CWN’s Board of Directors is the primary executive authority of the network. Board members include distinguished leaders from industrial, government, non-government, academic and community sectors.

CWN has been fortunate to attract a broad cross-section of exceptional Canadians to guide the organization. The Board of Directors has been instrumental in helping CWN build on its successful origins to create a truly integrated national innovation knowledge network that embraces strong partnerships as the key to success.

Chair

Peter Steblin, PEng, City Manager, City of Coquitlam

Vice Chair

Rick Findlay, PEng, (retired), Director, Water Programme, Pollution Probe

Treasurer

Donald Pearson, MPA, General Manager, Conservation Ontario

Members

Jean-François Barsoum, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Canada

Margaret Catley-Carlson, Patron, Global Water Partnership

Lou Di Gironimo, BA, General Manager, Toronto Water

D. George Dixon, PhD, Vice-President, University Research, University of Waterloo

Diane Dupont, PhD, Professor, Department of Economics, Brock University

Gord Lambert, Vice President of Sustainability, Suncor

Irving Leblanc, PEng, Water Specialist, Assembly of First Nations

David Marshall, PEng, Executive Director, Fraser Basin Council

Chantal Morasse, MSc, Vice President Water & Community Infrastructures, AECOM

Kelly Munkittrick, PhD, Scientific Director, Canadian Water Network

Robert Page, PhD, TransAlta Professor, University of Calgary

Robert Slater, Consultant, Adjunct Professor, Carleton University

Dan Wicklum, PhD, Director General, Water Science & Technology Directorate, Environment Canada

Ex Officio Members

Bernadette Conant, MSc, Executive Director, Canadian Water Network

Kim Douglas, PhD, Senior Program Manager, Networks of Centres of Excellence