Seniors College Board and Committees 2025‐2026
Seniors College would not be possible without the efforts of our volunteers. Our teachers, organizers,
board members and committee members bring
a passion and love of lifelong learning to all aspects of the college. If you are interested in helping
by offering your skills to the organization then
please contact us.
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
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