About the Foundation Board

 Kinsmen Foundation Board of Directors

2024-2025

If you’re interested in being on the Kinsmen Foundation Board, please contact the District 3 Kin for details.

The Kinsmen Foundation Board consists of the following volunteers:

  • Chair
  • Vice-Chair
    • elected at District Convention
  • Past-Chair
  • Treasurer 
  • TeleMiracle Chair 
  • Two Kin representatives from District 3
    • District 3 Governor and appointee (usually the Vice-Governor)
  • Nine Kin Zone Representatives
    • elected from District 3 Kinsmen, Kinettes, and Kin clubs.
    • Responsible contacting applicants and speaking on their behalf at the Board meetings. Elections for the Zone Reps are held at Spring Zone Conferences.
  • Two Kin Members at Large
    • Same responsibilities as the zone reps.
  • Two Members at Large
    • Occupational Therapist and Financial Expert
  • Representatives from the Ministry of Social Services and the Ministry of Health.
    • These positions are advisory only and non-voting.

Office Staff

Two staff members from the Kinsmen Foundation office who also attend Board meetings. These are non-voting positions.

  • The Executive Director is there primarily as an additional resource person, to answer questions, offer advice, and be a liaison between the Board and the Staff.
  • The Grants Manager takes minutes and updates the database. After the meeting the Grants team prepares and sends out all the letters to the applicants, to let them know the status of their application and what the next steps are.

Office Staff

Past Board Chairs

1971 – 1972

Peter Kilburn

(Saskatoon)

1972 – 1973

Peter Kilburn

(Saskatoon)

1973 – 1974

Urban Donlevy

(Saskatoon)

1974 – 1975

Ron Tkatch

(Moose Jaw)

1975 – 1976

Ron Tkatch

(Moose Jaw)

1976 – 1977

Nick Warren

(Swift Current)

1977 – 1978

Fred Murray

(Lloydminster)

1978 – 1979

Fred Murray

(Lloydminster)

1979 – 1980

Larry Zatlyn

(Prince Albert)

1980 – 1981

Dennis Richardson

(Saskatoon)

1981 – 1982

Bill Hoffmann

(Regina)

1982 – 1983

Roger Welch

(Regina)

1983 – 1984

Wayne Phillips

(Moose Jaw)

1984 – 1985

Rick Rogers

(Plenty)

1985 – 1986

Dave Hanwell

(North Battleford)

1986 – 1987

Ken Crawford

(Regina)

1987 – 1988

Allan Nordal

(Shellbrook)

1988 – 1989

Terry Ferguson

(Yorkton)

1989 – 1990

Rick Van Beselaere

(Regina)

1990 – 1991

Cathie Wilton

(Shaunavon)

1991 – 1992

Wayne Bacon

(Kinistino)

1992 – 1993

Lyle Stang

(Macklin)

1993 – 1994

Greg Trotter

(Maidstone)

1994 – 1995

Dale Crow

(Melville)

1995 – 1996

Terry Fritz

(Shaunavon)

1996 – 1997

Bruce Richards

(Moose Jaw)

1997 – 1998

Lyle Smith

(Watrous)

1998 – 1999

Rene Laberge

(Martensville)

1999 – 2000

Dwayne Usselman

(Melfort)

2000 – 2001

Mark Millar

(Kindersley)

2001 – 2002

Kandace Chopty

(Watrous)

2002 – 2003

Oliver Pask

(Esterhazy)

2003 – 2004

Scott McLeod

(Weyburn)

2004 – 2005

Gord Banks

(Maidstone)

2005 – 2006

Andrea Knott

(Esterhazy)

2006 – 2007

Mike Gage

(Saskatoon)

2007 – 2008

Melinda Haggart

(Lloydminster)

2008 – 2009

Todd Bedore

(Weyburn)

2009 – 2010

Charlene Duckworth

(Moose Jaw)

2010 – 2011

Jake Porter

(Weyburn)

2011 – 2012

Lori Friesen

(Melfort)

2012 – 2013

Tracy Malayney

(Yorkton)

2013 – 2014

Lorraine Duxbury

(Assiniboia)

2014 – 2015

Leanne Wildeman

(Lloydminster)

2015 – 2016

Trent Fedorychka

(Melfort)

2016 – 2017

Eli Rizk

(Regina)

2017 – 2018

Scott Lamb

(Swift Current)

2018 – 2019

Pam Massine

(Saskatoon)

2019 – 2020

Ted Moir

(Central Butte)

2020 – 2021

Kim Lowe

(Regina)

2021 – 2022

Lyndsay L'Heureux

(Jansen)

2022-2023

Rob Bateman

(Saskatoon)

2023-2024

Raelynn Nicholson

(Assiniboia)