About Us​
Headwaters Community Coalition was started because we are worried about our Community.
After stopping the Mega Quarry, a new threat has emerged: a Quarry application in Melancthon Township that will blast below the water table, impacting everyone downstream. The Headwater Region is the source of countless rivers and three Great Lakes. If this application can be approved, no community is safe. What happens at the Headwaters matters to all of us.
Jeanette McFarlane
Jeanette is a Live Event Producer, Global Sports and Athlete Parade Specialist with a unique background in experiential marketing and events, operations and production. She moved to Mulmer, where she runs a farm and brings her passion for the outdoors into her daily life — and as an outdoor educator, she is committed to volunteering her time to protect what matters for all of us and for generations to come. With over 25 years of experience, beginning with the 1999 Molson Indy drivers parade in Toronto and Vancouver, she has orchestrated events from 500 to 10,000 participants across national and global stages, including Formula One, Pan Am Games, Invictus Games Toronto, Formula E, Canada Games, NAIG, and the World Police and Fire Games. Her “One Team” methodology is rooted in inclusion and has shaped award-winning athlete experiences on the world stage, breaking through language barriers and overcoming logistical and political challenges to deliver best-in-class shows. She brings that same collaborative, roll-up-your-sleeves approach to every cause she believes in.
Leigh Himel
Leigh is a communications expert and creative strategist who began her career as an environmental planner in Europe, where she developed a deep understanding of community participation models that continues to shape her approach to consumer insights and engagement today. With an entrepreneurial spirit that challenges the status quo, she has spent 20+ years advising some of the world’s largest brands on reinvention — leading significant rebrands and launches for Xbox Canada, Sobeys, Scarborough Health Network, Unity Health and Right to Food, among others. Her creative work extends into filmmaking, with her short film The Moth selected for the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival. Playing at the intersection of business, culture and communications, she brings a rare ability to translate complex ideas into stories that move people. Now living in Melancthon, Leigh contributed the word MEGA to the Mega Quarry fight and is now volunteering her time to stop the Strada quarry and all quarries proposed in environmentally sensitive areas across Ontario.
