Open Sky Cooperative has found a new Executive Director. The non-profit announced Wednesday that Laura Hunter would take over heading up the non-profit organization this summer.
Current director Margaret Tusz-King announced her resignation in January. Tusz-King founded Open Sky 10 years ago and said she felt it was time for someone new to bring “great new strengths to [the] organization.”
Here’s Tusz-King speaking to CHMA’s Meg Cunningham back in January:
“Everybody’s joking about my handing over my baby to other people. I mean, it’s kind of like that I’ve been here so long. But really, we have so many good people who work at Open Sky, so many great board members. We have a lot of people in other partnerships of other organizations and levels of government that understand Open Sky’s work. So I have great confidence that it has the strength to continue on very well without me, and I have the humility to know that there’s a lot of other good people out there that can bring great new strengths to this organization. So I feel very optimistic about the future of Open Sky.”
Incoming Executive director Laura Hunter has a “rich history” with Open Sky, says board chair Helen Douglass in a post on social media.
Douglas says Hunter, “was an initial member of Open Sky, a Board member and had lived in residence at the farm.”
“[Hunter’s] core values reflect those of Open Sky perfectly,” writes Douglas, “those of inclusion, equity, and generosity of spirit.”
Hunter is a Diaconal Minister in the United Church of Canada, “who has served social justice ministries throughout Atlantic Canada for 14 years,” says Douglas.
Hunter is due to start in July.
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