Board

Fred Hiltz is the thirteenth Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. He was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and lived most of his life by the Atlantic Ocean. He grew up in an Anglican family in Dartmouth and was baptized into the church at the age of four. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Dalhousie University, specializing in biology, and a Master of Divinity from the Atlantic School of Theology. After ordination in 1978, Fred ministered in small communities in Nova Scotia, including Sydney, Melford-Guysborough and Timberlea-Lakeside and cultivated his love for parish ministry, specifically for supporting people in times of difficulty and celebration. In 1984, Fred became the assistant priest at the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Halifax and, in 1987, became the director of the Anglican Formation Program at the Atlantic School of Theology. In 1988, he was appointed rector of the historic St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg. In 1995, he was elected suffragan

David Pritchard is a retired priest in the Diocese of Yukon who became a PWRDF Diocesan Voting Member in the Fall of 2004. He is a former educator of 25 years, having retired as Deputy Minster of Education for the Yukon in 1981 to study theology at Emmanuel and St. Chad’s Theological College in Saskatoon. His first parish was in Watson Lake, Yukon on the Alaska Highway and a second parish 200 miles away in Tungsten, NWT. In January, 1987 he left Canada for Swaziland in Southern Africa under the auspices of the World Mission Branch of the Anglican Church of Canada. He spent 16 years there, two years as a parish priest and over twelve years as Executive Director of the Council on Smoking, Alcohol and Drug Dependence, a Swazi NGO. In November, 2005 he was elected to the PWRDF Board of Directors and re-elected in November 2008 and November`, 2011 for a second and a third year term. Since returning to Canada in December, 2002 he has been rector of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church in Ca

Laura Marie Piotrowicz is the rector of the 6-point Wider Parish of Pelly Plains in the Diocese of Brandon. She has experience at levels of the wider Anglican Church and especially with PWRDF as a Youth Representative at WCC 9th Assembly Mutirão, a member of the Board of Directors since 2007, and as a member of her diocesan PWRDF committee. Laura Marie is continuing her studies in ecological theology to add to her MDiv with pastoral/youth focus. Laura Marie has travel and field experience with aid agencies and experience in social justice and environmental advocacy. She speaks French and some Spanish. She has a wide range of volunteer activity and ecumenical experience.

Jim Cullen has worked in a variety of positions at Church House since joining General Synod in 1997. He has served as both treasurer and director of financial management and development and directed the finances of the national office through the incorporation of both the General Synod Pension’s Department and The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF). Jim is currently working as treasurer of the Anglican Foundation. He brings great knowledge and experience in financial management as well as strategic planning and governance to the board. Jim has proceded with his retirement plans a number of times in the last few years but his extensive knowledge and commitment to all things General Synod related have prevented this from taking place. Jim currently serves as treasurer on the PWRDF Board of Directors.

Matt Koovisk has been involved with The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) since joining the Youth Council in 2004. He travelled to Porto Alegre, Brazil, for the World Council of Churches 9th Assembly (2006) and Advocacy Justice Camp in Ottawa (2006) during his four year term with the council. He has been an active participant and presenter at two regional meetings, two diocesan fora and in the work of the Youth Council itself. In addition to being one of the parish musicians, Matt is currently the PWRDF parish representative for the parishes of St. Aidan, Rutland and St. Francis, Lake Country, BC. He also serves as the BC and Yukon Youth Representative to the Council of General Synod. Matt is from Kelowna, BC. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English at the University of British Columbia in June 2010. He is especially interested in social justice education and refugee work.

Maureen Lawrence was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, prior to her marriage in 1966 to Nova Scotian Caleb Lawrence. She spent the following 14 years in Great Whale River on the east coast of Hudson Bay where she taught Family Studies to the First Nation and Inuit residents of the community and developed practical homemaking programs. She continued her lifetime involvement in the Girl Guides by adapting the program for the location and has been involved with the organization in many capacities over the years. She has extensive volunteer experience in health care, education and in cultural preservation. Maureen has attended three Lambeth Conferences and completed educational workshops on organizational structure, the Carver Board Method, time management strategies and communication skills. Maureen has been a strong supporter and promoter of the work of The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) for more than 40 years.

