Our Team

 Our family

 

Hans and Jolanda Weber – Founders of Stonetown Artisan Cheese, and proud dairy farmers!

Stonetown Artisan Cheese was founded by Hans and Jolanda Weber, who were passionate about dairy farming and about turning the high-quality milk from their farm into exceptional cheese.

Even though Hans is a co-owner of Stonetown Cheese, he is still a dairy farmer at heart. He milks the cows in the morning and, after breakfast, either helps on the farm or at the cheese plant wherever he is needed. He is the handyman who fixes almost everything in the cheese plant and helps out with the store, cutting cheese or getting orders ready. He is also responsible for marketing and sales calls. Of course, he loves everything with cheese! In his spare time, Hans enjoys travelling and spending time with his grandchildren.
Jolanda grew up on a dairy farm and spent her life farming until she and Hans started Stonetown Artisan Cheese. She played an important role in building the business and, even after stepping back from the day-to-day activities, continued to provide her knowledge and insight, particularly when it came to the administration side of the business. You may also remember Jolanda from the cheese store, where she took great pride in looking after the beautiful flower garden and decorations in front of our store.
Jolanda passed away in June 2026, but she will always be an important part of the Stonetown Artisan Cheese story. Her love for farming, family and the business she helped build continues to be part of Stonetown Cheese today.

 

Ramon Eberle – Co-owner and Cheese Maker

Ramon hails from a long family tradition of Swiss cheese makers. He went through an extensive apprenticeship and further education to become a Master cheese maker.
Ramon is responsible for the production, quality control and food safety at Stonetown Artisan Cheese as well as the development of many of the new exciting dairy products.
Cheese making is his passion and if he is not working in the cheese plant Ramon keeps himself busy by spending time with his wife, 4 children and working in and around their house. Long walks with his two littlest ones through the beautiful town of St. Marys, which is the family’s home, is how he recharges his batteries on a weekend.

 

Rachel Dundas – Co-owner and Office Manager

Rachel is the daughter of founders Hans and Jolanda Weber and officially joined the family business in late 2023 after an over 10-year career in the banking industry. As a co-owner, Rachel oversees many of the day-to-day administration and business activities, including bookkeeping, marketing, website management, logistics and customer communication. She can also be found in the store, helping wherever needed.
Rachel enjoys being involved in all aspects of the business and is passionate about carrying forward the legacy her parents built while helping Stonetown Cheese continue to grow.
A mother of three, Rachel is also active in outdoor and sporting activities, runs a hobby farm with her husband, and pursues photography as a passion project whenever she finds the time.

 

Christine Stevens – Store Manager

Christine has been in the retail and food service industry for nearly her whole working career, focusing on the cheesy side of it for the last 10 years. When you aren’t seeing her face in the farm store, she can usually be found cutting, weighing and labelling cheese to ship to customers.
Being a St. Marys resident, Christine spends her home time enjoying the many trails and greenspaces our town has to hold with her husband and 2 daughters. She finds peace in watching the small things and embracing our tiny significance to this vast world. Her two favourite cheeses at Stonetown are the Wildwood and Smoked Chipotle.

 

Wendy Furtenbacher – Marketing & Business Development

Wendy brings over 15 years of experience in the cheese industry, with a background as a Cheese Educator, Cheesemonger, Category Manager, and Cheese Judge both in Canada and internationally. She began her career through blogging and hosting cheese appreciation classes, and now works in marketing and business development at Stonetown.

She is a graduate of the Professional Fromager program at George Brown College (2012), where she also teaches, and became an American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional in 2014. Wendy has served on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Cheese Society and completed Cheese Appreciation Levels 1 and 2 through the Cheese Education Guild.

Prior to her work in cheese, she held roles across nonprofit and corporate sectors in member services, corporate development, and sales. She holds a BFA in Art History and remains actively connected to the arts community.