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Cheryl Paynter

Board Director

Cheryl is an experienced CEO and has held roles for Prince Edward Island's Governments Crown Corporations including and currently the PEI Housing Corporation, the Workers Compensation Board of PEI, Tourism PEI, and Innovation PEI since 2011.  Prior to that, she worked extensively in private industry in the public accounting sector and in varying levels of management of financial, operational and sales roles in the hospitality sector.  Cheryl is the Board Chair of the PEI Marathon, proud organizing member of the 100 Women Who Care PEI, and member of the ICD PEI Committee of the Maritime chapter.

Charyl is a graduate of the 2015 Governor General Canadian Leadership Conference and co-chaired the 2022 Prince Edward Island study tour organizing committee.  She is an honorary life member and past president of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce, past board member and committee chair of Maritime Electric Co. Ltd., past governor of the Atlantic Canada Economic Council and other various industry, community, professional and minor sporting groups.

Cheryl lives in Charlottetown with her husband, Steve, and is a proud mother, stepmother, and grandmother.

Cheryl Paynter