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Lori MacDonald Steps Up to Lead 2013 United Way Campaign
Correctional Service of Canada Regional Deputy Commissioner to Serve as 71st Chair
Kingston, ON (April 19, 2013) The United Way serving the City of Kingston and Frontenac and Lennox & Addington counties is pleased to announce Lori MacDonald, Ontario Regional Deputy Commissioner of the Correctional Services Canada will chair the organization’s 71st annual campaign this fall.
Lori MacDonald
In her near 30 year career with the Correctional Service of Canada, Lori has held a variety of positions within the Ontario Region and National Headquarters of CSC. Ms. MacDonald began her career as one of the first female Correctional Officers to work in a maximum security penitentiary in Canada. In February 2012, she was appointed Ontario’s Regional Deputy Commissioner.
“The United Way Campaign Cabinet is an experienced, community-minded group who continue to provide proactive leadership in this region,” says Lori. “Our Sector Chairs represent a diverse cross-section of businesses and organizations from both the private and public sector. I’m looking forward to taking up the challenge and working with people in each sector and building support for United Way.”
“KFL&A is a community filled with diligent, hard-working individuals who, each year, rise to the challenge of raising valuable funds that will be reinvested back into programs that assist some of the most vulnerable people in this region,” adds Ms. MacDonald.
Lloyd Fleming, 2012 Campaign Chair said “You don’t have to look far to see the United Way’s impact on our community. The United Way has always been an important presence in any community I’ve lived in.” Fleming added, “I’m delighted that Lori will lead this year’s campaign. She is a natural leader and her enthusiasm will help to continue the momentum that was created in past campaigns.”
Lori’s focus during Campaign 2013 will be to increase participation rates among the 400-plus work sites that stage United Way fundraising campaigns each fall. The campaign will kick off on September 10, 2013.
About United Way serving KFL&A
United Way works with individuals, organizations and key partners to build and strengthen our community, bringing people and resources together to facilitate change. Our vision is a future where people are self-sufficient in a community, where individuals live with hope, dignity and a sense of belonging. Visit www.unitedwaykfla.ca for more information.
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Media Contacts:
Bhavana Varma, President & CEO , United Way KFLA,
613-542-2674, ext. 2 bvarma@unitedwaykfla.ca
REGIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, LORI MACDONALD
In her almost 30 years with the Correctional Service of Canada, Lori MacDonald has held a variety of positions within the Ontario Region and our National Headquarters in various capacities. She began her career at Kingston Penitentiary in 1983 as a Correctional Officer, and was among a group of women to become the first female Correctional Officers in a maximum security institution in Ontario.
In the years since she became a Correctional Officer, Lori took on roles as a Living Unit Officer, Case Management Officer, Unit Manager and other levels of increasing responsibility at institutions in the Kingston area. In 1997 Lori became the Deputy Warden of the Prison for Women and was instrumental in its closure. She then took on a number of projects for National Headquarters that saw her developing and expanding programs for the Women Offender Sector, most notably the Mental Health Initiative and Structured Living Environment house that are now a standard in all women’s institutions. Lori also helped expand programming for men, women and Aboriginal Offenders and those with mental health needs.
After spending 10 years at National Headquarters working in the Women Offender Sector, where she ultimately acted as the Deputy Commissioner for Women, the Executive Secretariat and the Public Affairs and Parliamentary Relations Sector as the Assistant Commissioner, Lori came back to the Ontario Region in 2010 to take on the responsibilities of the Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Institutional Operations. In February 2012, Lori was appointed Ontario’s Regional Deputy Commissioner.
A native of Napanee, Ontario, Lori has a diploma in Law and Security from St. Lawrence College and a degree in Criminology with a concentration in Law from Carleton University.
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