Our Board of Directors
Susan Tromanhauser - President
After cottaging in Algonquin Highlands for 30 years, Susan and her husband became part of the “covid migration” and permanently moved here in 2020. Wanting to get involved in the Haliburton community she joined Places for People’s marketing committee and became a board member in 2023. Susan enjoys representing P4P at community events as an opportunity to spread the word about the need for affordable housing. She is also involved with the Algonquin Highland Recreation Committee and Haliburton Highlands CFUW.
Previously Susan was a principal with the Niagara Catholic School Board as well as faculty advisor with Brock University Faculty of Education. She also spent time as a constituency assistant in the office of the local Member of Provincial Parliament.
Jody Curry - Treasurer
Jody has been a cottager in the County since the early 60's and moved to Haliburton full-time in 1978. She has been involved in developing property and housing since 1984 while working for the Municipality of Dysart et al as a Planning Administrator and General Welfare Assistance Officer. She left the Municipality in 1992 to invest in both commercial and residential property development in the County of Haliburton working together with her entrepreneurial husband.
Jody has been a volunteer in the County since 1993. She served on the Board of Directors of the Haliburton Community Housing Corporation for 18 years, spending the last 10 as Chair. She was a volunteer driver for Community Care, and later for Haliburton Highlands Health Services and has served on numerous church committees.
Jody joined the P4P Planning Committee in April of 2018, joined the Board in 2019 and served as Chair 2020 through 2023. She is a member of the Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Housing Corporation, a large social housing provider that serves Haliburton County. Jody enjoys music, weaving and being in the great outdoors with her family, friends, horses and dog.
Fay Martin
Fay brings to Places for People several decades of social work with disadvantaged people, which included the creation of a socially supported affordable housing program for youth leaving child welfare care in Toronto in the 1980s. She completed a PhD in social policy at Bristol University, UK, before moving to Haliburton County in 1997 as founding Executive Director of a broad-spectrum children’s service agency, now Point in Time Centre for Children, Youth and Families. In that role, she became aware of housing as an orphaned issue and, when she retired in early 2007, founded Places for People to address that gap.
She has served in various capacities since then. Fay also served as a citizen representative on the Board of Directors of Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Housing Corporation for 11 years, founded the Minden Hills Housing Task Force (now dormant), is currently a Director of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough Kawartha Lakes (which includes Haliburton County in its catchment). Fay has conducted government-funded qualitative research into rural homelessness, with a focus on lived experience and front-line support. She is currently completing a MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from University of King’s College in Halifax and is pitching for publication a memoir on spousal caregiving for people with dementia.
Nataly Mylan
Nataly resides in Wilberforce on the eastern side of the County, along with her two children and two dogs. With occasional help from her children, Nataly has owned and operated her own business for over 20 years and has been an active volunteer. Fueled by her passion for her community, Nataly returned to university and recently completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Indigenous Social Work.
Along with her work with Places for People, she continues her work in advocating for rural communities and community members. Nataly currently sits on five volunteer boards as well as her busy part-time job chauffeuring her children, while carving out time to enjoy the benefits of rural life including anything on or in the water.
Erin Kernohan-Berning - Secretary
Erin was born and raised in Haliburton County and has been a librarian with Haliburton County Public Library since 2013. Before that she worked for Contact North helping people continue their education online which included navigating the post-secondary system, helping to find and apply for funding, and referring them to local support organizations. She holds a M.Sc. from the University of Strathclyde and a MLIS from Western University.
Erin lives with her husband, cat, and various forest friends in the Wilberforce area.
Mike Rutter
Mike has recently retired after a 32-year career in municipal government, with the last 8 ½ years as the CAO for Haliburton County. In that role, he saw firsthand the challenges people are facing in obtaining safe and affordable housing in our community.
Mike explains his reason for joining, “I was always impressed by the work Places for People was doing, and I’m anxious to help in any way I can to advance those efforts.”
Stuart Humphries
Stuart Humphries resides in Algonquin Highlands with his wife and three children. Stuart is an active volunteer in his community and splits his volunteer time between board work, youth coaching & fire fighting.
Stuart is employed as a Sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police and started his policing career and moved to Haliburton Highlands in 2001, working general patrol and court officer duties before transferring to OPP Security Bureau in 2018.
Stuart enjoys camping, canoeing and mountain biking with his family and friends. Stuart looks forward to contributing to Places for People and supporting the volunteers, tenants and staff as a new member of the board.
Roland Lange
After cottaging in Algonquin Highlands for several decades, Roland and his wife moved here permanently in 2018. Roland owned a residential construction business with clients in Haliburton, Muskoka and Toronto. Now officially retired from the business, Roland is excited to utilize his skills and expertise to assist Places for People move forward with future housing development.
Roland enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, paddling, and cycling in the summer and snowshoeing and cross country skiing in the winter. He also sits on the boards of a local cycling group and a local hiking club. He does his best to experience the beauty that Haliburton Highlands offers.