Wendy Brescia was born, raised and educated in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She is happily married to husband Joe, and has two wonderful children Nicholas and Katherine. Katherine is currently attending the Community Living Thunder Bay W.J. Griffis Children’s Centre.
Wendy attended Hillcrest High School and Lakehead University, graduating from the Honours Bachelor of Commerce program in 1999, majoring in Accounting. From there, her she continued to pursue her Certified Management Accountants designation in Toronto, Ontario. Recently, Wendy returned to University completing her Master of Science in Management Degree in 2011 at Lakehead University.
While completing her accounting degree at Lakehead, Wendy commenced employment with the Tom Jones Corporation and has continued to advance in her role there since 1997. She is presently the Controller of the Tom Jones Group of Companies, working in management, where she is involved in continuous system improvements, audit, finance, accounting, human resources and technology.
Wendy enjoys volunteering in the community and has taken leadership roles in many fundraising and board activities for a variety of local charities and interest groups. Wendy looks forward to new learning opportunities and is excited to apply her knowledge of business management, systems, accounting and finance to this new role.