Board of Directors 2025-2027
President
I was born in Glasgow in 1963 and received my first Farquharson kilt when I was three years old. I have worked long and hard to reach this point with one goal in mind: to bring the Clan Farquharson USA Society to the forefront of clans and to ensure that no Farquharson member is disappointed when attending their local major games. This is not an easy task, but with your continued support, we can make it happen.
I live in Orlando with my wife, Sherry, and our grown son, Fox. I love soccer, college football, and the NFL, and I am fiercely proud of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Royal Family. Halloween is my favorite time of year, and I enjoy setting up to meet all of you at the three Major Games I attend: Central Florida, Grandfather Mountain, and Stone Mountain. My background is in TV, film, and design, and I previously worked as the publisher of World Championship Wrestling Magazine. Currently, I work in licensed collectibles manufacturing and distribution. I am a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a member of the Royal Celtic Society.
My direct bloodline traces back through the Thanes of Glamis, Robert the Bruce, the Canmore Kings, Macbeth, and all the way back to 300 AD Ireland. I am on a double quest to find the missing links that will provide a direct line back to Finlay Mor, and also where the branch that headed off to North Carolina settled. I proudly represent this Clan and am always excited when anyone chooses to join us. I understand that everyone has several options, but when they choose Farquharson, it shows me that we are on the right track, and I will never take that loyalty for granted.
Vice President West
Mike has been the Utah Commissioner since 2011. Before that he was a Highland Athlete and in 2009 was the C Class National Sheaf Toss Champion. He retired from throwing and became the Commissioner when his dad could no longer run the Clan tent. He is extremely proud of his Heritage and appreciates what his ancestors went through so that he might not only exist, but also where he exists.
Mike is very patriotic and loves football, hockey, rugby, golf and swimming. At work he manages a team of Blood Donor Recruiters for a local non-profit blood organization. His wife and he are both Paranormal Investigators and will talk ghosts with anyone willing to listen. He likes to cook, and attempted his own homemade Haggis recipe. His wife and he have just about perfected the Scotch Egg and she makes award-winning Short Bread Cookies. He served a 2-year church mission to Connecticut and Rhode Island where he learned to be outgoing, and how to approach people. He has been a socialite ever since.
Vice President East
Stuart was born (1952) and currently lives in Connecticut. He has also lived in NY, TX, MI, IN, and CA. Stuart has been a CFUSA Commissioner and/or Vice President since 1997.
He descends from William Farquharson (b. ~1740) and Anna Mason (married 1762) Aberdeenshire. Four of his great-great grandsons (brothers) and their mother immigrated to New England in ~1890 from St. Andrews. Their grandfather, James, and several generations of his descendants are buried in St. Andrews Cathedral Cemetery (16 people from 1793 to 1950). His wife Susan (nee Wilson of the Gunn Clan) and he have been fortunate to have visited Braemar and our late Chief Alwyne Compton Farquharson several times over the last 30 years, thanks to his father’s initiating a correspondence in the 1960s.
He has written one book “The Jacobite Rising of 1715 – A Clan Farquharson Perspective”, and is in the process of writing “The Jacobite Rising of 1745 – A Clan Farquharson Perspective” as suggested by our late Chief. He also wrote a number of short stories for The Cairn (CFUSA Quarterly Newsletter) from 1998 to 2005. Stuart also has a PhD Chemistry: University of Texas. Faculty positions: Abilene Christian U, Michigan State U, Purdue U. DoD Contractor: Chem-Bio Analyzers and Medical Devices (Two current contracts are keeping me from retiring.) He has published over 150 scientific articles including one in Science (the #1 scientific journal), one with Nobel Laureate Henry Tauby, one with Priestly Winner F. Albert Cotton, and one with Stephen A. Morse, lead investigator for the CDC regarding the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Stuart was fortunate to have been trained by Olympic Diving Coach Phil Moriarty and Olympic Gymnastics Coach Abie Grossfeld, which led to a verbal invitation to try out for 1980 USA Diving Team. He won 3 gold medals for Team USA Ultimate Frisbee Team, and one National Championship in Ultimate Frisbee with Boston Team (The latter is harder to achieve, yet my wife won 5!).
He has had a privileged life, but by no means did he have a privileged upbringing. All of his family and relatives are blue collar tradesmen, many serving in the military. He paid for all of his education with money earned as a carpenter, beginning at age 13.
