Board of Directors
The Central Algoma Land Trust’s Board of Directors boasts a broad cross section of the local community. It has citizens from Canada and from the United States, permanent and summer residents, those with long family histories and those with new experiences in this vibrant community. Everyone comes to the table with a genuine love of land and water and a wish for future generations to enjoy the same treasurers.
Richard Warren - President
Dick has been involved with Central Algoma Land Trust for more than 20 years. He has been a summer resident for 70+ years, sharing a small island near Desbarats with his family. He is retired from a 35 year career in the California Conservation Corps, and later the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. His career has offered many private and professional opportunities to provide support for the environment, local communities, CALT, and young adults. He has been a board member of other non-profits that support the environment, Secretary of CALT, and President of CALT’s Board for three years. Dick likes to sail. He lives in Auburn, California, and has two children and three grandchildren who love Central Algoma!
Betsy Kingery - Vice President
Betsy Kingery has been spending her summers on St. Joseph Island since 1954 following in the footsteps of her grandparents and parents since 1923. While professionally a nurse, she has been an active promoter of native gardening and environmental stewardship for many years. Her interest in Central Algoma Land Trust began with hiking the trails on the Boyer Preserve and touring the Black Hole Preserve with CALT staff. This interest developed further when she and her husband Bill created the Gravel Point Preserve, the first CALT nature preserve on St. Joseph Island. She is honoured to give back to a place that has given so much to her and her family by serving on the Board of Trustees.
Phil Murray - Vice President
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Nancy Schrank - Secretary
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Jaime Graham - Treasurer
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Bess Celio - Director
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Libby Haight O’Connell - Director
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Brady Irwin - Director
Brady worked in Ontario’s broader public sector, starting in 1989. Concluding his career with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, he also worked for the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Sault Area Hospital, Management Board Secretariat and the Ontario Lottery Corporation. Brady is a Past Chair of the Board of Algoma University, as well as the Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen. He is the recipient of the Chairman’s Award from the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation for his work on that organization's Board of Directors. He also served two terms as an elected city councillor for the city of Sault Ste. Marie, and in that capacity served on several community boards and committees, including as Treasurer of the District Social Services Administration Board.
Jane Karhi - Director
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Alden Meyer - Director
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Drausin Wulsin - Director
Drausin majored in English at Amherst College, graduating in 1976. He earned a M.S. from Ohio State University in Agricultural Economics in 1983. His urban career focused on management of money through: commodities merchandizing (Consolidated Grain & Barge Co.), banking (PNC, USBank), and philanthropic fund raising (Cincinnati Zoo). His rural career over 40 years has centered around developing grass-based foods through dairy and meat enterprises on a 1200-acre family farm in Pike County, Ohio. He has also developed the largest wetland mitigation bank in southern Ohio, which includes a conservation easement on 457 acres. He has published four books: A Farmer’s Almanac, Stories about Land, Food, and Life, Volumes I, II, III, and IV, and writes a periodic blog about wetland development. Board involvements have included: Maple Knoll Village, Greenacres Foundation, Cincinnati Nature Center, Berea College, and Cardinal Land Conservancy. He and his wife, Susan, live on the farm.