OUR GOVERNANCE TEAM
The Housing Corporation will soon be announcing its newest community board members. Interested in sitting on the board?
Please contact eziegler@pecounty.on.ca.

Phil St. Jean, Board Chair, is a third-term Picton Councillor. Councillor who's portfolios includes the County Road 49 Working Group, Water and Wastewater Rates Community Committee, Picton BIA, and the Committee of Adjustment. Born and raised in the County, Councillor St. Jean's deep commitment to the county is expressed through the Picton Kinsmen and the Christmas Angel Tree program. He brings 20 years of residential contractor experience to the board.

Vice Chair Brad Nieman is a third term Councillor representing Bloomfield and Hallowell. Councillor Nieman is appointed to the Audit and Nominating Committees, County Road 49 Working Group, and the Prince Edward Lennox & Addington Social Services Committee. Councillor Nieman recently retired from his role as a Underground Infrastructure Supervisor for Loyalist Township, Brad brings three decades of municipal training and a lifetime of County experience to the Board.



Interim Director Councillor Salvatore (Sam) Grosso is a first term Councillor representing Ameliasburgh Ward. Councillor Grosso is the County's representative on the Traffic Advisory Committee and Visit The County, Prince Edward County's Destination Marketing Management Organization.

After practicing as an architect and affordable housing consultant in Canada and the UK, Mark Guslits now works primarily as an urban revitalization/affordable housing development consultant and member of the Faculty at the U of T School of Architecture. He has been partner with a large Toronto residential development company focusing on affordable housing; Special Advisor on Housing to the City of Toronto; and senior project lead with HOK Architects. Between Jan of 2005 and June 2009, Mark was the first Chief Development Officer for the newly created Toronto Community Housing Corporation and in this capacity initiated and oversaw the planning, design and development work that would become the new Regent Park. He currently sits on the board of CreateTO, the City of Toronto’s real estate development arm and lives in Prince Edward County, ON.

Interim Councillor Representative John Hirsch represents South Marysburgh Ward in his second term, and sits on the Nominating, Audit, Built & Cultural Heritage and Environmental Advisory Committees, as well as South Marysburgh Facilities Association, and the Milford Fair and Public Library Boards. Retiring to the County in 2014 after a management career in purchasing and logistics and a passionate advocate for the environment, he heads the South Shore Joint Initiative, which protects, preserves and restores the County’s unique south shore.

Interim Councillor Representative Kate MacNaughton is a second term Councillor for Picton Ward. Councillor MacNaughton sits on the Accessibility Advisory Committee and Working Group, Environmental Advisory Committee and Working Group, Nominating Committee, Picton Ward Recreation Committee, and the Prince Edward County Library Board. Councillor MacNaughton is passionate about civic engagement.


Hilary Spriggs is currently the Vice President of Development at Carlyle Communities, a real estate development firm based in southern Ontario. Throughout a 25 year career, first as an architect, then in land development, she has specialized in With experience in both the public and private sectors, she has a holistic view into the planning process and a diverse understanding of the development sector from multiple viewpoints.
The Corporation is supported by the following Municipal Staff of the Housing Department:

Currently the Interim Chief Administrative Officer for the Municipality, Adam Goheen assumed the role of Housing Director in January 2024, having joined the County of Prince Edward in July 2020 as the Director of Operational Services. Mr. Goheen is currently the Vice-Chair of Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward-Hastings which he joined in May of 2021 and teaches as Professor, Skilled Trades & Apprenticeship at Loyalist College.

As Affordable Housing Supervisor, Elis Ziegler brings over thirty years of housing sector management experience to supporting the Corporation and managing direct housing services for County residents. Their previous experience in the sector include program and policy design, system planning as well as sector-specific training for front-line staff. Mx. Ziegler is the Chair of the Housing and Homelessness Action Team of the Community and Safety Well-Being Plan and the Prince Edward Inter-Services Group, and volunteers for the Milford Fair Board and DimeStories.
