Joe's experience as a businessman and community leader is well documented. His Career has seen him involved in many aspects fo life. From his first job as a statistical clerk for the Department of National Defense, his many and varied carrer paths have seen him tackle jobs such as the initiating with his friend Ernie Priess, the Kin Lottery which has become the Ontario Lottery Corporation.
His employment with the Development Corporation of the Ontario Government and his term as Executive Manager with the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, afforded Joe the technical and practical knowledge to make him an expert in Industrial and Commercial Real Estate procurement and development.
COMMITMENT TO HIS COMMUNITY
1963-64 President - Kinsmen Club of Exeter
1968-69 Charter President - Kinsmen Club of Midland
1970-71 President Kinsmen Club of Cornwall
1970-74 School Board Trustee
Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Board of Education
1970-05 Member of the Cornwall Golf and County Club
1971-74 Director - Seaway Valley Regional Tourist Council
1971-80 Director - Cornwall & Area Tourism Commission
1974-75 President - Kinsmen Club of Cornwall (2nd time)
1974-75 Vice-Governor - Association of Kinsmen Clubs - District Six
1975-76 Governor - Association of Kinsmen Clubs (National Executive)
1976-78 Director - Cornwall Chamber of Commerce
1982-05 Member of The Royal Canadian Legion
1982-85 Director - Community Living Stormont County
1982-97 School Board Trustee
Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Board of Education
1984-85 Director - Cornwall Chamber of Commerce
1985-87 First Vice-President - Cornwall Chamber of Commerce
1986-94 Senior Executive Member
Ontario Public School Boards' Association
1987-90 Board Chairman
Stormont Dundas & Glengarry County Board of Education
1989-04 Charter Member of The Cornwall Sunrise Rotary Club
1990-05 Charter Director F.T.E.
1993-95 Ontario Director - Canadian School Boards' Association
1993-95 Director - Cornwall Mental Health Association
1993 Social Contract Negotiator - Education Representative
1993-94 President - Ontario Public School Boards' Association
1995-96 Host - Radio Call-in Talk Show
1996-05 Member - Royal Canadian Air Force Association
1996-03 Host - TV "Profiles" and call-in Show
1997-00 School Board Trustee
Upper Canada District School Board
2000-03 Director - Canadian Liver Foundation
2001-05 Write a weekly column on Education for the Local Daily Newspaper
2002-04 Member - Cornwall Community Police Service Board
LIFE MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Kinsmen Clubs of Canada
Ontario Public School Boards' Association
Rotary International - Honorary Life Membership
1976 Awarded Kinsmen's Highest Award - "MASTER KINSMEN"