Fran Croteau, Age 64
Fund-Raising Extraordinaire
Born: 1941, Sudbury Ontario Canada.
Work history: sales and marketing

Fran started her working career doing microwave cooking demonstrations at Eaton’s stores in Canada. She also taught classes for the college and high schools, and weekend crash courses at the college on microwave cooking. It wasn’t long until Panasonic asked Fran to travel to Toronto for additional training. Fran’s territory grew to where she was doing regional demonstrations in northern Ontario. Once Fran increased her knowledge she began free-lancing by teaching classes for other microwave companies. After reaching the regional market Fran decided to go nationwide. She accomplished this by writing a national best seller named “Microwave Delights” in both English and French. Fran’s microwave cook book was used as a teaching guide for other instructors. Fran’s best seller is still for sale at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .