Robert Buckley, Vice Chair
Marilyn Cogdon
Alex MacDonald, Treasurer
Janet Peace, Chair
Cameron Pulsifer
Gillian Trueman
Laura was employed as the Trails and Open Space Coordinator for the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg for 22 years. She has been involved in land conservation projects, trail and park development at the local and provincial level, building and supporting community trail and park development as well as project managing several municipal park and outdoor space projects.
Bob is a retired elementary school principal and a long-standing member of the KCC. Before returning to the board this year, Bob served as a board member from 2006 – 2017 and as chair from 2011 – 2017. Bob coordinates the volunteers who monitor the trails on Gaff Point and enjoys walking its trails and the pathways of Kingsburg.
Marilyn was one of the six founding members of the Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy 27 years ago, and is now Shaubac Committee Lead. She finds the natural beauty of our area a treasure worth preserving. One of her favourite experiences was night snorkeling with the phosphorescence in Rose Bay – sparkles everywhere!
Janet grew up in the English countryside, witnessing daily that all living things are interconnected and thrive through mutual cooperation. Shaped by this belief, her life’s goals and activities took her across Europe, the US and Canada, working mostly in the non-profit arenas, and mostly in the major cities. In the early 90’s, she and her partner discovered Nova Scotia and have lived in Rose Bay almost continually for the past 20 years. She is immensely grateful to have now come full circle and to be contributing her experience to KCC’s mission. When not working for nature conservancy, she can be found cooking up a storm in the kitchen, or hiking our precious trails with her partner and three canine pack members.
James is a consultant who has worked in land appraisal and conservation since 2012. He has been fortunate to visit many of Nova Scotia’s wild places and looks forward to spending as much time as possible on the beautiful lands and islands of the South Shore.
Originally from British Columbia, Veronica grew up with a keen interest in nature and was fortunate to visit BC’s many beautiful, wild places. During her university years she studied sciences and ecology before switching into a Bachelor of Psychology program. She was a crew member for the Coast Guard auxiliary as well as a volunteer at the Vancouver Aquarium in the marine mammal rescue centre and with their ecology restoration group that worked within Greater Vancouver. Since 2010, she has worked as a real estate agent and property manager in BC and now here in Nova Scotia.
Veronika’s interest in conservation is a significant consideration in the many land transactions that she has been involved in here in Nova Scotia. They have helped her gain a broad knowledge of, and experience with, the organizations, departments and councils involved with land development and conservation. She is excited to have been introduced to KCC and looks forward to contributing to something so meaningful right here in her own community!
