Rainbow Optimist Club
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO, INC.
Bettering the lives of LGBT2Q+ rural youth, their families, and their communities in Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford Counties.
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Meet the Board
Pat Shanahan
Vice President
Pat Shanahan is the current Vice President of the Rainbow Optimist Club. He is a charter member and been on the Board since the beginning.
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Pat has worked for over 30 years in the public and not for profit sectors in the areas of social housing and health care. He currently works a Constituency Assistant for a local Member of Parliament. For 18 years, he served on the City of London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee and was Chair of the Committee for a number of years. He and his partner of 28 years live in London Old North with their black lab. They recently finished 4 years of fostering LGBT2Q youth.