Our team comprises staff and members of the Board of Directors who live in a variety of communities and bring diverse perspectives, experiences, education, and expertise to their work in support of local governments and Indigenous communities.
CEA Staff
Jenna Annett
Understands workforce challenges in rural contexts, and applying this to engage the building sector in upskilling for deep energy retrofits.
Kelsey Bartha
All things finance for CEA, ensuring that projects are financially viable and financial reporting is efficient and on time
Patricia Bell
Long term leadership in coaching and education, currently guiding Indigenous engagement, with deep knowledge of urban revitalization, land use planning, and sustainable development.
Natasha Del Bosco
Part of the Retrofit Assist team. Here to support homeowners needs and objectives throughout their retrofit journey.
Amanda Breuer
The go-to for contract negotiations, project controlling and administrative support across the organization.
Rachel Buskie
Leads built environment projects to create capacity and support the transformation of the building sector at regional and local levels.
Mariah Byers
Here to guide you through our Retrofit Assist program – from initial interest through to installation and applying for and receiving rebates.
Gaëtane Carignan
Building energy performance expert including applying Energy Step Code in rural, cold climates. Deep knowledge of all things food systems and organic waste.
Mark Castonguay
Provides support for administrative, financial and research aspects of projects as well as facilitating communication across the organization.
Sally Childs
The polish and the paint of all CEA documents, communications, branding, and design.
Maya Chorobik
Leads Climate Leadership programming with elected officials, designer of peer networks, information systems, and strategic collaboration across local, regional, and provincial levels.
Trevor Chow-Fraser
Using words and visuals to mobilize our membership and foster engagement with climate action.
Rebecca Cuttler
Connects CEA projects with Sustainable Communities programming.
Amber Davis
Working on the frontline of the Retrofit Assist program, assisting homeowners through the process.
Marianne Doehler
Providing GIS spatial analysis and mapping support across CEA with a passion for finding innovative ways that GIS can be applied to climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions in Canadian communities.
Greg Dong
All things emissions modelling, all things inventories with a passion for helping ground CEA solutions in data.
Dr. Ali Ergudenler
All things policy and planning, providing communities with solutions that are backed by science and grounded in reality of local governments.
Amanda Evans
Responsible for leading the implementation of the dynamic and growing Retrofit Assist Program. Responsibilities include engaging with partner communities, overseeing the program delivery and expansion, and participating in strategic development.
Jen Grebeldinger
Leads all things communications at CEA, grounding strategies in social science and climate communications theory.
Emma Gregson
Keeps staff and projects running effectively and efficiently, and lead project controller – supporting internal systems.
Andrea Hedley
Guides CEA’s public and stakeholder engagement strategy, supporting dialogue, collaboration and networks for advancing low carbon communities.
Josephine Howitt
Corporate and community climate action plans, with support for implementation of specific plans, policies and projects.
Sunshine Jarvis
Supports the meaningful education and sustainable implementation of low-carbon transportation initiatives across municipal and indigenous communities.
Shajini Jeganmohan
Provides a range of assistance to peer networks and supports reporting, impact measurement, and project workplan development.
Carly Johansson
All things implementation of engagement, making technical information captivating, zoom meetings exciting, and complex projects run smoothly.
Miranda Kastrukoff
Ensures accurate and timely processing for all aspects of payroll, including organizational compliance and financial reporting.
Kana Kawanishi
Provides data and analytical support across CEA, and oversees the quality assurance of CEA’s inventory, modelling, and data analysis work
Andrew King
Supports Municipal and Indigenous Governments to decarbonize their transportation sectors, leading projects which bring together multiple stakeholders, experts, and members of the public to achieve resilient solutions.
CaroleAnn Leishman
Supporting elected officials in local governments to be leaders in Climate Action achieving community resiliency and carbon emission reduction goals through resource sharing and collaboration with other partners.
Kate Letizia
Strategic planner and policy designer accelerating climate leadership in AB with a focus on municipal tool design and dissemination, and peer-network development.
Elyse Lindgren
Experienced in climate and community resiliency planning with a passion for energy management. Elyse supports the implementation of the Retrofit Assist Program.
Megan Lohmann
A visionary leader who builds relationships and multi-stakeholder collaborations to maximize impact for GHG reductions and community benefits.
Lisa Mak
Connecting dots and people; supporting local governments to increase adoption and participation in their turnkey projects like Retrofit Assist.
Jessica Martin-Thompson
Leads complex built environment projects that will transform the building sector and create capacity at regional and local levels.
Katherine McDougall
Go to Katherine for all data needs: energy & emissions inventories, modelling, analysis, research and reporting.
Katherine Pearce
Informing peer networks with theory and a lens of regional collaboration, supporting collaborative implementation in the Vancouver Island and Coast region.
Laura Cooper PhD
Laura has had a lifelong interest in the intersection of human-nature relationships, health and environmental conditions.
Toby Quantrell
Contributes towards transportation strategies that empower communities to achieve emission reduction goals.
Brittany Ratay
Administrative support that helps senior leadership move quickly and effectively.
Peter Robinson
“You can’t manage what you don’t measure”, so Peter dives into the data for modelling and strategizing high impact climate actions in 54+ CEEPs.
Tami Rothery
Leads innovation in built environment programming and applies deep knowledge of holistic solutions that are both bold and pragmatic.
Lyla Samuels
Brings CEA back to the fundamentals to make sure we meet our financial obligations and maintain trust as a non-profit
Ceirra Sarazin
Cross functional support including research, communications, and administrative processes.
Sam Sedlowsky
Builds and maintains all the tools and systems that allow local government staff to connect, share and learn from each other.
Jude Smith
The strategic communications thinker for the communications team designing marketing, media and online campaigns to enable impact.
Anna Sterankova
Produces analytics of the organization’s finances and forecasting and supports project managers in financial reporting to clients and funders and other related project control functions.
Kathryn Trnavsky
Supporting peer network and climate leadership programming in solutions that allow for co-creation, youth engagement, equity and justice.
Rob van Adrichem
Amplifies the work of staff in order to encourage the widespread adoption of climate solutions, positions CEA as a leader in community-based climate action, and facilitates collaboration among northern and resource-based communities.
Robbert Visscher
Leads the administrative team at CEA and the upgrade of systems and processes to accommodate future growth of the organization.
Danielle Wiess
Leads transportation initiatives with a passion for ideas that are collaborative and make it easy and safe for everyone to use low carbon transportation.