Our Board

Tom Daumler has been a mortgage professional in Calgary for the past 21 years. He and his wife are both from Manitoba and moved to Calgary in 1998. Tom played Jack Frost in a grade school play and passed his talent onto 2 of his 5 daughters who have carried on his legacy and pursued performance art. He is looking forward to encouraging businesses to embrace the arts and support Fire Exit Theatre.

As a child, Brenda dreamed of acting in, directing and producing Nancy Drew movies. But she ended up pursuing, instead of theatre arts, the practical field of business (of all things)! God, in His wisdom, has used that to enable Brenda to become a patron of the arts, including theatre, ballet, opera and symphony. After a two year hiatus, Brenda rejoined the Board and is glad to once again know what goes on behind the scenes at Fire Exit. Brenda considers herself an avid supporter of the arts and Fire Exit Theatre in particular, is near and dear to her heart.

Christine was born and raised in Alberta and moved to Calgary after high school. Christine and her husband were married in 1987 and together they enjoy travel and new adventures, often with their daughter and son-in-law. She started her career in the banking industry in Calgary and continued it in Ottawa where she relocated with her husband for 10 years. After 15 years in banking, she took some time off to stay at home with her daughter. Christine then joined the oil and gas sector and has spent 23 years in operational accounting and is currently an Operations Analyst. Christine has spent many years as an avid member of the theatre, ballet, music and film audience in our city, and during travels, and she looks forward to contributing to the rich creative environment of Fire Exit Theatre.

Cheryl was born in Vancouver, moving to Calgary at age 9. She's been a singer and sometime actor since elementary school participating in plays, musicals and currently leads worship at her church. Cheryl currently works at Pineridge Community Center as well as with her dad in his business. She loves photography – a camera of some sort is always in her hand – as well as scrapbooking. Cheryl loves to travel, with Paris (actually anything French) being her first love. She also enjoys watching hockey, tennis and building her family genealogy. Cheryl enjoys working both on the box office team and the board to help bring our stories to life.

Denis was born Kazakhstan and has been living in Canada since 2013. He has a bachelor's degree in linguistics and education and a master's degree in clinical social work. When not working Denis enjoys playing music, walking with his dog JoJo and spending time with his friends. Denis is always on the lookout for a good story - a play, a song or an album, a book, a painting or a conversation with a friend.

Trained as an actor, Frank holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University. Since 2019 Frank has worked with Arts Management Systems as part of their leadership team, working with arts leaders from North America to increase revenues, build best practices and lean into what comprehensive CRM ticketing systems can do to leverage patron data. Before that, Frank was the Executive Director at Rosebud Centre for the Arts. Prior to moving to Alberta, he served as the Production Manager, Business Manager and ultimately the General Manager of Pacific Theatre, a small 120-seat theatre company in the heart of Vancouver, BC. During his time in the arts, Frank served on the Finance Committee of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (2 years), and was the winner of the 2015 John Hobday Award in Arts Management from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Bill was born to missionary parents in Chad, Africa and grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He has pastored for just under 16 years in Alliance Churches in Ontario and Saskatchewan and served for 26 years as Professor of Pastoral Theology at Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta. He retired as Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology in June of 2019. Bill has authored two books, Sacred Space for the Missional Church, published in February of 2011 and Four Essential Loves: Heart Readiness for Leadership and Ministry, published, May 2013.

Stephanie is a communications and marketing professional with a three-decade career in senior leadership at higher education institutions. She holds a bachelor's degree in art and two graduate degrees in literature and technology, which together inform her focus on quality communications. At home in the arts community, she and her husband Murray seek out ways to support the various showings and performances, whether through subscriptions or sponsorships. They moved to Calgary from Washington State in 2020, at which time they met Val Lieske, a colleague at Ambrose University. They have been fans ever since, both of her artistic vision and the unique (for Calgary) ethos she creates through Fire Exit Theatre.