. In 1994 he started working with Gerry Bujold Insurance Agency as an associate broker to assist Gerry Bujold and Dolorese Wright with their growing financial/retirement planning business.

In 1999, Chris became a partner with the firm focusing his attention on Retirement and Estate Planning.

Chris is currently enrolled, and halfway through, the Certified Financial Planning (CFP) course. This course, along with others throughout the years, has given him a solid base for his planning practice. However, “Most of what I have learned through the years has come from working alongside Gerry and Dolorese; as experience is a much more thorough teacher”.

Chris is fully licensed in Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and Mutual Funds. He is the branch manager for the Welland office of Interglobe Finanacial Services Corp. which is the dealership for the mutual funds provided through his office.