Serving in her fifth term as a municipal politician in the Town of Collingwood, Kathy was born and raised in Collingwood (and never left). She is a mother of two adult married children and Noani to four beautiful grandchildren.
Kathy has served in many leadership roles on Council including Chair and Vice-Chair of the Collingwood Police Services Board, Chair of the Development and Operating Standing Committee for multiple tenures, Hospital Board Member, Hospital Foundation Board member and currently also serves as the Town’s alternate Simcoe County Councillor. Kathy was appointed to the Steering Committee, Small Towns Habitat - Collingwood World Summit in partnership with the Joint Urban Economy Forum and UN Habitat and to the COVID Economic Support and Recovery Task Force.
As an elected official, Councillor Jeffery also serves nationally and internationally with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as a National Director, a former chair of standing committees, working groups and task forces. She represented FCM as the National Board’s governance representative to the Jordan Municipal Support Program, FCM's only international program in the Middle East. The Councillor is also a Canadian Volunteer Expert serving the Partnerships in Municipal Innovation – Women in Local Leadership (PMI-WILL program) for FCM out of Ghana, West Africa.
As a community volunteer she recently chaired Hockey Battles Cancer for the Collingwood Blues Jr. A Hockey Club (all Ontario Buckland Cup Jr A. Champions) raising more than $31,000 to gift 42 Chemotherapy Care Gift Totes to local cancer patients and donating $16,000 to the local hospital for updated mammography imaging equipment for earlier detection of cancer.
Kathy has volunteered locally for more than 40 years assisting many local organizations: Past National President, Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada; Life Member, Kinette Club of Collingwood; Past President, Collingwood Minor Hockey; Coach, Youth Soccer; Director for eleven years on the Board of Home Horizon, transitional housing for homeless.
The Councillor has enjoyed many sporting activities: 3rd degree black belt (Tae Kwon Do), curling recreationally and competitively, figure skating, swimming lessons (including some in the harbour), Women’s LOF Fastball Team (Captain), avid trail user, snowshoeing, and much more.