Board Committees

 

CAA Executive Committee

Karen Gansel, Co-Chair
Travis Croken, Co-Chair
Christopher Gorman, Vice-Chair
Margaret Anne Hume, Past Chair
Doug Jordan, Treasurer
Robert Mackay, Secretary

 

CAA Governance & Nominating Committee

Margaret Anne Hume, British Columbia (Chair)
Brian Douglas, British Columbia
Kenechukwo Onwudinjo, Alberta
Nduka Otiono, Ontario
Travis Croken (ex officio)

 

CAA Finance & Corporate Strategy Committee

Doug Jordan, Ontario (Chair)
Robert Mackay, British Columbia
Robin van Eck, Alberta
Karen Gansel, Ontario (ex officio)

Fundraising and Sponsorship Sub-Committee
Doug Jordon, Ontario
Kenechukwo Onwudinjo, Alberta
Anita Purcell, Ontario
TBD

 

Operational Committees

Advocacy Committee

Jeananne Kirwin, Alberta (Chair)
Elizabeth Hill, Alberta
Bruce Madole, Ontario
Madeleine Pelletier, Quebec
Rose Tekel, Ontario
Robert Longpré, Saskatchewan
Anita Purcell, Ontario
Travis Croken, Ontario (ex officio)

 

Branch Support & Development Committee

TBD, CAA–BC
Arlene Smith, CAA–National Capital Region
Sharon Frayne, CAA–Niagara
Stephen Thompson, CAA–Peterborough
Lee Parpart and JF Garrard, CAA–Toronto

Ex Officio Committee Members
Robin van Eck, Regional Director–Alberta
Robert Mackay, Regional Director–BC and YT
Melanie Marttila, Regional Director, ON
Robert Longpré, Regional Director, MB and SK
vacant, Regional Director, QC and NU
vacant, Regional Director, Atlantic
Brandi Tanner (staff support)

 

Marketing & Communications (MarComm) Committee

Ethan Allan, Alberta
Christopher Gorman, Ontario
Robert Longpré, Saskatchewan
Pamela Paterson, Ontario
Karen Gansel, Ontario (ex officio)
Brandi Tanner (staff support)

 

Membership Committee

Jane Baird-Warren, Quebec
Christopher Gorman, Ontario
Arlene Smith, Ontario
Robin van Eck, Alberta
Travis Croken, Ontario (ex officio)
Brandi Tanner (staff support)

 

CAA Branch Executive Volunteers

Canadian Authors—BC

Kathleen Schmitt, Past President
Naomi Steinberg, Treasurer
Myrtle Siebert, Membership Chair
Graeme Kennedy, Executive Member at Large
Elizabeth McLean, Executive Member at Large

 

Canadian Authors–National Capital Region

Arlene Smith, President
Sherrill Wark, Treasurer
Christine Beelen, Membership Coordinator
Adrienne Stevenson, Program Coordinator
Gill Foss, Branch Historian
Robynne Eagan, Executive Member at Large
Beverly Boutilier, Executive Member at Large

 

Canadian Authors–Niagara

Sharon Frayne, President
Charlotte King, Past President
Cat Wilson, Treasurer
Sylvia Barnard, Secretary
Randi Evans, Program Coordinator
Charlie Schott, Membership; Electronic Writer-in-Residence
Leah Young, Webmaster; Fifteen Stories High Coordinator
Keith Inman, The Banister Coordinator
Heather Sanders, Executive Member at Large

 

Canadian Authors–Peterborough

Val Crowley, acting President
Diana Chan-Salitter, Executive Member at Large
Stephen Thompson, Executive Member at Large
Richard Lowery, Executive Member at Large

 

Canadian Authors–Toronto

Lee Parpart, Co-President
JF Garrard, Co-President
Brandi A. Tanner, Membership Coordinator
Stephanie Wyeld, Secretary
Christopher Gorman, Executive at Large
June Rogers, Executive at Large
Pamela Yuen, Executive at Large
Njoroge Mungai, Executive at Large
Renée M. Sgroi, Executive at Large

 

National Office Volunteers

Hook, Line & Chapter (newsletter)

Jennifer Foster, Associate Editor

 

Whistler Independent Book Awards (WIBA)

Carol Tulpar, Reviews Coordinator

WIBA Reviewers

2021 Reviewers
Matthew Bin
Nicolas Brown
Deborah Cannon
Tim Carter
Mark Cote
Amber Cowie
Roxanne Davies
Brian Douglas
Katherine Doyle
Robynne Eagan
Jennifer Foster
Shelly Freedman
Joyce Goodwin
Zana Gordon
Margaret Hume
Graeme Kennedy
Chynna Laird
Monique Layton
Karen Lee
Kimberly Lemaire
Maureen MacDonald
Carol MacKay
Robert Mackay
Elizabeth McLean
Scott Parker
Kamal Parmar
Stephen Roth
Kathleen Schmitt
Myrtle Siebert
Nina Shoroplova
James Simpson
Alethea Spiridon
Jill Tunbridge
Barbara Wade Rose