Since 1997, Chris Longson and his wife Alison have been volunteers with PWRDF in Canada, both at the diocesan and parish level. He also served in several capacities in parish outreach and worked with his Bishop in various committees. For eight years Chris was a parish coordinator for Inn from the Cold, an ecumenical program dealing with homelessness in Calgary. His work abroad in ministry outreach includes helping to establish a church community in China, leading teams to work in El Salvador with Habitat for Humanity partners and building relationships with an Anglican parish there. Chris has also visited PWRDF projects in El Salvador and Tanzania and works with his wife to share those experiences with parishes in Alberta. Chris was born in New Zealand, has lived and worked in UK, Holland, Malaysia, China and Canada, where he works as a professional engineer. Chris was appointed to the Board of PWRDF in 2001 and re-elected in 2008 and 2011.

Bishop Tom Morgan traces his roots to the family farm in rural Saskatchewan. He studied in Saskatoon and in the UK, beginning his ordained ministry as a curate in Blackburn, Lancashire, and as a chaplain at the Blackburn Royal Infirmary. After seven years in England, he returned to Canada in 1969, serving several rural parishes in his home province. In 1985, he was ordained Bishop of Saskatchewan. In 1993, he was elected Bishop of Saskatoon, where he served until his retirement at the end of 2003. Bishop Morgan also served as Archbishop of Saskatoon from 2000 to 2003. In addition to parish and diocesan work, he has served on many boards and committees of the Anglican Church of Canada, and is presently serving as chaplain to the Council of General Synod, and as a Director on the Board of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund.

Lynn Ross brings extensive experience in several areas to the PWRDF Board of Directors. He has been active at the parish level with PWRDF and the wider Anglican Church. A retired parish priest, Lynn has served as Editor of the Quebec Diocesan Gazette, on Boards of General Synod in the area of Communications and has extensive experience at the Anglican Communion level. He was Director of Photography for the Lambeth Conference in 1998, a Communications Team member at the Lambeth Conference in 2008, as well as a member of the Communications staff at the joint Primates/Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, and the Anglican Consultative Council meetings in Panama and Nottingham, U.K. Lynn also has extensive experience in the mental health field, acquired while sitting as a Board member of AMI-Quebec (Action on Mental Illness) and Mental Health Estrie. He will share his expertise in communications, advocacy, financial development and the Anglican Communion.

Lynne Taylor is a pension benefits officer for the government of Prince Edward Island, serving active members of the teachers’ pension plan. Introduction to the world of investments in the early 1990s as the administrative support member of the PEI Master Trust, a body of investment managers and administrators responsible for the assets of the MLA, teachers’ and civil servants’ pension plans, peaked her interest and challenged her to complete the Canadian Securities Course. Lynne’s volunteer activities are currently rooted at Christ Church, Cherry Valley, where she served a two-year term as warden and continues to serve as treasurer and PWRDF representative. Board membership is second nature to Lynne, with service in the church and the community at large (team sports, education, health care and professional associations). Lynne traces volunteer activities to the days of her youth with recollections of working as a teen volunteer in the local hospital and visiting with a young d

On October 14, 2004, Barry Clarke was consecrated and installed the eleventh Bishop of Montreal. He was born October 10, 1952, in Montreal, making him the first Montreal-born Bishop of Montreal. In 1977, he graduated with a Bachelor in Theology degree from McGill University, followed in 1978 by his graduation with a Diploma in Ministry from the Montreal Theological College, becoming the seventh alumni from the college to be consecrated Bishop. While at the College, Bishop Clarke was ordained to the diaconate on May 21, 1978 and to the presbyterate on May 20, 1979 by the Right Reverend Reginald Hollis, ninth Bishop of Montreal. Having served as assistant at St Matthias from 1978 to 1980, he was called to be Rector of Trinity Church, St-Bruno, where he served from 1980 to 1984. In 1984, he was called as Rector of St Michael and All Angels, where he served from 1984 to 1993. He was then named Rector of St Paul’s, Lachine where he served until relocating to the See City of Montreal, upon h

