Board of Directors, Committees and Staff

As an incorporated charity, the Bay Area Restoration Council is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that represents a wide range of Hamilton Harbour stakeholders.

2011/2012 Board of Directors

Scott Koblyk, President President, Macmillan Rae Communications, Inc.
Martin Keller, Treasurer Manager, Source Protection Water Grand River Conservation Authority
Debra McBride, Vice President Citizen at Large Artist, Education
Pat Chow-Fraser Professor, Director of Life Sciences McMaster University		Grand opening of waterfront kiosk at Bayfront Park (June 18, 2011)
Victor Cairns Fisheries Biologist, Retired Fisheries & Oceans Canada		Bruce Newbold Director McMaster Institute for Environment and Health
Gary Kirkwood Citizen at Large Entrepreneur		Preeya Raja Student McMaster University
Tys Theysmeyer Head of Conservation and Natural Lands Royal Botanical Gardens		Sarodha Rajkumar Environmental Specialist ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Elections held July 18, 2011. Officers elected by the Board.


Staff

Chris McLaughlin, Executive Director
Kelly Pike, Program Manager
Rhoda deJonge, Diversity Coordinator
Karen Logan, Administration and Finance Coordinator

Committees

BARC committees assist and support staff in fulfilling our mandate. Members may volunteer to work on a committee upon approval of the committee chair.

• The Monitoring Committee develops BARC’s annual Toward Safe Harbours report, highlighting the implementation, successes and setbacks of the Remedial Action Plan.
  
• The Strategic Planning Committee is developing a broad strategic plan for BARC. Its focuses are: the main purpose of BARC, balancing BARC's communication, collaboration and watchdog roles and how these roles will change once the harbour is delisted.
• The Executive Committee includes BARC's President, Vice President and Treasurer.  It functions as a finance, human resources and executive committee.

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