Directors and Employees

Le Marche St. Norbert Farmers' Market is a not-for-profit cooperative. The running of Le Marche St. Norbert Farmers' Market is overseen by a volunteer 7-member Board of Directors. All the current board members are also vendors at the market. Two part time employees and two seasonal employees follow the direction of the board.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

	Phil Veldhuis, President, Beekeeper/Phil's Honey Phil Veldhuis leads a double life; in one life he is an armchair philosopher, in the other he is a burly beekeeper. Phil has a Master's Degree in Philosophy from the University of Manitoba. His main philosophical interests are in the areas of Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Science. His Master's thesis explored the idea that the honeybee dance language should be considered a genuine language, not just instinctual behaviour. Phil has been teaching various basic courses in philosophy since 1993. Phil's other life is as a beekeeper in Starbuck, Manitoba. He has about 1000 hives producing about 200 barrels of honey annually. Beekeeping tends to be a solitary and contemplative business, so Phil has lots of time to think about philosophy when working his bees. Unfortunately, he also tends to think about bees when he is supposed to be working on philosophy. Phil, and his wife, Vona, have two children, Timmy and Jayna.
	Dan Wiens, Vice President, Farmer/ Wiens Shared Farm
	Christopher Coombs, Board Member, Baker
	Ken Kornelson, Board Member, Food Services/Pacific Spring Roll
	John Nikkel, Board Member, Farmer
	Jean Guy Cote, Board Member, Farmer/John Boy Farm
	LeVerne Tucker, Board member, Jeweller/LeVerne Tucker Studio

MARKET EMPLOYEES

Vendor Services Manager
Ed Deen (vendorservices@stnorbertfarmersmarket.ca)

Community Relations Manager
Marilyn Firth (communityrelations@stnorbertfarmersmarket.ca)

Market Assistants
Sarah Gwen Peters
Jean Arnaud Arakaza