Les amis de la montagne/Our Team - Les amis de la montagne

Our success depends on committed individuals who share the same passion for the protection of one of our city’s most precious landscapes. This stands true for our Board of Directors, governors and employees.

Board of Directors

Since its creation in 1986, Les amis de la montagne has drawn its strength, expertise and influence from its Board of Directors. Hailing from academia, philanthropic foundations and the corporate world, its committed members steer our course and help advance our mission to protect and improve the exceptional space known as Mount Royal.

Officers

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

President

President, Montorsan Holdings

Jeffrey Drummond

VICE-PRESIDENT

President and Chief Operating Officer, DNA Capital

Louise Roy

VICE-PRÉSIDENT

Mediation and Public Consultation Expert

Sébastien Perron-Carle

TREASURER

Director, Global Investment Banking, Scotia Capital Inc.

Michel Cantin

Secretary

Partner, Bélanger Sauvé

Administrators

Philippe Beauregard

Director of Communications, Concordia University

Clément Demers

Architect and Urban Planner

Diana Ferrara Scalia

Stragetic Advisor, Gestion Samcon Inc.

Richard M. Hart

Investment Advisor, MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier

Patrick Kenniff

President, Kenniff Leadership

Carole Labelle Molson

Corporate Director

Julie Laurence

Vice President, Legal - Consumer at Rogers Communications

Rachel Léger

Manager, Biologist

Armand L. C. de Mestral, C.M.

Professeur Emeritus, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Eugene N. Riesman

Corporate Director

Robert Tellier

Portfolio Manager

Patrick Tobin

Vice President, Business Development, Rio Tinto

Peter F. Trent, C.Q., C.D.

Former mayor, City of Westmount

Marie-Odile Trépanier

Honorary Professor, Faculté de l’aménagement, Université de Montréal

Peter Vamos

Executive Director, Portage

Hélène Panaïoti

EX OFFICIO

Executive Director, Les amis de la montagne

Board Commitees

Governance

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

CO-CHAIR

Patrick Kenniff

CO-CHAIR

Rachel Léger

Hélène Panaïoti

EX OFFICIO

Louise Roy

Patrick Tobin

Strategic Orientations And Communications

Louise Roy

CO-CHAIR

Philippe Beauregard

Michel Devoy

Fiona Hirst

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

Rachel Léger

Patrick Kenniff

Carole Labelle Molson

Olivier Lapierre

Armand L.C. de Mestral, C.M.

Jean Paré

Marie-Josée Vaillancourt

Hélène Panaïoti

EX OFFICIO

Maryline Charbonneau

advisor

Properties And Preservation

Mehdi Ghafouri

CO-CHAIR

Marie-Odile Trépanier

CO-CHAIR

Alexandre Beaudoin

Dinu Bumbaru, C.M.

Daniel Chartier

Clément Demers

Julien Deschênes

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

Pierre Valiquette

Maryline Charbonneau

Advisor

Hélène Panaïoti

EX OFFICIO

Finances

Sébastien Perron-Carle

CHAIR

Ben Belec

Michel Devoy

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

Joanne Lalumière

David Mérineau

Thomas Williams

Roberta Franske

ADVISOR

Hélène Panaïoti

EX OFFICIO

Fund Development Committee

Philip Belec

CO-PRESIDENT

Jeffrey Drummond

Diana Ferrara Scalia

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

Kathryn Lund Drummond

Françoise E. Lyon

Érik Moisan

Robert Tellier

Hélène Panaïoti

EX OFFICIO

Governors

Les amis de la montagne is fortunate to include many prominent men and women from foundations and corporations as our governors. We owe much of our success to the commitment and generosity of these individuals who share our concerns and support our mission.

Governors Emeritus

Arthur Bruneau†
Marcel Côté†
Michael Graff
Cécile Grenier
Antoine Paré, c.r.†
Lorne Webster†

Honorary Members

Charles E. Beveridge
Witold Rybczynski

Governors

Abe Adham
Ian Aitken
Robert Alain
Sami Antaki
Karin Austin
Dr. Douglas Avrith
Jean-Claude Bachand
Raymond Bachand
Alexandre Beaudoin
Guy G. Beaudry
Philippe Beauregard
Benjamin Belec
Philip Belec
Jacques Bellefeuille
Hélène Bellefeuille
Jacques Bénard
Laurent N. Benarrous
Jean-Yves Benoit
Christiane Bergevin
Tom Berryman
Caroline Biron
Hans P. Black
David Blair
André Boisclair
Hubert Bolduc
Nathalie Bondil, C.M., C.Q.
The Hon. Lucien Bouchard, G.O.Q.
Bernard Bougie
Jean-Yves Bourdages
Youssef Boutros, CPA, CA
Rob Braide
Guy Breton, C.M.
Jean-Daniel Brisson
Tim Brodhead
Peter G. Brown
Michel Bruyère
Dinu Bumbaru, C.M.
Robert A. Callard
Michel Cantin
Brian Casey
Jonathan Cha
André Chagnon, O.C.
Daniel Chartier
Viateur Chénard
Dominique Codère
Hélène Couture
Mary Bruns Creighton
Alain Creton
Jean Décarie †
Jonathan Deitcher
Charles de Kovachich
Armand L. C. de Mestral, C.M.
Clément Demers
Julien Deschênes
André Desmarais, O.C., O.Q.
Hélène Desmarais, C.M
Paul Desmarais Jr., O.C.
Michel Devoy
Ugo Dionne
Frank Di Tomaso
Marianne Donaldson
Jacques Dorais
Paule Doré

Jeffrey Drummond
Barbara Drury
Serge Dubreuil
Nancy H. Dunton
Michel Famelart
Deborah Fang
Lucy A. Fellowes
Diana Ferrara Scalia
Robert Fortier, CPA, CA
Suzanne Fortier
Yves L. Fortier, C.C., O.Q.
Brian O.N. Gallery †
Carolina Gallo La Flèche
Michel Gariépy
Robert Gervais
Mehdi Ghafouri
Julie Godin
Robert P. Godin
Wendy Graham
Daniel Granger
Réjean Gravel
Père Claude Grou, c.s.c.
Sylvie Guilbault
Christine Harkness Lapointe
Richard M. Hart
Dave Harvey
Fiona Hirst
Gerald T. Hogan
Marja Hogan
Marie-Claire Holland
Jane Howlett
Morag Howlett
Peter A. Howlett, C.M.
Stephen Huddart
Isabelle Hudon
Jill Hugessen
Emilio B. Imbriglio
Jay Iversen
Peter Jacobs
Michèle Jodoin
Edward J. Johnson
Judith Kavanagh
Karen Khalil
Robert Keaton
Patrick Kenniff
Bruce Kent
Andrew Koenig
Yvonne Koenig
Claire Kruyt
Carole Labelle Molson
Annick Laberge
Luc Lacharité
Éric R. La Flèche
Joanne Lalumière
Yves Lalumière
Phyllis B. Lambert, C.C. GOQ, FRAIC, FSRC, RCA
Danielle Landry
David M. Lank, C.M.
Marc Laperrière
Olivier Lapierre
The Hon. Charles Lapointe, P.C.
Pierre Lapointe
Julie Laurence
François Laurin
Jean Laurin
Michel Leblanc
Rachel Léger
Louise Letocha
Eliot Lifson
Kathryn Lund Drummond
Françoise E. Lyon
Fouad Mansour
Christine Marchildon
Me Bruce McNiven, C.M.
Gloria Ménard
Donna Mergler
David Mérineau

