Jim has been a life long resident of Waterloo Region. He was fortunate to be raised in small town Ontario – the Village of Wellesley, by parents who modelled the importance of caring for one another and the community you live in. He is married to Marianne (Schmidt) Erb and together they have two married sons and seven grandchildren. Jim values the opportunity to have lived in both the rural and urban settings of the Region. His Father, Albert Erb, was Mayor of Wellesley and a member of Waterloo Regional Council from 1981 to 1991.