BOARD EXECUTIVE:

Nancy Peppy
President
Nancy was born in Montreal and for the next eighteen years moved around to different Air Force bases as her father was transferred.  She moved to Aylmer in 1976 when she married a man who has lived his entire life in Aylmer.  Nancy has two sons, both of whom live in West Quebec.  Shaun, her youngest, is well known to RAWQ members and the community as the Past President of RAWQ.  
By profession Nancy is a Human Resources Consultant, both as an independent consultant and for the City of Ottawa.  She has two college certificates from Algonquin, one in Human Resources Management and the other in Business Management as well as, a CHRP (Certified Human Resources Professional, a national professional designation for Human Resources). Volunteerism is not new to Nancy.  She has been an active volunteer in hospitals, schools and community groups since she was 14 years of age.  It has always been her belief that it is the citizens of a community that make a community and therefore it is important to the vitality of that community to take an active role.  This will be Nancy's fourth year on the Board.  She is also a member of the Steering Committee for the OHSSN and a Board member of ENRICH.  As President of RAWQ she hopes she can contribute to keeping RAWQ the meaningful and growing organization that it has become

Antonia Papadakou
Vice President
Antonia was born and raised in Quebec. Her family emigrated from Greece to Canada in the late 50s and therefore she has an appreciation for the cultural diversity of this wonderful province. Now a resident of Aylmer, she is a proud mother of two children.
Antonia attended Philemon Wright High School and Heritage College before entering University of Carleton's Journalism Program. She graduated from Carleton University in 1987, and started a career in journalism and marketing. Currently she is working with Canadian Parents for French as the Communications Director. Canadian Parents for French is a non-profit, member-based group, which advocates for French second language opportunities for youth across Canada.
As a member of the Regional Association of West-Quebecers, Antonia hopes to make a contribution toward the English-speaking community. One of her objectives is to see an increase in membership to the RAWQ, especially from adults such as herself who have young families

Donna Murphy-Gowling
Treasurer
Although Donna is a relatively new member of the RAWQ board, her family has lived in Quebec for four generations, and her children will be the fifth.
A bookkeeper by vocation, she is presently pursuing a change of career and hopes to work in the field of nutritional science in the future.
Donna is married and their decision to raise their two children in West Quebec also comes with the realization that being members of a linguistic minority within a larger majority of a French speaking community can prove to be challenging at times. That is why she feels she has both an obligation and a responsibility to become an active member in securing their place in Quebec.
"I believe that this can be achieved by being a member of the board of the West Quebecers. It is a forum where the desire to promote initiatives that both express and protect our culture while still embracing and respecting the French speaking community. I look forward to hopefully contributing represent the membership of the West Quebecers."

Noel Gates
Secretary