Board Members

2020-2021 Board of Directors

Our Board is comprised of creative, passionate, and growth-minded leaders who have a heart for our community.

Each one of them brings a unique skillset and experience to our team.

AUDREY BARKMAN HILL: Board Chair

Audrey’s career path has taken her from being a teacher and public school administrator to her current role as a professor of English literature. She has been told by her mother that the first word she spoke as a child – on seeing flowers blooming in spring – was “pretty”. Coached, no doubt, to admire the beauty in nature and the arts, Audrey has done so ever since. In public life, she has instructed classes in literature, fine arts and drama, directed school and community productions for children and young adults, and served on divisional and provincial boards and committees concerned with curriculum development and school improvement. In private life, Audrey enjoys reading, writing, walking, travel and cottage life with her family in the Whiteshell. As a producer of the arts, Audrey has tried her hand at creative writing, playing the piano, drawing, painting, fabric arts, clay work and photography. Audrey also enjoys being a member of the audience, a role that she practices often as she watches her grandchildren participate in arts and sports activities.

CHARLOTTE BARKMAN: Vice Chair

Charlotte grew up in Winnipeg and moved to Steinbach in 2008. She is married to Jayson and has four daughters, ages 7, 9, 11, 13. She studied Music at U of W/CMU majoring in Piano and completed a Masters in Leadership and Ministry in Calgary. She has worked and lived abroad, teaching English as a Second Language in Japan and Field Managing & Team Leading groups of University students across Western Canada, South Africa and Uganda. She has been actively involved in music and teaching at her church. She looks forward to being able to sing in the local community woman’s choir “Accent”, and accompanying in the festival again one day. Other hobbies include home design and decor, sewing, woodworking and spending time with friends and family. It is a privilege to be part of a vibrant SAC board and enriching our community through the arts!

ALAN FEHR: Board Member

Alan Fehr (and his alter-ego, Dr. Sprocket) have been edu-taining kids in the Southeast area since 2012. His trilogy of improvised Kid‘s Fringe shows taught the fundamentals of good storytelling while eliciting giggles and participation from kids of all ages. Outside of children’s edu-tainment, Alan has been involved in writing, directing and producing all of Real Live Entertainment theatre productions, including “Of Mice and Men” (2015), Agatha Christie‘s “The Mousetrap” (2017) and their up-coming production of “Still Stands the House” (2020). He’s thrilled to join the BTC team, where he and his students will be learning to express themselves, work collaboratively and explore the performer’s toolbox. Alan and his wife Christal live just outside of Steinbach with their 2 children, Arianna and Grayson.

DAVE ANTHONY: Board Member

Dave is originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario. He moved to Landmark, Manitoba when he was 10. Graduated from Landmark Colligate then attended Academy of Broadcasting in Winnipeg. After graduating he worked in Dauphin for a few years before moving to Steinbach. Dave grew up playing musical instruments, writing stories, songs and poetry. He has a serious passion for sports with his main love being the Toronto Maple Leafs. He currently hosts the Country 107 morning show. The Office is the best show ever. Fun fact: he can knit.

PEEGY ONTONG: Board Member

Peegy Ontong finished her Communications degree with honours from the University of the Philippines and has been an Advertising and Marketing professional for over 20 years, having worked on Procter & Gamble brands such as Tide, Mr. Clean, Always and Pert. She always had a passion for the arts — acting and singing in theatre groups during her University days, was part of a national script writing group in the Philippines and was a performer at the 2017 Wizard of Oz play in Steinbach. Peegy has been living in Steinbach for more than 10 years, married to Kris and has a daughter named Lexie. She currently works as a Marketing Supervisor for Barkman Concrete and she looks forward to supporting and promoting the arts as a SAC board member.

CECILIA GUILLERGAN-CAJURAO: Board Member

Ma. Cecilia Guillergan-Cajurao is an Accounting Manager at Hylife Ltd (La Broquerie Main Office), Canada’s leading Pork Producer where she prepares and analyzes Consolidated Financial Statements, prepares full-close accounting functions for assigned subsidiaries and divisions of the company. Cecilia has performed the Internal Audit function for two years.
She graduated Bachelor of Science in Accountancy in Bacolod City, Philippines. She recently earned the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
She has gained technical knowledge in Strategy and Governance, good analytical, and leadership skills that will contribute to her role as a Board of Director of SAC.
Cecilia and her husband Danny live in Steinbach with their three sons.
She believes that “Education isn’t just feeding the brain. Art and Music feed the heart and soul.” Thus, by joining SAC she wishes to help create a community that enriches the lives of individuals through the arts.

INNA SCHILLER: Board Member

Inna moved to Steinbach in 2006. She is one of the owners of a fast-growing development and construction company called Stone Cliff Builders Inc. where she uses her great skills in selling, bookkeeping, accounting, coordination, and strategy. Inna completed a Marketing and Sales Degree with honorable distinction and quickly advanced to becoming the top youngest Marketing Manager for one of the largest Wholesale Companies in Germany. In her school years, she was successfully involved in Theater performance, through which she has recognized the importance of arts to create a sense of beauty, to explore the nature of perception, and to generate strong emotions. She and her husband Dimitri are proudly raising their 4 daughters, aged 7 to 13, and teach them to be actively involved in Art programs. Inna looks forward to supporting the development of art and cultural activities as a member of the SAC board.

BARB GUENTHER: Board Member

Barb was introduced to artistic talent at a young age, as she observed her father using various mediums as an artist. Her father, Henry P. Fehr, was a co-founder of the Steinbach Arts Council, along with John Henry Friesen. Growing up, she recalls assisting her father with art shows at the Mennonite Heritage Village Museum, an annual showing of Mennonite artists at Polo Park, and travelling throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan and western Ontario staging chalk talk presentations.

Many summer vacations were spent in Alberta, where her father attended classes at Banff School of Fine Arts by day. Evenings, she observed him capture images on canvas, such as the pristine Maligne Lake or majestic Mount Rundle.

Although not gifted with a paint brush, Barb appreciates beauty through photography. She also enjoys travel, including trips to Spain where she has been mentoring Spanish professionals in conversational English since 2005.

Barb’s 32 year career at SCU provided her many opportunities. She hopes to contribute her expertise, acquired in numerous areas of the financial industry, to her role on the SAC Board.

Board of Directors

Retreat, August, 2020

Pictured from left to right: Cindi Rempel Patrick, Director of Development; Alan Fehr; Dave Anthony; David Klassen, Director of Programming; Audrey Barkman Hill, Chair; Peegy Ontong; Charlotte Barkman, Vice Chair. Not pictured: Cecilia Guillergan-Cajurao; Inna Schiller; Barb Guenther.

If you would like information about how to join the Steinbach Arts Council’s Board of Directors, please email David Klassen (DKlassen@steinbacharts.ca) or Cindi Rempel Patrick (CRPatrick@steinbacharts.ca), or call 204.346.1077.