Board

Bruce is focussed on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on news operations, with a particular emphasis on mitigating the threat of misinformation.

He is a member of the Partnership on AI steering committee on AI and Media Integrity. He is also a co-lead of Project Origin;  The BBC, New York Times, CBC/Radio-Canada and Microsoft media provenance initiative.  Bruce is a member of the technical working group of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA).

While at CBC/Radio-Canada, he was the Head of Business Strategy for Technology and the Executive Architect of the Enterprise Media Asset Management system.  He has served as the President of digital media for the largest Canadian newspaper chain and as the President and COO of Manitoba Telecom Services’ Advanced Media division.   He began his career in engineering, marketing, sales and global corporate strategy roles in the telecom equipment sector at Nortel.

Bruce has been a member of the Young President’s Organization, a Past President of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Chair of The Atlantic International Film Festival.

His background includes an MBA (York University – Toronto) and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering (McGill – Montreal).

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Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Alan emigrated to South Africa where he lived for 18 years. He gained employment within the hydraulics industry and rose progressively through various managerial positions. At age 33, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer for the largest distributor of fluid power products in the country, participating in a management buy-out and subsequently the company’s IPO on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

In 1988 due to the country’s political instability and the threat to family safety, Alan, together with his family, decided to leave South Africa and emigrate to Canada.

Upon arrival in Canada at the age or 35, Alan settled in Oakville, Ontario where he continued to reside until 2016. He regained employment in a management capacity within the hydraulic industry, and during that time, Alan was appointed President of the Canadian Fluid Power Association, representing Canada at international industry conferences.

In 1995 he was appointed Canadian General Manager of a small USA owned, international manufacturer of hydraulics. Following the consistent growth in revenues and profitability, he was promoted to President and in 2003/4, he was assigned the additional responsibility of managing the company’s Australian operations.

In 2005 the company’s worldwide operations were acquired by a major competitor. During the following 11-years, Alan was assigned various responsibilities and during that time, successfully completed the MBA Executive Management program through Royal Roads University.

Upon retirement in 2016, Alan and his wife moved to Lunenburg County where their two daughters and their respective families live. Since arrival in Lunenburg, he has pursued his passion for road cycling, establishing an informal group of cyclists that he names the Cycling Friends of Lunenburg (CFL). He is also an active member of the Lunenburg Curling Club (LCC) during the winter months.

In October of 2019, Alan was invited to join the Board of The Lunenburg Doc Fest Association in the capacity of its Treasurer – a position he holds to this day. He is also treasurer for the Masters’ program of the LCC and is currently in discussion with the Bridgewater Foodbank for consideration of the same role.

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Debora has many years experience in management consulting and government affairs developing and deploying issue management and work processes in a corporate environment. She is semi-retired after 20 years in the oil and gas industry and is currently an associate of the London-based consulting firm Plexus Energy. Her volunteer Board work includes the Kingsburg Community Association where she has recently taken on the role of President. Debora lives in Kingsburg for most of the year.

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Richard is a retired real estate senior executive, working for 30 years in the shopping center industry throughout the United States, Brazil and Russia. The last 20 years of his career he served in senior management roles in U.S. based, publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts. He grew up in Canada, graduated from Carleton University in 1973 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1975, working for 6 years in public accounting for Clarkson, Gordon and Coopers & Lybrand in Canada and Australia. Married to Deborah Kennedy-Brown for 50 years, they raised their 3 children in the U.S., living in a variety of cities throughout the eastern half of the country. They now split their time between Florida and Nova Scotia. Richard is past president and a current director of the Kingsburg Community Association and volunteers on various community-based associations.

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Kimble was born and grew up in Nova Scotia.  He received and Chemical Engineering degree from Dalhousie/ St.F.X. Universities and worked as a P.Eng. for over 30 years in the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Canada and Internationally.  In 2013, Kimble retired to Mahone Bay and is actively involved in numerous volunteer organizations.

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Allan is a Clinical Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at NYU Medical Center.  He has spent summers in the Lunenburg area for the past 15 years.  He is the retired Vice-Chairman of the Cooper Companies, a Fortune 500 company, and currently sits on the Boards of 3 medical technology companies and 3 non-for-profits, including the Children’s Tumor Foundation, which he founded, and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, his alma mater.

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Geoff D’Eon is an award-winning veteran of television production, with a 40-year career as a journalist, producer, writer, and director. His work includes multiple documentaries for CBC, many of which have been screened internationally. Geoff’s documentary Bounty: Into The Hurricane was the very first film screened at the inaugural edition of The Lunenburg Doc Festival in 2014. The film went on to win the award for Best Atlantic Documentary at the Atlantic Film Festival, and the Screen Nova Scotia Best Documentary award. Geoff’s assignments have taken him to shoots literally all over the world. He now happily divides his time between Halifax and Lunenburg.

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