Lisa De Paoli – President
Lisa De Paoli has been the Executive Director of the Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre (CFEC). Her role includes strategic planning, community collaboration, financial management, human resources, quality improvement, risk management and the day to day operation of the Centre.
She led the opening of the CFEC Child Care Centre (49 licensed spaces) and the South Cariboo Early Years Centre, the “Involve Our Youth Meaningful Youth Engagement” in the South Cariboo, Community Action Initiative Grant of $200,000, Chamber of Commerce award 2011 – CFEC Non-Profit organization of the year and a third 4-year Council on Accreditation award and is the Chair of the South Cariboo Food Security Committee.
Lisa De Paoli is a seasoned leader with a significant record of achievement in the areas of Strategic Management, Transformational Leadership, Organizational Development and Continuous Quality Improvement within leading public and private sector organizations. She has focused on advancing the organization’s strategic health care delivery and success by applying her unique leadership and management skills and expertise.
Maddi Newman – Treasurer and Secretary
Originally from Manitoba and Alberta, Maddi Newman moved to British Columbia in 1992, after living in South Africa for 7 years. She settled in 100 Mile House with husband Jeffrey, doing secretarial, administrative and legal work over many years. She is skilled with computers and software, and ran a graphic design business for many years. After 2 years with BCIT she received a diploma for Advanced Web Technologies, and so was able to include web design with her business.
Her husband was also a web designer so Maddi took over his business when he retired. She also worked at the Employment Centre for many years, in particular assisting and facilitation of older workers wishing or needing to return to the workplace. She has served on the Self Employment Selection Committee for Community Futures, the Chamber of Commerce board, and boards of a few other community organizations. Maddi’s interests include moving towards an egalitarian society, food security, and ethical treatment of animals.
Barb Brown – Director
Presently I am involved in the Arts, through my volunteer position as the Gallery Director, responsible for the changing shows at Parkside Art Gallery. I have held that position for the past 10 yrs.and have been a member of the board for most of that time.
With a keen interest and love of the land I spent several years involved in land use planning on a local level and regionally with the Commission on Resources and Environment. I have also served provincially as a board member for The Habitant Conservation Fund. I live in the Canim Valley for the past 30 yrs. with my husband Dennis. We manage our woodlot, hay fields, tend to a large garden and in the winter you can find us out on the ice, fishing.
Martina Dopf – Director
Martina immigrated to Canada in 2003 and has made her home at Canim Lake with her husband. She has been employed with the 100 Mile Free Press since 2005 and has accepted the publisher role in 2016 and group publisher for the 100 Mile Free Press, Clearwater Times, Barriere Star/Journal and Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal in 2018. She has been deeply connected to the community through her role with the newspaper as well as a director for the South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce since 2019.
Bruce Madu – Director
Bruce moved to 100 Mile House in 2009. He had been involved with the Kinsmen Clubs of Canada for over 40 years volunteering wherever the need was. In order to meet new people in the area he and his wife Sandy started volunteering with the 100 Mile Performing Arts. That led to volunteering for many more organizations some of which are: The Festival of Arts, Arts
Council, Red Cross, South Cariboo Health Foundation (Starry Nights), South Cariboo Community Enhancement Foundation, and 100 Mile Wranglers hockey team, to name a few. In his spare time he likes to carve and garden where he provides extra vegetables to his 80’s ladies.
Laura Dewar – Director
Laura moved down from the Northwest Territories to the 100 Mile area in 1990 to teach computer and biology courses for Cariboo College (now Thompson Rivers University). She retired as a Community Coroner for the South Cariboo for 24 years in 2015 and more recently, a Community Wellness Manager for the 100 Mile House region up until the end of 2019. She also volunteers her time as a Coordinator for the South Cariboo P.A.R.T.Y. Program (PARTY stands for Preventing Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth), the South Cariboo Crisis Intervention Response Team (SCCIRT) and various local activities around the Green Lake/70 Mile area including the annual Watch Lake/Green Lake gymkhanas. Her hobbies including hand-spinning homegrown wool and other natural fibres, knitting, horseback riding, fishing, snowshoeing and geocaching.
Colleen Robb – Director
Colleen moved to the Cariboo in 2011 from AB. She is passionate about rural and remote communities and is happy to serve as a director for the SCCEF and contribute to the socio-economic well being of the area. She brings a background in finance, community economic development and grant program management. Her hobbies include various creative arts, reading and enjoying a good hike on a camping trip.