Resident of Ward 4 since 1978.
Married to Ian Hilton with one daughter, Danielle.

Committee and Community Involvement

Current:

• Canadian Federation of Intercultural Friendship and Community Police Liaison Committee
• York Region Municipal Cultural Planning Steering Committee
• Downtown Stouffville Working Group
• Business Improvement Area Board of Management
• Nineteen on the Park Board of Management
• WS Library Board
• WS Heritage Committee
• York Region District School Board Race Relations Advisory Committee 12 + years
• English as a Second Language committee
• Committees on equity education, curriculum development
• Metro Toronto Zoo Traditional Knowledge Trail Committee

Recent:

• Nineteen On the Park Project Implementation Committee
• Nineteen on the Park Start-up Team
• Municipal Cultural Policy Task Force
• Strategic Plan of Action for Downtown Stouffville
• WS Arts and Culture Committee
• WS Environmental Advisory Committee
• WS Museum Advisory Board

Earlier Community Involvement (1980s – 1990s)

• Grassroots Committee on cultural activities in Whitchurch-Stouffville in early 1990s
• WS Museum Advisory Board
• Executive Member and President, Parent  / Teachers Liaison Group Dickson Hill Public School
• Stouffville Secondary Plan focus group
• Negotiated Community access to the French Immersion Program and bussing

Past Election Experience

• 2003 to 2006– Councillor Ward 4
• 2007 to present – Councillor Ward 4

Educational and Professional background

• Graduate of University of British Columbia in Anthropology
• Taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario