MICHELLE HILLYARD: Board Chair

Michelle Hillyard was raised in Gander, NL, and moved to Steinbach in 2007.  She is the Manager of Business Sales and service at SCU, where she has proudly worked for the last 15 years. A love of music and the Arts, especially voice and dance, started at a young age – Michelle has performed in several musicals and was involved with many choirs and glee clubs over the years. For several seasons she was the co-chair of the dance portion of the Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Michelle and her husband Don raised their family in Steinbach, their children attended summer camps at SAC and were involved in many activities in the community. She believes that children learn so much from extracurricular activities – teamwork, discipline, and confidence. She also believes that the arts provide endless opportunities for expression, creativity, and a sense of belonging.

DAVE ANTHONY: Vice Chair

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.

AUDREY BARKMAN HILL: Past 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.

CECILIA GUILLERGAN-CAJURAO: Finance Committee Chair

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.

TAYLOR BRANDT: Board Secretary