"Community development has always been a priority for me. When I transitioned from a buzzing campus-based life to a regular community-based life outside of school, there was a void. KWIC filled that void by re-establishing my connection to the Trent community, but also provided invaluable connection to the innovative and energetic work of the youth and community that are part of KWIC’s work and programs. "
Liana Honsinger – Volunteer, KWIC Board of Director
KWIC Board Members
Executive Members
Carmella Valles — Board Chairperson
Immigration Consultant
Faith Mwesigye – Vice-Chairperson
Administrative Assistant, Trent University Secretariat
Edward (Ted) Vale, MBA — Treasurer | Chair of the Finance & HR Committee
Retired, Executive Director
Ryan Sisson, M.Sc, EP — Secretary
Team Lead, Community + Workplace Partnerships
Coordinator, Trent Community-Based Research
Directors - General
Liana Honsinger – Chair of the Program Committee
Refugee Resettlement Coordinator, New Canadians Centre
Dennis Howlett – Chair of the Communications & Fundraising Committee
Retired, NFP Executive Director
Marcelino Entzin Lopez
Social anthropologist and farmer
Phuong 'Helen' Ly, Director
Trent University Student, undergraduate
Dr. Stephanie Rutherford
Associate Professor, Environment and Resource Studies, Trent University
Non-Voting
Samantha Rockbrune — Executive Director
KWIC Standing Committees:
Finance & HR Committee
Ted Vale — Board Treasurer/Committee Chair
Faith Mwesigye, HR Liaison
Carmela Valles, Board Chair
Helen Ly, Director
Ryan Sisson, Director
Sam Rockbrune, Executive Director
Communications & Fundraising Committee
Dennis Howlett — Committee Chair
Carmela Valles, Board Chair
Stephanie Rutherford, Director
Ryan Sisson, Director
Sam Rockbrune, Executive Director
Nominations Committee
Dennis Howlett — Committee Chair
Ted Vale, Director
Faith Mwesigye, Director
Carmela Valles, Board Chair
Ryan Sisson, Director
Sam Rockbrune, Executive Director
Program Committee
Liana Honsinger — Committee Chair
Marcelino Lopez, Director
Sam Rockbrune, Executive Director
Ev Richardson, KWIC Program and Outreach Coordinator
James Outterson, KWIC Office Manager
Joyce Murray, Community Volunteer
Reem Ali, Community Volunteer
TEACH Social Justice Certificate Program Committee (2021-2022)
Erin Clancy —TEACH Program Coordinator
Sam Rockbrune, Kawartha World Issues Centre
Karleen Pendleton Jimenez, Trent School for Education and Professional Learning
Angela Connors, Community Race Relations
Maggie Cummings & Kelly King, TRACKS Youth Program
Joëlle Favreau, Nourish (YWCA)
Javier Bravo, New Canadians Centre
Shenel Boyce, TEACH Graduate, Trent SE&PL
(as of April 2022)