Meet Our Team
The People Behind The Franklin Club Experience
Operating The Franklin Club takes a dedicated team across member services, dining, clubhouse operations, grounds, hatchery care, fishery support, events and seasonal maintenance. From the first member inquiry to the daily care of the property, our staff help keep the club organized, welcoming and ready for members to enjoy throughout the year.
Across the clubhouse, waters, hatchery, grounds and outdoor spaces, every role supports the care, service and attention to detail that make The Franklin Club experience so unique.
Club Leadership & Member Services
Kevin Johnston
General Manager
Kevin has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20 years and has a strong background in restaurant and club management. In the early 90’s, he had a football scholarship to the University of Toledo, and in recent years, he has completed a degree in Economics and a Certificate in Data Analytics – Big data and predictive analytics. Kevin had served the Club as assistant manager for a few months before transitioning to his new role as manager in early January 2020.
Emma Fleury
Manager Member Services
Emma joined our Franklin Club staff in October of 2019; she has a variety of skills and knowledge with diplomas in Visual and Creative Arts, Tourism & Service Management, and Police Foundations.
Emma has several years of customer service experience, and can easily be distinguished by her enthusiastic and vibrant personality. She will be your primary contact in the office, for member relations and for booking and organizing events.
Emma will be responsible for all news and event updates via e-mail, all membership-related matters, as well as tours and club events. If Emma isn’t in the office, she can be found trying to master fly fishing, building a campfire, or talking to every member that crosses her path.
Dining & Clubhouse Hospitality
Suzanne Moore
Head Chef
Suzanne comes to the Franklin Club with high energy, great personality, an infectious laugh and a passion for cooking food where you can taste the love within. Wanting to draw you in with great smells from the kitchen as a little get away from your fishing expedition, she hopes you will embrace her creativity and love for food.
Having both a Marketing degree and a Culinary degree, she incorporates presentation as an advertisement with each plated meal. Hoping you will dive right in. Her culinary talents come from her Greek background cooking at a young age with her YaYa and tweeking the recipes to meet everyone’s palette. She welcomes any suggestions or recommendations with a smile. So come on in and enjoy good eats with your family and friends. Cheers!
Danielle Phillips
Hostess
Danielle supports the daily hospitality operations of The Franklin Club’s clubhouse and dining areas. Her role helps keep service organized, welcoming and attentive during regular dining, member gatherings, club events and busy seasonal periods.
Working closely with the dining and clubhouse team, Danielle helps create a smooth experience for members and guests from the moment they arrive. Her presence adds to the warm, personal service that is an important part of the club’s overall member experience.
Fishery, Hatchery & Grounds Care
Emma Frey
Manager of Hatchery & Grounds
Before Emma joined the Franklin Club in July of 2022, she completed her undergraduate studies, majoring in biology at Queen’s University. While at Queen’s, Emma was a part of the women’s rugby team where they were able to obtain 2 OUA gold medals and a Usport National Championship gold medal. Emma was also a part of U18 Team Canada and Team Ontario where she captained and lead the Ontario team to a silver medal.
In Emma’s 4th year of University she spent 2 months in South Africa studying ecology and biodiversity off the coast of Cape Town. With sharks being the main focus in her research, she was able to be a part of tagging a 5 meter female great white shark. She started research on the migratory patterns of Ocean Sunfish by referencing data from the last 8 years of sunfish sightings in the Gansbaai area. Her research was then published in the African Journal of Marine Science in 2023.
Emma grew up spending her summers at the cottage, fishing with her father who was the president of a fishing club in the GTA at the time. Growing up in that environment inspired her to pursue a career in aquaculture and ecology.
Parker Sanford
Hatchery & Grounds Assistant
Growing up Parker would spend many summer days with his Grandfather, who has been a member of the Franklin Club since the early 1980s learning how to fly fish at the club.
Parker then obtained a Bachelor of Agricultural Science in animal science as well as a certificate in aquaculture at Dalhousie University’s Agricultural Campus in Truro, Nova Scotia. The first place Parker wanted to work at was the Franklin Club since he always enjoyed the time he spent at the club and thought it would be the perfect place to begin a career in aquaculture.
Before he joined the Franklin Club team, Parker worked in a property maintenance role for a conservation area along the Credit River and brings a lot of experience to the club to keep the property looking its best for the members to enjoy their time much like he did as a kid with his Grandfather.
Parker is very excited to bring everything he learned at school to the club’s hatchery to help rear the best rainbow and brook trout for the members to have the same experiences that he had with his Grandfather. Parker’s Grandpa is still a club member and is very proud to have his grandson help grow the fish he can still go fishing for with his grandson.
Chad Davenport
Hatchery & Grounds Assistant
A Team Committed to the Private Club Experience
The Franklin Club has been shaped by more than 100 years of fishing, fellowship, outdoor tradition, and care for the property. Today, that experience is supported by a dedicated team working across the clubhouse, dining room, hatchery, grounds, waters, and day-to-day club operations. Our team ensures the club continues to feel welcoming, well cared for, and deeply connected to the traditions that make The Franklin Club unlike anywhere else.
