Staff, Board & Committees

Staff

Kelly Jerrott
Executive Director
exec.director@craftnovascotia.ca

Emily Wareham
Director Centre for Craft Nova Scotia
centre.director@craftnovascotia.ca

Rebecca Groves
Membership Engagement & Administrative Coordinator
office@craftnovascotia.ca

Pam Juarez
Studio Operations & Programming Coordinator
studio.coordinator@craftnovascotia.ca

Ashley Marlin
Special Projects & Events Coordinator 
amarlin@craftnovascotia.ca

Gentina Tremblay
Bookkeeper
accounts@craftnovascotia.ca

Craft Nova Scotia Board of Directors

  • Deborah Wheeler President
  • Tori Poynton First Vice President
  • Funmilayo Odeniyi Treasurer
  • Kristi Farrier Secretary
  • Frances Dorsey 2nd Vice President
  • Kaas Ghanie 3rd Vice President
  • Marla Benton Director-at-Large
  • Nancy Oakley Director-at-Large
  • Brandt Eisner Director-at-Large
  • Bernard Burton Past President

Craft Nova Scotia Committees

Standards Committee
  • Frances Dorsey, Chair (textiles)
  • Kay Stanfield (visual arts)
  • Deborah Wheeler (clay/ceramics)
  • Philip Doucette (glass)
  •  Erin Wells (ceramics)
  • Belinda Muller (books arts, paper, photography)
  • Emma Piirtoniemi (jewellery, glass, metal, plastic)
Market Advisory Committee
  • Katrina Doucette
  • Dorothée Rosen
  • Kas Stone
  • Tabitha Co
  • Nancy Oakley
  • Brandt Eisner
Exhibitions Committee
  • Kaas Ghanie, Chair 
  • Marla Benton 
  • Julie Hollenbach 
  • Andrea Tsang Jackson 
Nominating and Governance Committee
  • Tori Poynton- Chair (1st Vice Chair of the Board)
  • Frances Dorsey (Board Representative)
  • Linnet Finley
  • Gabrielle Thean