Staff & Board

Staff

• Bill Kimball, Executive Director – bill@publicenergy.ca
• Eva Fisher, Managing Director – eva@publicenergy.ca
• Josh Raspberry, Bookkeeper

Board of Directors

• Colin MacAdam, Board Chair
• Kate King-Fisher, Secretary
• Bingbin Cheng
• Sylvie Dasné
• Mara Heiber

Bill Kimball, Executive Director

(He/Him/His)

Since graduating from Trent University in 1980 with a degree in Cultural Studies, Bill Kimball has been involved in many aspects of the Peterborough arts community, particularly in the areas of contemporary dance and theatre. He has contributed to the creation of live performance spaces in Peterborough, beginning with City Stage, a performance space operated by Artspace in the early 1980’s and continuing to the present with various renovations and improvements to the Market Hall. In 1994, Bill created a nationally recognized dance presenting program called Peterborough New Dance, and later expanded the mandate to theatre and other forms of performance while changing the name to Public Energy, a name which reflects his desire for the arts to be integrated into public life as much as possible. Bill is currently the Executive Director at Public Energy.

Eva Fisher, Managing Director

(She/Her/Hers)

Eva Fisher is Public Energy’s Managing Director. She comes to us with a love of performance first fostered in the role of “Jamie at 6” in the 4th Line Theatre’s 1993 production of The Moodie Traill. Nowadays she is more comfortable in front of a spreadsheet than an audience. Eva has honed her management and event production skills through her previous role as Program Coordinator with the Electric City Culture Council. She holds a BScH in Earth Systems Science with a minor in English from Queen’s University.

Colin MacAdam, Board Chair

Colin MacAdam met his true love at Trent in the late 70’s. He was a poet of sorts in those days and learned to throw a Frisbee. Since returning to Peterborough in 2007 Colin has been singing with the Peterborough Singers and the Convivio Chorus, performing with Old Men Dancing, and working as an adjudicator. Colin has been on several boards of directors and now chairs the board of Public Energy.

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Kate King-Fisher, Secretary

Bingbin Cheng

Bingbin Cheng is an arts development professional who works with Trinity College, U of T. Her comprehensive knowledge of Canadian not-for-profit operations has been honed through volunteer positions with Public Energy Performing Arts, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, the New Canadians Centre, 4th Line Theatre, Art Gallery of Peterborough, and Trent University. Bingbin holds a Bachelor’s degree from Trent University in Cultural Studies and a Master’s degree in Arts Leadership from Queen’s University. Outside of her working life in not-for-profits, Bingbin also provides consultation in Asian arts for her clients, both private collectors and auction houses. Bingbin is a partner of Maklaiheung Gallery, a curated collection of Asian art and antiquities, and a member of Gardiner Museum’s Young Patrons’ Circle.

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Sylvie Dasné, Board of Directors

(She/Her/Hers)

Sylvie Dasné is a dancer trained in ballet, contemporary and African-rooted dance forms. Her passion for dance focuses mainly on decolonizing techniques by using body movements and undulations that consciously break the rules. She performed at the Precarious ArtWORK Festival, and ReFrame Film Festival. She holds a BSc. in Indigenous Environmental Sciences.

Mara Heiber, Board of Directors

(She/Her/Hers)

Mara Heiber, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor with the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, Trent University.

Mara is from downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Her ancestors traveled to Turtle Island between 1880 and 1910 from Germany and Eastern Europe.

Mara completed a Ph.D. at The Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, a M.E.S. at York University in volunteering and Palliative Care.  Her research interests include Indigenous-settler relations and how identity influences individual choices in terms of engaging with decolonizing and anti-colonial frameworks.  Her research focuses on how performance can impact identity, cultural connections and consciousness.

Mara studied at Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto and has worked with many Indigenous performance artists.  She teaches several ICR (Indigenous Content Requirement) courses at Trent including INDG 1001H Foundations for Reconciliation, INDG 1002 Critical Incidents in Indigenous Studies, CUST-INDG 1570H The origins of performance and theatre in Indigenous and Cultural Studies, INDG 3010Y Indigenous Masked Dance and Storytelling, INDG 3030 Indigenous Dance Theatre and INDG 3560Y The Living History of Indigenous Dance and Theatre.