Board Committees
CAA Executive Committee
Karen Gansel, Co-Chair
Mark Vulliamy, Co-Chair
Margaret Anne Hume, Past Chair
Robert Mackay, Secretary
Anita Purcell (staff)
CAA Governance & Nominating Committee
Margaret Anne Hume, British Columbia (Chair)
Brian Douglas, British Columbia
Karen Gansel, Ontario
Anita Purcell (staff)
CAA Finance & Corporate Strategy Committee
Karen Gansel, Ontario (acting Chair)
Mark Vulliamy, British Columbia
Sylvia Barnard, Ontario
Robert Mackay, British Columbia
Anita Purcell (staff)
Fundraising and Sponsorship Sub-Committee
Mark Vulliamy, British Columbia (Chair)
Karen Gansel, Ontario
Doug Jordon, Ontario
Robert Mackay, British Columbia
Anita Purcell (staff)
Operational Committees
Advocacy Committee
Jeananne Kirwin, Alberta (Chair)
Elizabeth Hill, Alberta
Bruce Madole, Ontario
Madeleine Pelletier, Quebec
Anita Purcell (staff)
Branch Support & Development Committee
Arlene Smith, CAA–National Capital Region
Sharon Frayne, CAA–Niagara
Stephen Thompson, CAA–Peterborough
Lee Parpart and JF Garrard, CAA–Toronto
Robert Mackay, Regional Director–BC and YT
Madeleine Pelletier, Regional Director, QC and NU
Sylvia Barnard, Regional Director, ON
Melanie Marttila, Regional Director, ON
Mark Coté, Regional Director, MB and SK
Anita Purcell (staff)
Membership Committee
Robert Mackay, British Columbia
Arlene Smith, Ontario
Ronald Hore, Manitoba
Myrtle Siebert, British Columbia
Anita Purcell (staff)
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