Peggy Breckenridge

Past Chair

Peggy Breckenridge was one of the founding members of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Operations Committee for the Midland Cultural Centre. She served as Secretary and an Officer of the Board until her resignation in June 2015. Peggy formerly served as Mayor of Tiny Township and sat as a Councilor on the Simcoe County Council. She also sat on the Performance Management Committee at County, the Simcoe County Museum Board, the Georgian Bay Chamber of Commerce Board, the Physician Recruitment Steering Committee, the Severn Sound Environmental Association and the Severn Sound Sustainability Committee. Peggy taught at the secondary school level for ten years before launching her business career, which has included senior sales and marketing positions in several major consumer products companies.

While President/General Manager of Sunbeam Canada, she was instrumental in a major operational turn- around of the Canadian division of this multi-national appliance manufacturer. As an entrepreneur, Peggy has been instrumental in the successful start-up of three new ventures, ranging from a food consulting and marketing business to a manufacturing enterprise serving the automotive industry.