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BFO-MR appoints new Executive Director

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jaime Bickerton as Executive Director of Bereaved Families of Ontario – Midwestern Region.

Jaime has been a member of Midwestern Region since 2008 and has served as a director on the Board for the past three years, most recently as vice-chair. She has been an engaged, committed and active member of the board who was instrumental in helping us refine our brand identity, launch our website, increase awareness of our programs and services in the community and has helped the Board maintain Midwestern Region’s growth momentum and stability. She is also the lead organizer for our Let the Good Times Bowl event which doubled expected revenues in its inaugural year.

Jaime comes to us from The Letter M Marketing as a Senior Account Manager where she spent 16 years building a successful marketing and communications career with a special niche in the not-for-profit sector. She’s a strategic thinker with strong leadership capabilities and extensive experience leading project teams and volunteer committees. In addition to her project work, Jaime was responsible for overseeing the client services department and prided herself on the long-standing relationships she was able to build with her clients.

Jaime has enjoyed a vibrant career volunteering for a number of organizations that have provided leadership, event planning, fundraising and committee/volunteer management opportunities and experience. She has had long-standing volunteer roles with a number of organizations including the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington and the Volunteer Centre of Guelph/Wellington and has also served on event planning committees for the Heart & Stroke Foundation and personally organized a third-party fundraising event for the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre.

As she begins her new role with Midwestern Region, Jaime looks forward to meeting the membership, building on the successes that have been achieved and developing a greater capacity for BFO-MR that will allow us to support even more people along their grief journeys.