Jeannette Arsenault is co-owner of Cavendish Figurines Ltd.  The company started in 1989 in the Summerside Business Park and in 1998 they re-located to Gateway Village and built their own building.  They employ 18 people in the busy tourist season.  Prior to starting this business Jeannette worked with Statistics Canada for 15 years.

Cavendish Figurines has won many awards over the years, but in 2003 Jeannette was chosen as “one of the 100 most Powerful Women in Canada” by the Women Executive Network in Toronto, Ontario.  In 2002 Jeannette received the “Summerside Good Neighbour Award”.

Ms. Arsenault serves on many committees including the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, both on the local and the Atlantic Committee, UPEI Board of Governors and the RDEE, to name a few.  Jeannette was also the President of the Summerside Chamber of Commerce in 2001.

Born in Prince Edward Island Jeannette grew up in Abram Village.  She is bilingual English/French, married, has had two children and now has two grand-daughters.