Tony Meti
Brett Miller
Alain Miquelon
Érik Moisan
Pierre Monahan
François Morin
Éric Morisset, CA
Laurent Morisset
Louis Morisset
Gwen Andrews Nacos
Philip M. O’Brien, C.M.
Luc Ouimet
Jean Paré
John Parisella
Jacques Parisien
Alexander K. Paterson, O.Q.
John J. Peacock
Jan Peeters
Sébastien Perron-Carle
Guy Pinard
Richard W. Pound, O.Q., O.C.
Vincent M. Prager
Martine Primeau
Claude Quenneville
Ron Rayside
Eugene N. Riesman
Joan Robb Paterson
Joanne Rossy
François R. Roy
Louise Roy, O.Q., O.C.
Louise Roy
Normand Royal
Jean Saucier
Suzanne Sauvage
Conrad Sauvé
Lucie Sauvé
Sam Scalia
Susan Scott Evans
Herschel Segal
Marie Sénécal-Tremblay
Paul Setlakwe
Joyce Shanks
Marie Sicotte
Jane Silverstone Segal
Pierre Simard
The Hon. Larry W. Smith, C.Q.
Martin Spalding
Alfred Stehr
Donat Taddeo
Robert Tellier
Frances Eliot Tobin
Patrick Tobin
Alain Tremblay
Peter F. Trent
Marie-Odile Trépanier
Marie-Josée Vaillancourt
Pierre Valiquette
Peter Vamos
Ivan Velan
Thomas C. Velan
Manon Vennat, C.M.
Lillian Vineberg
Stuart Webster
Jonathan I. Wener, C.M.
Thomas Williams
Robert B. Winsor
Nathalie Zinger
Daniel Jutras

Employees

Trained in environmental studies, architecture, urban planning and related fields, the core team of Les amis de la montagne is responsible for educational and outdoor recreational programs, nature conservation activities and advocacy work for the protection of the mountain. It also provides a range of services to Mount Royal Park visitors. Every year, close to 100 young people—students and recent graduates for the most part—join the team as seasonal and part-time employees to provide educational and outdoor services or work at the Café des Amis.

You can contact a member of our team by calling 514 843-8240.

Office of the Executive Director

Hélène Panaïoti

Executive Director

Mathieu Gaume

interim Assistant Executive Director

Ivana Milunovic

Assistant to the Executive Director

Éric Richard

Scientific Advisor

Marie Quesnel

CHRP, Human Resources Advisor

Ana Cabrera

Human Resources technician

Finance and Administration

Roberta Franske

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE and Administration

Caroline Chenail

Financial Controller

Jesus Alfonso Dubon

Accounting Technician

Claire Lessard

Bookkeeper

Dave Simard Gagnon

System and network administrator

Whitney Astles

Fundraising Administrative Assistant

Mount Royal Park Visitor Services

Marieke Lemieux

Reservations Officer

Ileana Badino

senior WELCOME CENTRE AND GIFT SHOP ATTENDANT

Sabrina Akli

Welcome Centre and Gift Shop Attendant

Alphée Turcotte

outdoor activities lead

Titouan Letourneur

Outdoor Activities Assistant

Café des Amis

Laetitia Aguililla Godoy

Interim Head of Restaurant Services

Conservation and Education

Kaisa Tikkanen

Project manager
Paroles de paysages

Stéphanie Plourde Pellerin

INTERIM SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAM LEAD

Samuelle Serre Laberge

environmental conservation patroller

Dylan Rawlik

DIRECTor of CONSERVATION and eDUCATION

Antonin St-Jean

Head of Conservation Services

Victoria Desmarais

Community Environmental Stewardship Lead

Mélina Jimenez

public programming lead

Claudine Filion-Dufresne

Head of Education Services

Geneviève Bilodeau-Blain

interim School and Youth Program Lead

Laurence Jacques

Day Camp Lead

Ariane Bernier

Environmental conservation Patrol lead

Pascale Bélanger-Lavallée

Expert Environmental Conservation Patroller

Jules Delisle

Expert Environmental Conservation Patroller

Andrea Brown

Environmental conservation Patroller

Éric Guerra-Grenier

Environmental conservation Patroller

Jérôme Bernier-Brillon

Environmental conservation Patroller

Michael Paulauskas

Environmental conservation Patroller

Philanthropic Development

Charlène Petit

Interim Director of Philanthropic Development and Partnerships

Public Affairs

Maryline Charbonneau

Director of Public Affairs

Jean-François Roy

Urban Planning, Environment and Heritage Advisor

Communications

Marie-Claude Cabana

Interim communications director

Manon Jarno

digital communications OFFICER

Charline Veyret

Graphic Designer