The Dandelion would like to thank the on-going support of our Board of Directors. The Board's primary responsibility is to review and decide on the submitted applications. At the most, they will meet once a month to make the necessary decisions. Their profiles are listed below:
Thomas Krausse - President
Thomas Krausse has lived in Nova Scotia for over 30 years, moving to Wolfville in 2000. He has always had an interest in nature and a desire for a supportive community; he has found that living here. You will see him and his partner Jayn at the Wolfville Farmers Market most Saturdays enjoying the food, music and people there. Thomas was a founding member of the Deep Roots Music Cooperative, a member of the New Farmers Gathering steering committee, and is the creator of The Dandelion Community Investment Cooperative. Thomas is extremely passionate about local agriculture, preserving farmland and local economy.
Jayn Kenny ' Vice President
Elizabeth Charlton - Treasurer
Elizabeth Charlton has studied music and economics, organized therapy conferences, owned a clothing boutique, managed an opera company and more. She's currently a professional soprano and voice teacher, a pastry chef and market vendor, a business woman and a wife and mother of two.
Brock Beazley ' Interim President
A member of both the Nova Scotia and British Columbia Bars, Brock Beazley began practicing law in Halifax in 1996, before moving west in 1997. After practicing for 13 years as a litigator in Vancouver, he welcomed the opportunity to return home to Nova Scotia, joining the Wolfville and Canning offices of How Lawrence White Bowes.
Brock attended University of King's College and Dalhousie University before heading to the University of New Brunswick for his law degree, where he graduated in 1995.
With extensive experience in construction, municipal and insurance defense, he has represented local governments, crown corporations, and global insurers in civil, construction, personal injury and employment litigation.
Active in the Canadian Bar Association in BC, he was a member of the Municipal, Insurance, Construction, and Civil Litigation sections. At the University of British Columbia, he was a guest judge for the Moot Court Program as well as a guest lecturer in risk management to the Public Administration Certificate Program at Capilano University in North Vancouver.
Brock's current practice in Wolfville and Canning specializes in litigation, family, property, wills and estates.
Locally, along with his role on the Dandelion Board, Brock is also a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity-Annapolis Valley, a member of the Eastern King's Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of Wolfville and has an avid interest in valley viniculture and the arts. He lives with his wife and two cocker spaniels in Kings County.
Joachim Stronik
If there is anything to be said about Joachim Stroink, it is that his heart is as big as his vision.
As a geography student who found his way to the mountains of New Zealand, Joachim has blazed a trail across this planet in search of what we are all in some way looking for, something we love, and something we are good at.
Joachim found both of those things after he and his wife April took over the helm of Nova Scotias oldest outdoor retailer,
Trail Shop.
For five years now Joachim has poured his heart and his vision into the shop all the while becoming one of Halifax's strongest heralds of community. From acting president of the board for the Learning Disability Association of Nova Scotia, to founding partner in Camp Brigadoon, Joachim has managed to inject his honesty, good willf into everything he does.
Joachim lives in Halifax with his wife April and their two lovely daughters Anneke and Zofia
Sarah Trask
Born and raised in Yarmouth, NS, graduate of Kings Edgehill School in Windsor and Kinesiology Graduate of Acadia University, Sarah has always loved Wolfville.
After graduating university, Sarah completed her Pilates Instructor Certification and Post Grad in Human Resources while she worked in Human Resources and Sport Marketing in Toronto. After travelling extensively through Europe, she returned to Toronto to complete her Doctor of Homeopathic Medicine, HD (Rhom) with honors, Holistic Nutrition, as well as Post Graduate work in Homeopathic Medicine.
She returned to Wolfville in July 2008 and opened up her own homeopathic practice, Homeopathic Healing, on Front St., and is a registered member of NUPATH. Sarah travels to smaller communities to treat patients as well, including Yarmouth and Barrington and intends to extend her practice to Windsor and Chester. She is a member of the Alumni Board at Kings Edgehill School, as well as the Eastern Kings Community Health Board, and is passionate about health, community, and the environment. She also teaches Pilates at Inner Sun Yoga in Wolfville.
Stephen Gaetz
Stephen Gaetz has been a resident of Wolfville for the past 14 years. Initially, working as a Cartographer/Satellite Image Specialist brought him here, but then he switched gears and went from mapping the landscape to mapping houses. Since 2001, Stephen has been working as an Architectural Designer with David Ripley, at Beacon Hill Design. He likes to keep active with sports and loves the music that can be found in Wolfville
Brittney Wholihan
Brittney is a second year BBA student at Acadia University. Last year her family moved to Nova Scotia from the Middle East and Wolfville has since become Brittney's home.
After living around the world, Brittney is able to say that this area 'has something very unique and addicting about it'.
As an active member of Acadia University's SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) Entrepreneurial Club, Brittney found the opportunity to work with the Dandelion Cooperative 'amazing and appealing. I look forward to becoming an active member of the Wolfville community, and assisting local entrepreneurs in the process. I enjoy the fact that investors, mentors and entrepreneurs in need of financial support can be positively affected throughout the process. Please find out as much as possible so you too can have a positive impact!'
Thomas Krausse - President
Elizabeth Charlton - Treasurer
A member of both the Nova Scotia and British Columbia Bars, Brock Beazley began practicing law in Halifax in 1996, before moving west in 1997. After practicing for 13 years as a litigator in Vancouver, he welcomed the opportunity to return home to Nova Scotia, joining the Wolfville and Canning offices of How Lawrence White Bowes.
Brock attended University of King's College and Dalhousie University before heading to the University of New Brunswick for his law degree, where he graduated in 1995.
With extensive experience in construction, municipal and insurance defense, he has represented local governments, crown corporations, and global insurers in civil, construction, personal injury and employment litigation.
Joachim Stronik
Sarah Trask
Stephen Gaetz
