Governance
Board of Directors
The Foundation’s Board of Directors ensures the Foundation’s policies, grants, management, and investment reflects the mission to promote and sustain the Greenbelt as a beneficial, valuable, and permanent feature, enhancing the quality of life for all residents of Ontario.
Mary Lou Tanner, Chair, Partner and Principal Planner, Niagara Planning Group
Dr. David McKeown, Past Chair, Public Health Physician, Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Ontario.
David Oved, Secretary, David Oved Environmental Communications
Joyce McLean, Treasurer, McLean and Associates
Mary McGrath, Executive Director, GreenLearning Canada Foundation
Heather Tay, Principal, Solve Consulting
Ray Duc, Forrer Farms
David Lindsay, Chair of the Board of Directors, Infrastructure Ontario
Danielle Sharman, Economic Development Policy Analyst, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Franco Naccarato, Executive Director, Meat and Poultry Ontario
Robert Messervey, Partnership Development, Native Plants in Claremont
Angella Blanas, Project Manager, Project Architect, Urban Planning & Design
Charles Stevens, Director, Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
Advisory Committee
An external Advisory Committee supports the Foundation’s grant-making activity.
Robert B. Gibson, Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
Steve Holysh, Hydrogeologist, Program Manager ORMGP (Oak Ridges Moraine Groundwater Program)
Mark Stabb, Central Ontario Program Director, Nature Conservancy Canada.
Mark Reusser, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Sarah Winterton, Development Specialist, Carolinian Canada Coalition
Staff
Office of the CEO
Edward McDonnell
CEO
Namgyal Dolker
Executive Assistant
Executive Committee
Shelley Petrie
Program Director
Cheryl Weldon
Director of Community Relations & Partnerships