Board of Directors 2022 - 2023

President

Beth is the Associate Director of Infrastructure Planning and Permits with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA).

Treasurer

Luis is an Environmental Director at Webuild.

Secretary

Hayley is an Environmental Assessment Planner with Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Conference Planning Committee Chair

Violetta is a Senior Project Manager, Major Projects – Transportation Services at the City of Toronto.

Indigenous Knowledge Committee Chair

Gary is a Conservation Ecologist & Indigenous Engagement/Placemaking Specialist with 4 Directions Conservation and is from Curve Lake First Nation, Ontario.

Director of Education & Outreach

Anjala is the Director General, Regional Operations (East) for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.

Director of Communications

Rebecca is a Senior Policy Officer at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

Nominations Committee Chair

Blair is a Principal and Senior Environmental Planner with GHD Limited.

Conference Planning Committee Member

Catherine is a Senior Environmental Planner and Environmental Impact Assessment Team Lead with WSP Canada.

Indigenous Knowledge Committee Member

Mark is a Senior Regulatory Consultant with Shared Value Solutions.

Conference Planning Committee Member

Sabrina is a Partner and Planner at Dillon Consulting Limited.

Indigenous Knowledge Committee Member

Lindsay is an Anishinaabe’kwe from Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Master of Public Policy candidate at U of T.

Founding Directors & Past Presidents

Founding Directors

OAIA Founding Directors Years
Brent P.D. Coates, FT Dip., B.A. 1993 – 1994
Paul Opryszek 1993 – 1994
Husain Sadar, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. 1993 – 1994

Past Presidents

OAIA Presidents Years Job at the Time
Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Ph.D. 2020-2022 Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Canada
Charles J. Birchall, LL.B., LL.M. 2019-2020
Acting President
Partner, Willm & Shier Environmental Lawyers
Mike Bricks, MCIP, RPP 2019 Morrison Hershfield Limited
Charles J. Birchall, LL.B., LL.M. 2018 – 2019 Partner, Willm & Shier Environmental Lawyers
Caroline Burgess, M.A., MCIP, RPP 2016 – 2018 Principal, Managing Director, Odonaterra Inc.
Ariane Heisey, B.A. Hons., M.E.S., MCIP, RPP 2014 – 2016 Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Stephen Hazell, M.Sc., LL.B. 2013 – 2014 Senior Counsel, Ecovision Law
Adam Chamberlain, B.E.S., LL.B. 2012 – 2013 Partner, Border Ladner Gervais (BLG)
Steven Rowe, Dipl. Urban & Regional Planning 2011 – 2012 Independent Consultant
François Bregha, B.A., M.E.S. 2010 – 2011 Independent Consultant
Philip Brennan, B.Sc. Hons. 2008 – 2010 Senior Manager, Lake Simcoe, Ministry of the Environment
John McCauley, B.E.S., M.B.A., C.M.A. 2006 – 2008 Associate Director, Panel Management, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
Pam Hubbard, B.Sc., B.Design, M.A. 2005 – 2006 PM Hubbard & Associates
John Dauvergne, B.B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.M. 2004 – 2005 Civil Servant, Government of Canada, Industry Canada
Ray Lamoureux, B.Eng., M.Sc., P.Eng. 2002 – 2004 Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
Lee Doran, B.Sc., M.Sc. 2001 – 2002 President, Ecological Writings #1, Inc.
Paul McDonald, B.E.S. 1996 – 2001 Manager, Environmental Services, City of Ottawa (1996 – 1999)

Environmental Services, Jacques Whitford Environmental Ltd., Ottawa (1999 – 2001)

Husain Sadar, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. 1994 – 1996 Senior Scientific Advisor, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (CEAA)