Seniors College Board and Committees 2025‐2026

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Seniors College Board of Directors:

President: Peter Benson

Past-President: Shirley Pierce

Secretary: Betty-Lynn Burdett

Treasurer: Greg Peters

Members:

Helen Bernstein, Carol Horne, Charles Keliher, Lisa Kessler, Nancy Riley, Valerie Robinson, Judy Rose, Karen Rose, Alkarim Sachedina, Maureen Sinnott

Ex-officio:

Tory Kennedy: Provincial Coordinator

Simon Lloyd: UPEI representative


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Committees:

Executive:

President: Peter Benson

Past-President: Shirley Pierce

Secretary: Betty-Lynn Burdett

Treasurer: Greg Peters

Ex-officio: Tory Kennedy

Financial Management:

The Financial Management Committee works with the Treasurer in the preparation of budgets, financial control and general management of funds.


Members:

Greg Peters (Chair), Peter Benson, Alkarim Sachedina

Programming:

The responsibilities of the Programming Committee are to develop and maintain programs suitable for Seniors College, select and evaluate courses, and select and monitor the performance of facilitators.


Members:

Judy Rose (Chair), Helen Bernstein, Carol Horne, Lisa Kessler, Shirley Pierce, Valerie Robinson, Karen Rose

Marketing/Communications:

The role of the Committee is to promote the value of Seniors College to the community at large including government and the general public. Also to promote and add value to a membership in order to recruit new and retain current members.


Members:

Shirley Pierce (Chair), Helen Bernstein, Carol Horne, Lisa Kessler, Judy Rose, Karen Rose, Alkarim Sachedina

Organizational Development:

This Committee will ensure that the board of directors is able to govern the organization effectively through monitoring the Strategic Plan, creating appropriate governance policies and procedures, evaluating programs and recruiting and nominating suitable board members.


Members:

Maureen Sinnott (Chair), Betty-Lynn Burdett, Karen Rose

Website Technology:

The Website Technology Committee is responsible for maintaining, upgrading, utilizing and training for the online registration system.


Members:

Alkarim Sachedina (Chair), Betty-Lynn Burdett, Tory Kennedy

 
 
 
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REGIONS
QUEENS COUNTY
KINGS COUNTY
PRINCE COUNTY
CONTACT
PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR:
Tory Kennedy
(902) 894-2867
seniorscollege@upei.ca
MAILING ADDRESS
550 University Ave.
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 4P3
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