COCHRANE - Key Persons


Bill Dickson

Job Titles:
  • Director
Cochrane is a wonderful community to visit and experience through the Foundation. I'm honoured to share in the community building that we are able to be part of through your donations. Thank you Cochrane.

Derek Newman

Job Titles:
  • Director
I am proud to call Cochrane home and the place my children will grow up in. It's a blessing to play a role in this town's development. The Foundation is a way for me to use my career in philanthropy to ensure this community thrives today and for the next generation.

Ian Kruger

Job Titles:
  • Director
I am a local pharmacist and have worked in Cochrane since 2002. My wife, 2 young children and I are so proud to call Cochrane home. It is the best place to live in all of Canada.

Kelly Rowat

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board
Cochrane has been my lifelong home. My husband and I are pleased to raise our daughter in such a wonderful town. It is an honour to be a part of the Cochrane Foundation and to be able to give back to my community.

Lynn Thomson

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Board
As a resident of Cochrane since 1979, my involvement in a variety of business organizations and voluntary activities has demonstrated the power of community to create possibility, connection and growth.

Melanie Dekker

Job Titles:
  • Director
I proudly work in non-profit at the Alberta Cancer Foundation. I have one young son whom I look forward to raising in this incredible community, following in the footsteps of his dad who is born and raised here. Community engagement is a core value of who I am and I am grateful to be part of the Cochrane Foundation.

Reed Boothby

Job Titles:
  • Director
My family has operated a cattle ranch in Cochrane for four generations. Cochrane will always be my home. I am passionate about civic participation and am tremendously grateful to continue growing alongside this community I love - personally, in my legal career and with the Foundation.

Tim Harvie - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
Cochrane has always been my home. I farm and ranch in the area and have always taken an interest in building our community. The Cochrane Foundation helps to fulfill that goal.