Meet the Board

Shad has been a community leader, friend and successful businessperson in Ward 6 for over 13 years. Over that time, he has been instrumental in the preservation of Stittsville’s ‘village’ feel while at the same time encouraging and guiding the many positive changes that the community has experienced. Shad has held many volunteer positions and played a major role in many fundraising efforts and other initiatives in Stittsville. Over the years Shad has represented the community on local school parent councils including A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School, Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Guardian Angels Catholic Elementary School and Holy Spirit Catholic School. From 2000-2003, Shad proudly served as Treasurer and Director of the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.

Shad attended Carleton University, and was employed with a major food retailer chain for over twenty years in a variety of increasingly senior positions. Since 1989, Shad has successfully operated both franchised and independent small businesses. Shad and his wife Theresa currently own and operate Showbiz Entertainment and Gifts, which has been a community mainstay and effectively the Stittsville ‘village store’ since it opened many years ago. The Councillor was nominated for Business of the Year and Business Person of the Year by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce in 2005 and 2006. He was also nominated for Volunteer of the Year for 2006. Shad is Vice Chair of the City’s Community and Protective Services Standing Committee.

Shad was instrumental in establishing the Rotary Club of Ottawa-Goulbourn in 2004 and he was elected its first President. Shad was also one of the founders of the Stittsville Village Association in 2001 and was elected its first Vice-President, a position he held until 2003 when he became the Association’s President. He remained in that capacity until he took a leave of absence in April 2006 to run for Ward 6 Councillor in the municipal election.