Welcome New Board Members

The Strathcona Centre Community League held its AGM in November and welcomes 4 new Board members:

Emily Graca
Civics and Planning Co-director
Emily recently moved to the neighbourhood on Saskatchewan Drive and is proud to call it her new home. Prior to moving to Strathcona, Emily had been program director for the Athlone Community League. She is excited to join our board and shares the role of Civics and Planning Co-director with Maureen Duguay, a long-time board member. Emily enjoys engaging with the community and is looking forward to being actively involved with the unique, changing landscape of Strathcona’s built environment.

Amy Gainer
Diversity and Inclusion Co-director
This is Amy’s first year involved with the community league but has past experience organizing with Pride and Women’s Centres in campus settings. Amy has lived in the neighborhood for 15 years with a brief break for graduate school in Saskatchewan. Related to her role, Amy is passionate in the areas of Truth and Reconciliation and harm reduction.

Lauren Lutic-Muusse (she/her)
Diversity and Inclusion Co-director 
Lauren recently moved to Strathcona after living in the Netherlands with her partner and three young kids. Lauren was born in Edmonton and loves to call it home. Her main gig is working remotely as a Sustainability Advisor, specializing in corporate human rights and is excited to move away from her at-home desk and into her neighbourhood. In the position she hopes to employ humility to first understand (systemic) biases prevalent where she lives. She then hopes to collaborate with others to help dismantle these ways of knowing and being which hinder community building.

Jacquie Devlin
Garden Director
Jacquie has lived in Strathcona since 2001, and she and her husband have raised their two daughters in the neighbourhood. After converting her own yard to a permaculture garden, she joined the Strathcona Rail Community Garden in 2009. She enjoys living in such a central neighbourhood as the family last owned a car in 2005. Jacquie often bikes to work at MacEwan University where she teaches in the Legal Studies program. She is looking forward to discussing all things gardening with the community.

Three other positions were also up for renewal and Nathan Carroll (President), Bernie Roessler (Membership) and Donna Fong (Programs) were all re-elected.
The positions of Communications Director and Sport and Fitness Director are currently vacant.

Please join us in welcoming and thanking these community members for their service.