FMO Executive and Directors
FMO is governed by five elected executive members and 8 volunteer directors, 2 from each of East, West, Central and North Ontario. This ensures complete representation across the entire province. Overseeing the day-to-day operations is the Executive Director.
EXECUTIVE
![Elmer-Buchanan-150×150](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Elmer-Buchanan-150x150-1.jpg)
Chair
Elmer Buchanan
Havelock Farmers & Artisan Market
elmleagoat@gmail.com
![Chakarova_Deanna21](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chakarova_Deanna21-150x150.jpg)
Vice-Chair
Deanna Chakarova
St. Catharines Farmers’ Market
dchakarova@stcatharines.ca
![Slater_Ann-200×200](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Slater_Ann-200x200-1.jpg)
Secretary
Ann Slater
St. Marys Farmers’ Market
aslater@quadro.net
![Merritt_Thomas21](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Merritt_Thomas21-150x150.jpg)
At Large
Thomas Merritt
Greater Sudbury Market
tjsmerritt@gmail.com
![Cooper_Lisa21-200×200](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Cooper_Lisa21-200x200-1.jpg)
Treasurer
Lisa Cooper
Uxbridge Farmers’ Market
steve-lisacooper@coopersfarm.ca
DIRECTORS – WEST
![Chakarova_Deanna21](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chakarova_Deanna21-150x150.jpg)
Deanna Chakarova
St. Catharines Farmers’ Market
dchakarova@stcatharines.ca
DIRECTORS – EAST
![Melanie Anderson – headshot](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Melanie-Anderson-headshot.jpg)
Melanie Anderson
Ottawa Markets (ByWard & Parkdale)
melanie@ottawamarkets.ca
![Slater_Ann](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Slater_Ann-150x150.jpg)
Ann Slater
St. Marys Farmers’ Market
aslater@quadro.net
![Elmer Buchanan](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Elmer-Buchanan-150x150.jpg)
Elmer Buchanan
Havelock Farmers & Artisan Market
elmleagoat@gmail.com
DIRECTORS – NORTH
![Jenny Groenheide – headshot](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jenny-Groenheide-headshot.jpg)
Jenny Groenheide
Thunder Bay Country Market
wjjgroen@tbaytel.net
![Merritt_Thomas21](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Merritt_Thomas21-150x150.jpg)
Thomas Merritt
Greater Sudbury Market
tjsmerritt@gmail.com
DIRECTORS – CENTRAL
![Cooper_Lisa21-200×200](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Cooper_Lisa21-200x200-1.jpg)
Lisa Cooper
Uxbridge Farmers’ Market
steve-lisacooper@coopersfarm.ca
![Phyllis Kraemer photo](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Phyllis-Kraemer-photo.jpg)
Phyllis Kraemer
Dundas Farmers’ Market
dundasmarket@gmail.com
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
![Catherine – Symposium](https://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Catherine-Symposium-150x150.jpg)
Catherine Clark, Executive Director
54 Bayshore Road
Brighton, ON K0K 1H0
613-475-4769
catherine.clark@farmersmarketsontario.com