Karel Mayrand - President & Chair of the Board

Karel Mayrand is the manager for the David Suzuki Foundation - Québec and is part of the management team for DSF's Vancouver office. He is also a trained presenter for the Climate Project Canada and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors.  Before joining the David Suzuki Foundation, he was co-founder of Unisféra International Centre, a sustainable development think-tank wherein he created Planetair, a carbon offset programme leading the Canadian carbon credit sector. Karel has worked in the sustainable development sector now for over 12 years. He has served as a sustainable development consultant to many governments and United Nation agencies, including former Quebec Premier Marc Johnson  for more than a decade. Regularly invited to comment on environmental issues in the media, Karel is also co-author of Governing Global Desertification (2006, Ashgate Aldershot Editions, London) and Manifeste pour un Québec durable ( 2007). He is a 2005 Action Canada fellow and was a finalist for the Arista Provincial Competition in 2008 as Quebec's socially responsible entrepreneur of the year.

Kent Hovey-Smith - Director

(Biography coming soon)

Philippe Kattan - Attorney

Based in Montreal, Quebec, Philippe Kattan practices law in Lapointe Rosenstein L.L.P.'s commercial practice group. While his practice covers many areas of commercial law, he specializes in mergers and acquisitions, real estate and taxation and estate planning. Philippe advises several not-for-profit and student organizations regarding corporate, taxation, accreditation, governance and a wide variety of other general legal issues. He is often called upon to attend board or general meetings of such organizations to offer specific and/or general advice on various legal issues. In 2009, Philippe completed the Climate Project presenter training in Nashville Tennessee and was subsequently offered a seat on the board of directors of TCP Canada. In this capacity, he advises the board on all manner of legal issues facing the organization. He is also a member of the Centre for the Law of Business and International Trade as well as the Association de planification fiscale et financière. Philippe is a graduate of the Université de Montréal with a civil law degree and of the John Molson School of Business with a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Finance). He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 2007.

Morag Carter - Director

(Biography coming soon)

Chantal Despres - Chair of The Fund-raising Committee - The Climate Project Canada

Based in Montreal, Chantale Després is Director of Marketing Communications and Research at CN, responsible for the design and implementation of strategic marketing communication programs in support of multiple business units, as well as market research. Over the past two years, she has added environmental solutions to her responsibilities and has had the opportunity to work with many leading companies, consultants, and governments in the area of sustainability and environmental strategies. # In April of 2008, Chantale completed the Climate Project training in Montreal with Nobel Laureate Al Gore and also received additional training at The Climate Project's North American Summit in Nashville, in May 2009. She became chair of the fund-raising committee in January of 2009 for The Climate Project Canada. Chantale holds a Masters Degree in Marketing from l'Université de Sherbrooke and a Business Administration Degree from l'Université de Moncton.

Gordon Hicks - Director

Gordon Hicks is a graduate of Carleton University, where he earned his BA, Mechanical Engineering. He is a Professional Engineer and has been a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario since 1990. Gordon started his career in the building services industry with Johnson Controls in 1988Gordon Hicks joined BLJC in 1997 and has held a number of Executive roles until being appointed President in 2006. In May 2007, Gordon was elected to the Board of Directorsof the Canada Green Building Council and he continues to sit on the Board today. In April 2008, Gordon became one of 275 Certified Canadian Presenters of Al Gore's "The Climate Project", inspired by the Academy Award winning documentary on climate change, "An Inconvenient Truth". In November 2009,Gordon was selected to sit on the Board of the Climate Project Canada. Gordon is also the Cabinet Leader for the Real Estate Sector, for the Canadian B reast Cancer Foundation which is a role he accepted in September 2009

Candace Labelle - Director

Candace Labelle is based in Ottawa, Ontario, where she is the director for CSC's internal sustainability initiative known as CSC GreenWay. Launched in

June of 2008, the program is responsible for developing and implementing CSC's short and long term corporate environmental and sustainability strategy. Through this program, CSC is actively engaging employees and reducing the environmental footprint of their global operations, supporting 92,000 employees in over 80 countries.

Candace attended Ottawa University, holds certifications for PMP, 6 Sigma Green Beltand ITIL Foundations, and has 15 years experience in the IT industry.

As an active TCP presenter, having attended the first Canadian training in Montreal in 2008, and well as Mr.Gore's US Summit and follow up training in Nashville in May of 2009, Candace delivers the urgent message on climate change and our need for action whenever an opportunity presents itself. Her presentations are updated with Canadian content and a solutions and activity focus, and then shared with various local audiences on a volunteer basis to help raise awareness about climate change, and inspire action toward change.

 Candace enjoys hiking with her dog, gardening, and teaching pottery in her spare time.

Taryn McMohr - Director

As a member of the first generation that will greatly suffer from climate change related impacts, Taryn brings a unique perspective to the board. In April, 2008, she was trained by Al Gore and The Climate Project Canada in Montreal. As a presenter, she works to educate and mobilize youth in relation to the climate crisis. Since youth will inherit the consequences of our leaders' decisions, she believes that they should be actively involved in shaping solutions.

 In December 2008, Taryn was one of two Canadian high school students sponsored by the British Council Canada to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). She also returned to the UNFCCC a year later in Copenhagen, as a member of the Canadian Youth Delegation. Within the negotiations, her roles included meeting with and lobbying top government officials, engaging with the media and working collaboratively with international youth to affect the outcomes of the conference. During the high-level negotiations in 2008, she was one of four international youth chosen to deliver an address on behalf of youth attending the conference.

 To study the environmental and social effects of climate change on the Arctic, Taryn traveled to Nunavut in July, 2009 with the organization Students On Ice. For her service to her community and the environment, Taryn has received the Mayor's Environmental Award for the City of Fredericton, the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership, the Millennium Excellence Award and, the Toyota Earth Day Scholarship. She is now in her first year of studies at the University of Toronto.

Mike Gerbis - Founding Chair / President

Désirée McGraw - Founding Vice-Chair / President

Peter Corbyn

René Brunet

Shelley Kath