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TEMAGAMI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CHAIR
Sarah-Jane Pearce
Sarah-Jane is currently a Real Estate Broker for Royal LePage in Toronto. She has been coming to Temagami and Jumping Caribou Lake with her family all her life. Prior to her career in real estate, Sarah-Jane was a Director of Marketing and Events at Rogers Media.
In 2024, Sarah-Jane was honored to join her mother, Jane, as a member of the Events Committee. Additionally, Sarah-Jane is now the Chair of the Foundation and serves as the Chair of the Finance committee, a role she embraced after being mentored by Jack Tuomi.
CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Communications Committee
Chair
Jessica Lewis
Jess spent the first five years of her life living year-round on Lake Temagami before moving to the USA. Now residing in Columbia, Missouri with her 2 children Abel and Hazel, Jess and her family return each summer to Lake Temagami, where she serves as the Director of Camp Wabun. Founded in 1933 by Jess’s great-grandfather and seven other teachers, camp Wabun is a cherished legacy of the Lewis family. For generations Jess’s family has considered Temagami home, spending months of each year on the lake.
Jess has been on the TCF Board for over 7 years and has Chaired the Communications Committee since joining. Jessica also serves on the Event’s Committee.
Events Committee
Chair
Jane Pearce
Jane is a retired Senior Account Executive with an extensive career at Torstar Media. A seasonal resident of Temagami, she has deep family ties to the area, with her family being on Jumping Caribou since 1932.
Jane joined the Board of Directors in 2021 and following Mary McTavish’s retirement in June of 2024, transitioned from Co-Chair to Chair of The Event’s Committee. Jane continues to play a key role in the organizing of TCF events including Temagami Comes to the City and the C100 Brunch.
Grants Committee
Chair
Meghan Hope
Grants Committee Chair
Communication Committee Member
Meghan and her husband both work in education in the Waterloo Region, where they raise 3 children. Meghan’s grandfather, William Detenbeck, purchased a cottage on Jumping Caribou over 80 years ago, and her family has cherished the amazingly vast and beautiful area ever since.
With the strong belief in the value of free time, Meghan chose to join the TCF. In June of 2024, following Shauna Waddell’s retirement, Meghan became Chair of the Events Committee. Meghan also serves on the Communication Committee.
Carol Reeder
Grants and Nominating Committee Member
Carol and her husband Ken are the proud owners of Boatline Bay Marine, a family business they have operated for over 35 years. Their work continues the legacy of Ken’s parents, Charlie & Georgette, who raised their family on an island while running Reeder’s Marine & Electric from the 1960s through the 1980s. Now in it’s 3rd generation, Ken and Carol work alongside their son Davis and his wife Madison, passing the torch of the family business. Their older son Kendal lives in Ottawa with his growing family of 3.
Carol joined the TCF Board in 2019 and serves as a member on the Grants and Nominating Committee’s.
Julie Ion
Grants Committee Member
Krista Blais
Communications and Grants Committee Member
Krista was born and raised in Temagami, where her deep roots in the community and strong connection to the land continue to shape her values and work today. Though she now lives in Sudbury, ON, and serves as Director of Operations at a software company, Krista remains deeply involved with the Temagami community, through the foundation and the fish hatchery.
A lifelong supporter of the Foundation’s mission, Krista has experienced its impact firsthand—from attending Arts Camp as a child, to receiving bursary support as a university student, to working for the Foundation in various capacities as a young adult. She has volunteered for the last few years on the Robb Hindson Memorial Bursary Selection Committee and officially joined the Board of Directors in 2025. She currently serves on the Communications and Grants Committees.
For Krista, giving back to the Temagami community is both a privilege and a full-circle journey. She is passionate about continuing to support the people and places that helped shape her, and is committed to helping ensure that the spirit of Temagami remains strong for future generations.
Will Goodman
Finance, Communications and Nominating Committee Member
Will is the past president of the Temagami Lakes Association.
Ashly Legacy
Personnel and Events Committee Member
Ashly is the dedicated Post Master at Canada Post and, alongside her husband Omar, raises two young children in Temagami. Ashly is an active and passionate volunteer in the community, regularly assisting Omar with local Parks and Recreation Events, as a member of the Library Board and the Temagami Legion. Her unwavering dedication to Temagami showcases her deep commitment to strengthening and enriching the community.
Ashly joined the TCF Board in 2024 and serves as a member on the Personnel and Events Committee’s.
Chris Gheysen
Communications and Events Committee Member
My wife, Janet Clermont, and I are part-time residents of Temagami, spending approximately four months of the year there. We purchased the old Buck place sixteen years ago, located on Jessie Lake. As Janet is from Cochrane, it has helped her stay connected to the North and visit her mother, who still resides in Cochrane.
I grew up on a tobacco farm in southwestern Ontario.
I attended the University of Guelph, where I completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management Economics.
I retired from the Ontario Provincial Police six years ago after thirty years of service. I began my career in Cochrane before transferring south. During my career, I worked in criminal investigations, taught driver training at the Ontario Police College, and served as a supervisor in the Elgin and Middlesex detachments.
Janet Clermont
Communications and Events Committee Member
I was born and raised in Cochrane, Ontario, and graduated from Algonquin College with a two-year diploma in Journalism (Print) in 1987. From 1987 to 1995, I worked as a journalist and photographer for various newspapers in southern Ontario, eventually becoming the editor of the Cochrane Northland Post from 1990 to 1995.
I attended Laurentian University in Sudbury from 1995 to 1998, where I completed a degree in English Rhetoric and Canadian History. Following this, I attended law school at the University of Windsor from 1998 to 2001 and was called to the Bar in 2002.
From 2002 to 2024, I practiced as a civil litigator in London, Ontario, primarily in insurance defence law. My practice also included Aboriginal law, negotiating land claims on behalf of First Nations, and defending commercial fishermen in southern Ontario against regulatory offences.