Aaron Emery has been involved with PWRDF for as long as he has lived in Canada. Starting an internship with PWRDF’s justgeneration.ca youth initiative the day after crossing the Canadian border in 2009, Aaron spent the summer working with PWRDF staff and rapidly made himself familiar with the operations of PWRDF and its positioning within the Anglican Church of Canada and the broader relief and development community. Since this internship Aaron has been completing his application for Canadian permanent residency, working as Studio Development Manager at E-Y-E The Social Projects Studio and acting as a representative for the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario on PWRDF’s Youth Council. Aaron's interests in the issues of "faith", "systems change" and "disaster relief" have found a synergistic sweet-spot within the framework of PWRDF as an organization. The inherent potential in such synergy has drawn him to further his involvement in PWRDF.

Tom is currently the Regional Manager, Ontario with CIBC Aboriginal Banking. He has a degree in Divinity from Trinity College, University of Toronto, and a degree in Social Work from Sir Sandford Fleming College, Peterborough. Prior to 2003, Tom was with CESO Aboriginal Services, a not-for-profit organization funded by private and public sectors with a mission to foster socio-economic development with Aboriginal businesses, organizations and First Nations communities across Canada. Tom is currently on the Board for Frontiers Foundation and Amisk-Kodim Corporation, Moose Cree First Nation. He is a former Board member for Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto, Anduhyaun Inc., a women’s shelter for Aboriginal women in crisis, Miziwe Biik Employment and Training organization, Toronto. In the early 1990’s he was Radio Station Manager for the Six Nations of the Grand and New Credit. As an Aboriginal person working within the corporate world, Tom is very cognizant of the acccomplishm

Lillian Newbery is a journalist with an Hons. BA in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. She has extensive experience as a reporter at the Canadian Press head office, Toronto, CP Edmonton Bureau and Queen’s Park Gallery. In her varied career, she was with the Hamilton Spectator for five years and was the first woman editorial writer. She spent twelve years at the Toronto Star as the medical writer, including one year as the first and only full time writer on AIDS. As a freelance writer she has written for the United Church of Canada and was the communications coordinator for the Canadian Council of Churches. In her volunteer capacity, she was chair of her church outreach committee promoting the work of PWRDF and generating public awareness in her parish for the 50th Anniversary refugee sponsorship program. Lillian coordinated the liaison with the Anglican United Refugee Alliance for two refugee families from Sudan and assisted with other aspects of their settlem

Rafael Soares de Oliveira is the executive director of KOINONIA and has been in a partnership relationship with The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) for ten years. He brings a long experience of participation on ecumenical boards, both in Brazil and internationally. He has coordinated Brazil’s Movement of the Christian Life Communities, the ecumenical Center for Documentation and Information, Brazilian Ecumenical Center, participated in the Brazilian Forum on Ecumenical Sharing of Resources and been a member of the Facilitator Board in the Ecumenical Forum of South America. Rafael is an Ogan do Candomble-Afro-Brazilian priest and holds a doctorate in Social Services. His development and human rights work with excluded and community-based groups has focused on Brazil’s traditional Afro-Brazilian communities. In his volunteer life he works to provide guidance in the prevention of HIV and AIDS, on human rights pieces and advises on political science issues with youth in

Dr. Hofmeyr is a medical doctor as well as a talented artist who has empowered and enriched hundreds of lives in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. She and her husband, also a doctor, moved to Hamburg, in the Eastern Cape in 2000. She was confronted with the poverty in the community. It became impossible for her to enjoy the beauty of this place without in some way addressing this issue. Dr. Hofmeyr created a residential HIV treatment centre in the Hamburg area of the Eastern Cape by converting an old house into an AIDS treatment facility which she named the Umtha Welanga (Rays of the Sun) Centre in 2001. Through advice from people experienced in development work, an NGO was formed involving about 50 members from the local Xhosa community. Faced with the high rate of infection with HIV/AIDS, a health initiative was started within the NGO. This health programme grew large and became, through necessity, an advocate for TB and HIV care in the village of Hamburg and the surrounding