Delhi resident excited to serve as Lansdowne Children’s Centre’s board treasurer

Justin Wareham is Lansdowne Children’s Centre’s new treasurer on its board of directors.

“It’s my first time with any kind of role like this; it’s exciting… scary,” he added with a laugh.

Wareham lives in Delhi and works at Millards Chartered Professional Accountants’ Brantford location as a CPA and an associate of the business.

“Most of what I do is auditing not-for-profit organizations. I have a really strong background in that, and I think that'll really translate well into the role of treasurer at Lansdowne,” Wareham said. “I have a lot of experience presenting financial statements to boards.”

While there’s always a degree of uncertainty that comes with taking on a new challenge, Wareham is ready to dive in.

“I've been wanting to get involved in a role like that for a while now,” Wareham said. “I just want to get involved in the community, give back. The opportunity presented itself, and I jumped all over it."

"Lansdowne is such a highly regarded organization, and does such great work for this community that I was honored to be asked to be part of it.”

With the unveiling of the proposed location for Lansdowne’s new building in Brantford, a capital campaign will soon be launched, and Wareham is ready to help with that, “using the skills and knowledge that I have to bring awareness to the new building project; (to) get word out to the community … and hopefully, we can raise some funds.”

Wareham noted, “Lansdowne does quite a few community events,” and said he plans to “get involved with that kind of stuff, too – volunteering time, I think, is important.”

In his role on the board, he intends to “offer input where I see fit with my background.”

This includes his experience in matters of finance, of course, but also as a resident of Norfolk County.

“I think that's really important,” Wareham said. “It's going to be great to advocate for Norfolk; I understand there's quite a few Lansdowne clients who are from (there), so just advocating for them and having representation on the board from Norfolk County is great.”