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Roger Boutilier
Roger is a native of Middleton, NS, and has just completed a 35-year career as a high school social studies teacher in Annapolis County. Roger received his BA from Mount Allison in 1971 before moving on to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, for an MA in history and a BEd. An MEd in educational administration at Acadia followed in the late 1980s. In 2000 he and his wife, Joan, moved from Middleton to Wolfville in part to access the many cultural opportunities available in a university town . . . such as ALL! Roger maintains an active interest in politics, enjoys the university sports and music scene, assists in the family landscape/gardening improvements and is "cheerfully condemned to a run-on sentence" through various races on the Run Nova Scotia circuit.
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Richard Denton
Richard grew up in Wolfville. He went to Wolfville schools, graduating in 1964, and then to Acadia for a BSc. While at Acadia he was involved in student government and various clubs and activities such as the band that cheered at sporting events.
He attended Dalhousie Medical School, graduating in 1974. From that time, until medically induced retirement in 2007, he lived in Digby and worked in a full-service general practice.
He has a great interest in the natural world and wildlife in general. Richard lives in Wolfville with his wife, Karly, and their new puppy, Maria.
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Yvette LeBlanc
Having taken part in several ALL courses since her retirement, Yvette sees serving on the ALL board as a chance to give back.
She retired five years ago from a career in teaching, mostly at the elementary level, with several years in French Immersion. She is a mother of two grown children: an engineer and a teacher. She was a band parent for many years, chaperoning at least two trips to New York City.
She is a life member of Les Amis de Grand-Pré, a social support group connected with Grand-Pre National Historic Site. In addition, each week, she works at least three hours at Fidelis House, a guest home specifically for those with hospitalized family members, located on the Valley Regional Hospital property.
Among her many interests are downhill skiing, skating and camping. Through the ALL program, Yvette has learned to play the flute in the past three years – not well, she says, but enough to keep her in the New Horizons Band! She thoroughly enjoyed the drawing and sketching class last year with Twila Robar DeCoste. This year, she enjoyed the Digital Photography course with Rick Penney.
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Jan O’Hara
Jan was born in Austin, Texas. Being an Air Force “brat”, she lived in several different areas of the US. After obtaining a BA from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, she travelled overseas, first with the US Foreign Service (clerical), and then as an appendage to a British husband. Eventually, after returning to the US and spending many years in Washington, DC, the family immigrated to Canada and found a happy haven in the Valley here in Nova Scotia. Three years ago, Jan moved her home to New Minas, where she has greatly enjoyed the many and varied opportunities in this area.
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Teresa Patterson
Teresa is a year 2000 graduate of the Theatre Studies Program at Acadia as an adult student. She has been a self-employed office administrator for the past 15 years.
During the past 12 years she has worked with Kentville’s CentreStage Theatre as a director, producer, actor, and stage manager. She has also served as a board member twice during that time.
Teresa has been involved as a participant with the ALL program for the past two years.
She is interested in sitting as a board member with ALL and believes that her skills and interests will contribute in a very positive way to the position.
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Michael Shreve
Mike grew up in St. Stephen, NB, and attended Mount Allison University where he studied chemistry. His 27-year career in chemistry included work with Health and Welfare Canada, where he was an analyst checking on food composition; as a pesticide residue chemist at Kentville Agricultural Centre; and at the NS Agricultural College where he checked crops, water and soil for pesticide contamination. After early retirement, Mike worked in a group home for a few years and then went back to school to study for the ministry. He is now a part-time Baptist minister in Hall’s Harbour. Mike is interested in politics and the environment, as well as gardening, running and basketball. He especially enjoys the brown bag lunches offered by ALL, where a wide variety of topics are discussed weekly, and auditing Acadia courses as an ALL member. Mike is married to Linda and has five grown children.
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Donald Wells
Don was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and attended high school and university in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. He obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physics from Stanford University. After 10 years teaching and doing nuclear physics research at the University of Oregon and the University of Manitoba, he became involved in university administration. He served first as an Assistant Vice President Planning (academic) before becoming Vice President (Administration) at the University of Manitoba in 1975. In 1986, he moved to Mount Allison University as its 10th President, and in 1990 he assumed the position of President of the University of Regina. He has long had a keen interest in community affairs, having served in many volunteer capacities. Among those interests have been many aspects of lifelong learning. He has been a member of the Board of the ALL Program since its inception.
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Jennifer White
Jennifer holds an International MBA, is a Certified Coactive Life Coach, and worked in Human Resource and Corporate Health Management in Alberta’s oil and gas industry for most of her career. She has lived and worked in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Yemen. Jennifer has also volunteered in various capacities. One memorable opportunity was working as the Coordinator of Volunteers for the Winter Olympics in Calgary. She also served on the Board for the Human Resources Association of Calgary and sat on the Cabinet of the Calgary United Way. She moved to Nova Scotia to be closer to her daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters. In 2009, Jennifer certified to teach yoga, through the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, California. She first studied yoga in Australia many years ago, then trained in Thailand. Recently, Jennifer completed a teaching program, sponsored by the University of Calgary, called Yoga Thrive to help those living with the impact of cancer.
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