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Board of Directors

The Canadian Business and Biodiversity Council is being advised and directed by a Board of Directors made up of Business, Government, Environmental Non Government and Academia. The Board will provide assistance and direction in developing and implementing the guidance, tools and programs for Canadian Businesses to meet their social and legislative obligations and to carry out their activities in an ecologically sustainable manner. Tenure for Board members is two years and current members include:

Business

• Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association: Mr. Paul Short, President
• Deloitte: Ms. Geneva Claesson, Manager, Sustainability and Climate Change
• Holcim (Canada) Inc: Mr. Luc Robitaille, Corporate Director Environment
• Ontario Power Generation: Mr. Steve Hounsell,
  Senior Advisor, Corporate Sustainable Development Group
• Sobeys, Inc.: Mr. David Y. Smith, Vice President Sustainability
• Suncor Energy Inc.: Mr. Peter MacConnachie,
  Sr. Sustainability Issues Management Specialist
• Syngenta Canada: Ms. Judy Shaw, Government Affairs Director
• Xstrata Canada: Mr. Robert Prairie, Director - Ecological Effects Assessment

Government and Institutions

• Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity:
  Mr. Ravi Sharma, Director, Implementation, Technical Support and Outreach
• Environment Canada: Debbie Martin, Biodiversity Convention Office

Environmental NGOs

• Ducks Unlimited Canada: Mr. Jamie Fortune, Director of Corporate Affairs
• NatureServe Canada: Doug Hyde, Executive Director

Academia

• University of Guelph: Dr. Josef Daniel Ackerman, Professor, Physical Ecology and Aquatic Science, Department of Integrative Biology Science

Members-At-Large

• Johanne Gélinas

Staff

• Reg Melanson, Executive Director, Canadian Business and Biodiversity Council
• John Herity, Advisor