Board of Directors

Accountant, Resident Director
Candace Kruk and her husband Justin moved into The Orchards in 2013. They welcomed their baby girl Wrenne in January 2021. They absolutely love the community! Candace is serving her fifth term as a Resident Director.

Candace and her husband launched Skinny Tax & Accounting in 2015. Their goal was to treat clients like family and help them to achieve their goals through strategy, investment and implementation. Whether you need customized bookkeeping or help with your personal returns, Candace is an energetic and enthusiastic problem-solving machine who will still take the time to get to know you. Candace believes your relationship with your accountant should be like a friendship; rooted in open and honest communication. Her many years of experience have allowed her to create a network of like-minded professionals that she can draw on as she works for her clients.

Skinny Tax is a proud sponsor of The Orchards Resident Associaton. As Candace’s business grows within the community, she is revelling in the unique opportunity to get to know her neighbours on a deeper level; sharing their opinions and challenges, while getting to learn about their lives. Candace strives to support and help grow her community by connecting people and supporting other businesses.

On the rare occasion when she does step away from work, she enjoys travelling, camping and gardening. She also has a passion for design, which you’ll clearly see when you visit the SkinnyTax office!

Sales Professional
My name is Chelsey Bonnello, our family moved into The Orchards in 2021.  My husband and I, along with our two sons and two dogs have really enjoyed the neighbourhood since joining the community.  We particularly like the extensive walking paths, quiet atmosphere and The ORA and all the activities it offers. I am a sales professional primarily working in the Edmonton area.  I enjoy a variety of activities including training at the gym, gardening and a number of recreational sports.
I am pleased to be part of the Resident’s Association Board of Directors. It’s a unique opportunity to connect with other members of the community and devote time to helping to serve residents.
I look forward to any suggestions which might be brought forth that if implemented, could make everyone’s experience in the Orchards more pleasant or enjoyable.

Resident Director
My name is Lindsey MacDermott and my family and I moved into the Orchards in 2019 form BC. We were drawn to the amenities of the ORA and the community culture.

We enjoy participating in the resident events and you can often find us skating through the winter. I enjoy crafting, a warm coffee, and you might see me running the paths early in the morning.

I love the strong sense of community this neighbourhood has and I hope I can continue to build that spirit during my time on the board.

Human Resources Consultant
Sam has roots in the traditional territory of the Anishinabeck with the Oji-Cree Treaty 5 Sandy Lake First Nation – Sucker Clan.
Sam supports safe, meaningful jobs for all and regularly advocates for job creators and working families through innovative, reasonable, compassionate approaches.
He adopts a stance of atonement to help eradicate colonialism’s current and past harmful effects on Indigenous people. Sam champions psychological safety through policy and by promoting mental health at work.

He confronts diversity and inclusion gaps directly through positive bias recruitment and removing systemic barriers to policy and practice.

Sam has helped hire over twenty-seven thousand (27,000) people, negotiated over one hundred (100) collective agreements and crafted and administered some of the most innovative and helpful workplace policies in operation today. Workforce Delivery Inc’s clients often assign Sam to help achieve accessible solutions for their most complicated workplace portfolios.

In leisure, Sam and his wife enjoy decompressing from their engaging work life by spending time with their daughter, often at one of Edmonton’s fine dog parks.