Tim Belec — Westerose, Alberta

Tim has been active in the area of watershed protection in the Battle River watershed for a number of years. He is founding member and current Chair of the Battle Lake Watershed Enhancement Association that among other things participated in the Battle Lake Pilot Project, an initiative of the then Energy and Utilities Board as the result of an intervention in a public hearing regarding the development of a gas well inside an important fen in the Battle Lake watershed. This Pilot has resulted in changes to government policy regarding the consultation and planning of oil and gas projects. He is founding member and Vice-Chair of the Battle River Watershed Alliance formed to become an officially recognized Watershed Planning and Advisory Council in Alberta. He was also a member of the Battle River Stakeholder Advisory Group. Tim has technical degrees from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology acting as a biomedical engineering technologist. He is CEO and President of Earthly Goods Trading Company Ltd, a company he formed in 2002 to sell and install domestic solar hot water systems, solar hot air systems and other energy efficiency devices.

Cheryl Bradley — Lethbridge, Alberta

Cheryl Bradley is a professional biologist whose career spans over three decades in western Canada, primarily southern Alberta. She is an independent consultant based in Lethbridge. Cheryl has expertise in environmental biology, fluvial geomorphology and public consultation. Since the early 1980s she has worked on numerous projects to map vegetation, survey rare plant species and communities, assess the environmental implications of developments, and develop environmental legislation and policy. Since the early 1990s, Cheryl has been an active volunteer with the Southern Alberta Group for Environment, producing a monthly newsletter and being a leading voice for the environment in her community. She has represented the environmental interest on advisory committees regarding planning of the Oldman. She is currently on the Urban Team of the Oldman Watershed Council and an alternate for Alberta Environmental Network on the Alberta Water Council.

Lorne Fitch — Lethbridge, Alberta

Lorne is a native Albertan who was born and raised on a farm in west-central Alberta. He has a B.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Calgary. The Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division employed him in various capacities and places from 1971 to 2006. Lorne has held positions as a Fisheries Biologist, a Regional Habitat Biologist and a Regional Fisheries Biologist. His current work focuses on explanations of how the natural world works; those explanations allow people to make better decisions on how they choose to use landscapes. He has worked on riparian systems since the beginning of his career and was there at the beginning of the Cows and Fish program. Lorne continues to spread the word on riparian management provincially, nationally and internationally. His work on environmental extension has lead to Alberta Emerald awards in 1996 and 1997, a Society for Range Management, Special President's award in 1998 and a Wildlife Society award in 2003. He is currently the Provincial Riparian Specialist, with the Cows and Fish program, and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Calgary.

Mary Griffiths — Edmonton, Alberta

Mary became a Senior Associate with Green Planet Communications Inc. after retiring from the Pembina Institute in 2009. She joined the Institute in 2000 where, as a Senior Policy Analyst with the Energy Solutions team, she was engaged in efforts to reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel energy development. Her many reports, published on the Pembina Institute web site, include several on energy and water. Mary served on various government committees, including the Advisory Committee on Water Use Practice and Policy, which she co-chaired, and the Coalbed Methane Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee. Between 1989 and 2000, Mary worked for the Alberta Liberal Caucus at the Legislature, always covering the environment portfolio. Prior to that she lived for 11 years in The Netherlands, where she was an active volunteer in an environmental organization. Mary obtained her B.A. and doctorate and started her career at the University of Exeter, UK, where she taught geography. In 2002, Mary received a Canadian Environment Award for her work on clean air issues and she is also the recipient of a 2005 Alberta Centennial Medal.

Rachelle Haddock — Calgary, Alberta

Rachelle was born and raised in the prairie environs of Rosetown, Saskatchewan. An environmentalist from a young age, she began fundraising for conservation organizations and carrying out environmental initiatives at the age of ten. She departed Saskatchewan to complete her undergraduate studies in Forestry at the University of British Columbia, where she was granted a B.Sc. in Natural Resources Conservation with Honours. Rachelle is presently pursuing a Master of Environmental Design (Environmental Science) at the University of Calgary. Her current research is centred on public participation for recreation access management planning on public lands in southwestern Alberta, Canada. 

Eric Lloyd — Bragg Creek, Alberta

Eric Lloyd received a degree in Engineering Chemistry from Queen’s University in 1975. He worked in a variety of engineering, operations, management and executive roles during his 31-year career in the Western Canadian Oil and Gas Industry. Eric was the founding President of PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada from 1996 to 2007. Prior to becoming President of PTAC, he was Vice-President, Operations for Poco Petroleums Ltd. Eric’s environmental volunteer work focuses primarily on watershed protection. He was founding Chair of the Elbow River Watershed Partnership (ERWP) and currently serves as past chair on the ERWP Board. He is also a member of the Bow River Basin Council. Eric was President of the Bragg Creek Environmental Coalition (BCEC) and currently is Vice President of BCEC. Eric is also a member of the University of Calgary Industry Advisory Council Engineering for Environment Program.

Maggie Romuld - Brooks, Alberta

Maggie is a bio-geographer based in Brooks. Not willing to live in a city, she has spent the past 15 years commuting to teach environmental and physical and human geography classes in Colleges and Universities in southern Alberta and BC. Maggie has conducted several studies of the geomorphology, biogeography and future hydrology of the Red Deer River and has written on the ecology of badlands and rare vegetation in Dinosaur Provincial Park. She has also led numerous ecotours through the region as an independent environmental education specialist. She is heavily involved in local environmental initiatives, specifically those involving water resource management and sustainability, and is currently a member of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance and part of the Technical Advisory Committee for the recently completed State of the Watershed for the Red Deer River

Greg Shyba — Calgary, Alberta

Greg was born and raised in Calgary. He obtained a BA from UBC and his LLB from the University of Alberta. Greg has been a member of the Law Society of Alberta for over 25 years. Prior to taking on the Executive Director position for the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research, Greg was the President and CEO of Trout Unlimited Canada for over 10 years. Greg been actively involved in a number of successful business ventures - several in the health sector. He is active on many community boards and has a particular interest in water quality and quantity issues. Greg is presently the Executive Director of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research. Greg resides in Calgary and is married to Marlis Schoenemann and they have three children, Matt, Paula and Peter.

Jason Unger — Edmonton, Alberta

Jason Unger is staff counsel at the Environmental Law Centre with a focus on water law, fisheries law, species at risk law, and conservation tools on private lands. Prior to joining the Centre in 2005 he worked in private practice doing general litigation, regulatory and administrative law. He also spent time working for the Alberta Wilderness Association with a focus on land use and protected areas in the southeastern slopes of the Alberta Rockies. Prior to practicing law he worked in biology, conducting fieldwork that examined roosting habits of bats in northern British Columbia and in Costa Rica.

Denise Verreault — Edmonton, Alberta

Denise earned her Bachelor of Environmental Sciences from Concordia University College of Alberta in 2003. Denise is the manager of the Environmental department for First Nations (Alberta) Technical Services Advisory Group (TSAG). She is a certified RETScreen International Trainer, has completed CEAA Orientation and Screenings certification courses, Banff Centre Aboriginal Leadership and Management Development course, and most recently the Alberta Council for Environmental Education Leadership Clinic. Denise has completed several publications, including a guide on renewable energy and energy efficiency project management for First Nations called First Nations of Alberta Climate Change Information Guide, an environmental guide Tools for Environmental Management; A Guide for First Nations, article publications on Wild life management and technical reports on Indoor air quality assessments. Being a former Conservation Officer and Park Warden trainee has allowed Denise to obtain a wide range of technical, administrative and field skills in both environmental sciences and law enforcement fields.