About the FGCA

The Board of Directors

The FGCA Board of Directors consists of nine members: two appointed from and by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), one appointed from and by the crown land forest managers, one appointed by and from Conservation Ontario (CO), and five elected from the membership, of which one must be elected from members in the seed and stock production industry.

An executive committee (EC) of the Board consists of the President and the Secretary/Treasurer and supervises the day to day operations. Those operations are carried out by the Coordinator (currently an OMNR staff member), who reports to the EC and the Board. The current Board of Directors was elected/appointed at the annual general meeting (AGM) in June 2010 and will hold office until the 2012 AGM.

 

Ed Patchell, Ferguson Forest Centre, Kemptville - FGCA President, EC, elected from seed and stock industry members

Glenn McLeod, Coburg, FGCA Secretary/Treasurer, EC

John Enright, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, London – appointed by Conservation Ontario

Brian Swaile, Forever Green Consulting, Utopia

Peter Mabee, Area Supervisor, Peterborough District, OMNR, Peterborough - appointed by OMNR

Gary Nielsen, Climate Change Project Coordinator, OMNR, Peterborough - appointed by OMNR

Steve Munro, Westwind Forest Stewardship, Parry Sound - appointed by Southern Ontario SFL members

Steve Smith, Society for Ecological Restoration - Ontario Chapter, Toronto Coordinator

Steve Bowers, Huron County Stewardship, Clinton

Barb Boysen, FGCA Coordinator (non-voting)