Cheryl Doran, Chair
 
Sol Shuster, Vice-Chair
 
Chris Szpak, Secretary

Chris is a consultant in information management and works mostly for international agencies and non-governmental organizations.  As a member of the Greenspace Alliance since 2001, he has been particularly involved in monitoring the development of the City’s Official Plan and its Greenspace Master Plan.

Janice Seline, Treasurer

Janice Seline came to the Greenspace Alliance for help in 2003 when her landlord gave notice that he was about to remove the dozen-or-so fifty-year-old maples on her street. The trees are still standing, and she has been a member of the Alliance ever since. Prior to that, she was aware of the Alliance's work through the efforts of Bryan Hawley, a friend and founding member of the Alliance, to have land behind Fairlea Crescent rezoned. The residents of Fairlea Crescent and environs still enjoy the fields and woods behind their houses.

Janice Seline works as Executive Director of CARCC (Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective), an organization that represents visual artists for the use of their copyrights.
 
Amy Kempster

Amy has been involved with city planning issues for many years but has concentrated on  greenspace issues in the last decade. She has been retired for some years from Statistics Canada.
 
Joseph Potvin

Joseph Potvin is an IT economist with the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS), Government of Canada. Previously he worked as an ecological economist with science-based NGOs, the federal government, the Global Environment Facility. and the World Bank. In 1990, he served on the core drafting team for Canada's Green Plan. In a volunteer capacity, Mr. Potvin participates regularly in NCC and municipal consultations, currently, the extension of the National Capital Pathways Network, and the Chaudiere Whitewater Park concept in downtown Ottawa-Gatineau. In previous years he has served on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Natural Food Coop (ONFC), and of Action Chelsea for Respect of the Environment (ACRE). Currently he is VP Marketing of Whitewater Canada, and co-coordinator of a community of practice called GOSLING (Getting Open Source Logic INto Governments).
 
Barry George
  
Mikelis Svilans
 
Christel Woodward
 
Dr. Woodward is a retired university professor with more than 30 years
of experience in program evaluation and health services research.  She
has worked as a consultant to the Canadian Medical Association, the
College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons and provincial medical organizations. She has also been a
consultant to provincial governments, Health Canada and the World
Health Organization.  With her family, Christel has spent many hours hiking the Bruce Trail and camped throughout Ontario.  An avid gardener, she has turned lawns into perrenials, bushes and shrubs using the lasagna method.  She recently joined the Poets' Pathway Committee.
 
 
 

Bill Royds (1947-2009)
In Memoriam
See http://www.perc.ca/PEN/2001-07-08/s-johnson2.html
Also see Bill's Natural Heritage Award citation and his entry in "Introducing..."
 
 
 
Shelley Parlow, Past Chair:  see http://www.carleton.ca/psychology/faculty/parlow.html
 
Erwin Dreessen, Past Chair: see http://www.perc.ca/PEN/2001-07-08/s-dressen.html
 
 
 
 
 
Ron Rancourt, Webmaster and List Moderator
Ron provides assistance with website updates and maintenance.  He was launched into greenspace preservation since participating in the public working group for the N-S LRT Project maintenance yard site selection.
 
 
Past Directors:
Carol Gudz

Carol joined the Alliance in 2006 after becoming involved in advocating for sustainable development in Kanata West along the Carp River. At that time, several members of the Alliance also became involved in this issue.  She is also a member of the Ottawa Group of the Sierra Club of Canada.
 
George Wilson

George has been an environmental activist for several years. Until recently, he was Chair of the Ottawa Group of The Sierra Club of Canada. He is a passionate advocate of walking, cycling and the use of public transit.

George is a retired English teacher.
 
Theresa Jobateh,

Theresa was first lured to the Greenspace Alliance due to an inspiring literary event in the fall of 2002 called "The Poets' Pathway".  This clever portrayal of Confederation era poets got her interested in the Greenspace Alliance's Poets’ Pathway project.  Over the past few years she has been volunteering at events and performing various tasks as time and energy permits.  She is impressed and humbled by the efforts of other Alliance members, is learning from them and doing her best in the collective efforts to protect Greenspace in the Ottawa area.  She is also a poet and budding author so has admitted to sacrificing a lot of paper - recycled mostly, of course! 

Theresa works in the Information Technology field, wearing many hats in supporting various endeavours.