Treasurer
Lieutenant to the ChiefJohn started his journey with Clan Farquharson as many have by genealogy and research. John has served CFUK as the Editor of the Lionsface newsletter and as a committee member.In 2022 at the CFUK AGM in Ballater, John was appointed the Lieutenant to the Chief of Clan Farquharson for North America, by Philip Farquharson of Invercauld and Monaltrie and serves as a Invercauld Highlander.John is a US Navy, US Army Veteran and has served in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. John has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and worked in railroad management for the last 15 years.
Digital Media
William Guy Finley spent most of his life thinking his family was Irish. After a Masonic historian emailed him about the “family plot” he had no idea existed, he started putting the pieces of his family history together. Guy traces his family back to Alexander Findlay, one of the first settlers in DuPage County, Illinois, by way of Boston out of Belfast in 1821. By trade, he runs his digital marketing and creative agency WTG, specializes in small local business marketing strategy, and is also an avid photographer and licensed drone pilot. Guy also volunteers with several non-profits, including acting and directing for a community theatre he’s been a part of most of his life and where he met his wife, Jane. Jane and Guy each have a grown child and live with their two dogs in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Membership
Regional Commissioner
Jim is the Commissioner for the great state of Oklahoma! He is a Finlay by blood, Camp being an adoptive name of his paternal grandfather. His uncle, Calvin Camp, and he have been running their Clan Farquharson tent at the Highland Games and festivals across the state, for two years. They hope to grow our membership across Oklahoma and surrounding states. Jim is an RN in Anadarko, OK, has been married to his beautiful wife, Stacy, for thirty years and has four awesome children.
Representative
Regional Commissioner
Since 2019 Richard has had the distinct honor of representing our noble Clan as Commissioner for the Great State of Texas. While growing up listening to stories of our history from his beloved great-grandmother, Lillie Finley Warner, a deep and perpetual sense of pride for our ancient line was instilled in him. From tales of the 1745 rebellion onward, our clan has lived up to its motto: “Fide et Fortitudine”. By faith and Fortitude. Fast forward to the present, and our clan has stretched beyond the seas. But holding onto those most core of values, he is confident we will continue our incomparable legacy for centuries to come.
Representative
Regional Commissioner
Carrie acquired her commissioner status from past president Jim McKeehan. She has enjoyed bringing her daughter up to know her heritage and helping others learn about all things Scotland. Carrie’s husband loves manning the tent as much as she does. Carrie also enjoys riding horses.
Representative
Regional Commissioner
Hello, I am C.A. Wortley, the North East Commissioner. I joined Clan Farquharson USA in 1987 and became the Commissioner in 1995. At that time, I was a full-time performer on the touring festival circuit, traveling as far as Oklahoma, Florida, and Scotland to perform at Highland Games and Celtic Festivals. During the New England summers, I would also attend nearby games with the clan tent in tow. I often juggled between playing music on stage with my Martin D28 guitar and representing the Farquharson clan on clan row.
However, after September 2001, the tours stopped, and I spent my time running a small kilt shop in rural western Maine and working in law enforcement. In 2006, I went to a lonely mountain to record, write, and search for the meaning of life. After several years of not finding it, I returned to Portland with my studio and held various interesting jobs. I even teamed up with an old friend from Ireland to play at pubs. The last ten years of my working life were spent supervising a security team serving cruise ships at the Port of Portland.
Nowadays, I spend my time split between protecting cathedrals, recording audio and video, puppeteering with Punch & Judy puppets, playing with British model trains, and serenading anyone who wants to listen with my Irish Bouzouki on a bench in the Old Port. And of course, I’m back to traveling with the “wee Farquharson tent” to as many Highland Games as possible.
Representative
Northeast USA
John Finlay lives in Morristown, NJ with his wife and 3 children. He has always been interested in his Scottish heritage, an interest that’s been passed down for generations. In 2018 his wife and he made the pilgrimage to Braemar, where he signed the Clan guestbook, and hiked the Invercauld Estate. He plans to get back in the next few years and bring the family to witness the Braemar gathering and games.
Stateside, he has attended the Tartan Day parade in NYC several times, the last few wearing his Farquharson kilt. Sadly, they stopped holding the Bonnie Brae games in NJ, and he has not made the trek to the CT games, which are next closest.
Representative
State Commissioner
Brittney was raised in California, but settled on the coast of North Carolina in 2016, where her husband served his last tour in the USMC before retiring.
Brittney is the daughter of Craig Farquharson, and the grand daughter of Gordon LeRoy Farquharson. She is enjoying learning the family history and connecting with members from Clan Farquharson.
She looks forward to representing the Clan in North Carolina.
