- ****# Meet The Team
The CASARA PEI team is dedicated to leading our volunteers located in Prince Edward Island. These are the members who dedicate their time and effort into managing and leading the PEI Member Organization to make successful search and rescue taskings possible.
Director of PEI,. VP of Plans & Equipment: Doug MacDonald
Doug MacDonald joined CASARA in 1999, volunteering as a spotter, navigator and pilot. He soon became the Provincial Director for Prince Edward Island and, after four years, was voted into his current position as Vice-President Plans and Equipment.
Doug has a private pilot’s licence with 3400 hours of flight time. He is a part-time member of the Canadian Forces with the Halifax Rifles as part of Influence Activities. He has 38 years of service and has been deployed to Kandahar in 2008. He also has one tandem parachute jump from 12,500 feet with the Sky Hawks Canadian Forces Parachute Team.
Deputy Director of PEI: Robert MacArthur
Robert is the Deputy Director for Prince Edward Island (PEI) within the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA)
Roberts dedication to CASARA began when he joined in 2019. Prior to stepping into his current role as Deputy Director, he served the organization as its Safety Officer for 4 years. He has built an extensive foundation with experience qualifying as a Spotter, Navigator, Ground Homing Specialist, Image Analysist and Search Coordinator. Robert holds two Transport Canada Flying Licenses, one is a Recreation Pilot License, the other is a Advanced RPAS Pilot License. Robert is the RPAS Training Officer for CASARA PEI. This technical and safety background directly enhances his leadership within CASARA where he helps oversee administration, volunteer training readiness, strategic zone operations and critical mission coordination to support the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
Robert lives just north of YYG and is the owner / operator of a full time business in the Home / Building Inspection industry.
Provincial Training Officer: Darren Emery
Darren Emery joined CASARA PEI in 2001, volunteering as a spotter & navigator. Just after serving in CASARA PEI for 3 years, he was voted into his current position as our Provincial Training Officer! Darren lives and works in Prince Edward Island as a full time Facilities & Systems Manager.
Treasurer: Virginia MacDonald
Virginia has been a member of CASARA in Prince Edward Island since 2004. At that time she was working in the family business, a flight school. CASARAPEI rented a plane so she joined up. A year later she was the Treasurer, and continues to hold that position today.
When not volunteering for CASARA, Virginia still spends her time at the airport, assembling kit planes and refurbishing older aircraft. From ironing fabrics on wings and structures, to helping an AME replace an engine, she is never far from the Charlottetown airport.
PEI Safety Officer: William Parker
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