Mike Hendren - Executive Director
Mike Hendren is the new Executive Director of Kawartha Heritage Conservancy. Mike has worked in the appraisal and consulting field and with the Ecological Gifts program, having volunteer experience in land securement and stewardship. Mike comes to the Conservancy with a strong personal heritage in the region and is a member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada and the Ontario Professional Planners Institute. An outdoor enthusiast and musician, Mike’s formal background includes a Masters degree in environmental planning from Queen's and a business administration degree from Trent.
Phone: 705-743-5599
Fax: 705-745-7294
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Ian Attridge - Past Executive Director
Hons. B.Sc. (Agr.), M.E.S., LL.B., of the Ontario Bar
Ian Attridge is past Executive Director and Counsel of the Kawartha Heritage Conservancy, from which he is currently on sabbatical.
He is a lawyer with ecological and agricultural training and expertise in stewardship, trails and conservation techniques.
His experience with the Conservancy and other organizations across the country includes creative methods
of land securement and management, conservation agreements, organizational structures, charitable status,
land use planning and the availability of federal and provincial tax incentives. He is a founding Governor
and former Vice-Chair of the Ontario Land Trust Alliance, and is chair of OLTA's Government Relations Committee.
Ian is a regular conference speaker, teaches several courses for Trent University's Environmental and Resource Studies Department,
and has researched and written extensively. Ian previously provided legal and policy advice to the Ontario Ministries of
Natural Resources and the Environment. He has conducted ecological research in wetlands across southern Ontario and been
a naturalist interpreter with the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Friends of Wye Marsh.
Ian lives in Peterborough and stewards a property in Haultain. He particularly enjoys canoeing, skiing,
music and making the connections between nature and culture.
Lawrie Keillor-Faulkner, Information Management Consultant
Hons. B.Sc (GIS emphasis), GIS-AS, Cart. Tech. (Photogrammetric)
Lawrie Keillor-Faulkner is currently on sabbatical with the Kawartha Heritage Conservancy, and is enjoying every moment. She has taught at Fleming College since 1996, and is past GIS Specialist and Geomatics Technician Coordinator.
A graduate of Trent University and Fleming College, Lawrie has also worked at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Health and as a Mapping Technician and a Photogrammetric Technician at various companies. Lawrie is a part-time yoga teacher and organic gardener who is still discovering new heirloom tomatoes. She and her husband steward two Kawartha area properties on Pigeon and Balsam Lakes.
Anna Petry, FarmON Coordinator
Anna Petry coordinates programs for new farmers in Central Ontario as part of the FarmON Alliance led by FarmStart in Guelph, ON. Anna has a B.A. in International Development from Trent Unversity and is a organic market gardener in the local area.
Our mission is to conserve the natural and cultural heritage and distinctive landscapes of the Kawartha bioregion.
