Current Board Directors and Liaisons

 Barbara Nott, President 

Barbara was an Elementary School Teacher and Guidance Councilor for 35 years. She has been an adult member of Girl Guides of Canada for over 40 years both as a unit leader and presently as a National Training Adviser for Girl Guides of Canada. She is responsible for all adult training with the organization. Barbara has volunteered and served on executives for Curling and has chaired many committees for the school board and other organizations. She is presently retired and has finished being part of a team that wrote a Grade 7 and Grade 8 math textbook for Nelson Publishing.

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Andre Clement, First Vice President

Andre managed social, mental health, correctional, and justice services with the Ontario Government as a Program Administrator, Wilderness Program Administrator, Planning Officer, and Regional Director, Corrections, and Regional Director Justice Administrator, Justice Administration in Northern Ontario. He distinguished himself in managing change, reducing costs, building work teams, operating community and residential correctional programs,maintaining positive labour relations, and developing justice programs in First Nations communities. Over the last ten years, Andre's consulting practice has prided itself in its ability to simplify the complex, constructing project teams with the right mix of expertise and deliver a product that integrates the needs of multiple stakeholders. Andre has enjoyed several strategic planning and governance projects with Boards of Directors and First Nations.

Andre Clement

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Sherry Greasley, Treasurer

 

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Ron Tough, Secretary

 

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Deputy Mayor Ron Dupuis, City of Greater Sudbury City Council Liaison

Ron’s vision for the future of this great City is one of a thriving community.  It is of a city where people from all over Northern Ontario will come to shop, relax and play!  It is where students from all over will come to further their education at Laurentian University, Cambrian College and Collège Boréal.  Sudbury is currently on the edge of attracting some major developments which will create some much needed jobs.  The City of Greater Sudbury has a very bright future and Ron is extremely proud and honoured to be Counselor in it.

Ron Dupuis

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Debra Mattson, Director

 

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Ginette Forget-Rose, City of Greater Sudbury City Council Liaison

 

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Carole Dodge, Director

Biography Coming Soon!

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Biography Coming Soon!

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Lissa Lavalle, Director

Lissa Lavallee is a Band Member from the Wikwemikong Unceeded Indian Reserve. She is a graduate of Laurentian University’s, Honors Bachelor Social Work- Native Human Services Program and is currently pursuing Graduate Studies/Masters of Social Work. She currently holds the position of Project Manager for Laurentian University and Seven Generations Educational Institute. She also currently holds a seat on the Board for Better Beginning Better Futures representation for the Native Community and participates with a committee for Native Human Services 20th Year Reunion. Her family and  friends are a high priority for her and who she is and where she came from is also very important to her and her two boys.

 

Lisa Lavalle

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Jeremy Barton, Director

Jeremy currently works as an Employee Benefits Specialist with The Resource Centre - Northern Ontario for Great-West Life, where he supports financial advisors across Northern Ontario by acting as a consultant and wholesaler for their group benefits business. He works closely with advisors and local businesses, providing advice on their company's insurance needs. He has been there since he graduated from Laurentian University in May 2006 with an H.B. Comm in Sports Administration. During his time at Laurentian, he served as VP of the Student Council for SPAD and sat on the SPAD academic council. He spearheaded fundraising activities that raised tens of thousands of dollars for the program. He does significant work with The Heart and Stroke Foundation, is the Volunteer Chair at The Resource Centre and helped create and sits on that office's Workplace Wellness Committee.

 

Jeremy Barton

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Sherry Greasley, Director

Biography Coming Soon!

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Jan Oystrick, Director

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Melanie Lalonde, Program Coordinator

Melanie is currently a Graduate student in the Applied Social Research Program at Laurentian University. She sits as the student representative on both the M.A. departmental committee board and 'Ongoing Reform Committee' to improve the M.A. program at Laurentian. In addition to this she also works as a Research Assistant at the SDHU, where she is currently assisting in writing the final research report, for which she will be acknowledged in the publishing.

Melanie Lalonde

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