Mary Jane Banks
Mary Jane Banks, Director of Administrative Services/ Town Clerk
Mary Jane Banks has been employed with the Town of Rothesay since 1998 and has lived in Rothesay most of he life. She graduated from Dalhousie University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and was awarded the Commerce Alumni Association Award fro Excellence in Management. Past work experience includes sales, the hospitality industry, and legal work as a paralegal.
Through her employment with Rothesay, Mary Jane has been involved in legislative round table discussions at the provincial level and currently sits on the provincial Resource Manual Review Committee. She is a member of the Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick and is thoroughly enjoying her participation on the steering committee for the School District 6 initiative “Celebrate What’s Right With The World”.
Volunteer experience has included the Ford World Curling Championships, Carleton Curling Club, Canadian Power Squadron, Saint John Dragon Boat Festival, and Joints in Motion. Her favourite pastime is sailing and she is an active member of the Royal Kennebecasis Yacht Club. In the non-sailing months, time is spent running, traveling, painting, photography, reading, and sharing time with family and friends. Mary Jane also inherited her father’s love of collected cars.
Mary Jane’s family has deep and active roots in the community. Her parents, Margie and Harry Banks, purchased their home in Fairvale in 1957, where her mother lived until 2005. Harry was actively involved in the community, serving on the Village of Fairvale Council, District 19 School Board, and the Board of the Kennebecasis Valley Arena (now Rothesay Arena). Margie was actively involved with the Fairvale ACW and the local bridge club. Her great-grandfather, Dr. Oliver R. Peters, was the village doctor in Rothesay for many decades. Her grandparents, Hazen and Kay (Peters) Short, met while attending school in Rothesay and became prominent members of the social and sports community – golf, hockey, tennis – to name a few. As well, her great-uncle, Dr. J.F.L. Jackson, was Assistant Headmaster at Rothesay Collegiate School (Now Rothesay Netherwood School).
Mary Jane believes… we are shaped and defined by where we have come from. The Rothesay Living Museum bridges the generations and preserves the collective tapestry of our lives. History is being made every day and we are responsible to preserve those memories for future generations.
Mary Jane Banks has been employed with the Town of Rothesay since 1998 and has lived in Rothesay most of he life. She graduated from Dalhousie University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and was awarded the Commerce Alumni Association Award fro Excellence in Management. Past work experience includes sales, the hospitality industry, and legal work as a paralegal.
Through her employment with Rothesay, Mary Jane has been involved in legislative round table discussions at the provincial level and currently sits on the provincial Resource Manual Review Committee. She is a member of the Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick and is thoroughly enjoying her participation on the steering committee for the School District 6 initiative “Celebrate What’s Right With The World”.
Volunteer experience has included the Ford World Curling Championships, Carleton Curling Club, Canadian Power Squadron, Saint John Dragon Boat Festival, and Joints in Motion. Her favourite pastime is sailing and she is an active member of the Royal Kennebecasis Yacht Club. In the non-sailing months, time is spent running, traveling, painting, photography, reading, and sharing time with family and friends. Mary Jane also inherited her father’s love of collected cars.
Mary Jane’s family has deep and active roots in the community. Her parents, Margie and Harry Banks, purchased their home in Fairvale in 1957, where her mother lived until 2005. Harry was actively involved in the community, serving on the Village of Fairvale Council, District 19 School Board, and the Board of the Kennebecasis Valley Arena (now Rothesay Arena). Margie was actively involved with the Fairvale ACW and the local bridge club. Her great-grandfather, Dr. Oliver R. Peters, was the village doctor in Rothesay for many decades. Her grandparents, Hazen and Kay (Peters) Short, met while attending school in Rothesay and became prominent members of the social and sports community – golf, hockey, tennis – to name a few. As well, her great-uncle, Dr. J.F.L. Jackson, was Assistant Headmaster at Rothesay Collegiate School (Now Rothesay Netherwood School).
Mary Jane believes… we are shaped and defined by where we have come from. The Rothesay Living Museum bridges the generations and preserves the collective tapestry of our lives. History is being made every day and we are responsible to preserve those memories for future generations.