What We Do
Core Services
Who We Are
Meet the Firelighters! What started as a team of 8 people has grown to a team of over 90 employees. Our team brings together a wide range of experience, knowledge, and backgrounds.
Steve DeRoy, MSc
Chief Executive Officer | Director | EA Team Co-Lead | IKR Team Co-Lead | Mapping & GIS Team Lead | Planning & Implementation Team Co-Lead
Rachel Olson, PhD
President | Director | IKR Team Co-Lead | Health Team Lead
Ginger Gibson, PhD
Director | IBA Team Lead | Socio-Economic Research Team Lead
Alistair MacDonald, MA
Director | EA Team Lead | Ecology Team Co-Lead
Pamela Perreault, MSc
Director | Ecology Team Co-Lead | Planning & Implementation Team Co-Lead
Kayla Aldoff, BA
Accounts Payable Clerk
Makiko Allison
Chief Financial Officer
Ashleigh Andersen
Finance Coordinator
Holly Andrews, MSc
Senior Planner
Carly Armstrong, PhD
Program Manager
Inbar Av-Shalom, BA
Junior Researcher
Aiba Baekova, BA
Planner
Catherine Baxendale, BSc
Researcher
Etienne Beaudet, MSc
Victoria Bergeron
Lucas Bramberger, MA
Jordan Brown, MCRP
Senior Researcher
Graham Brownlee, MSc
Colby Bilodeau, BSc
Waverley Birch, MES | RPBio | RPP | MCIP
Senior Researcher | Planner
Amanda Bulmer, M.Env
Mauricio Carrasquilla, PhD
Emily Červenka, MSc
Julia Conzon, MSc
Program Manager, Mapping & GIS
Danielle Coppaway
IT Coordinator
Michelle Cuomo, MCRP
Alexis Castle, BA
Christine Davis, MFC
Senior Researcher and Program Manager
Katy Dimmer, BA | BSc
Researcher | Environmental Assessment Specialist
Melanie Jacobs-Douglas, BA
IKR Program Manager
Sabrina Fields, BA
Communications Coordinator
Ashley Elliott, BPl | RPP, MCIP
Rachel Ford, MSc
Lindsay Galbraith, PhD
Aislinn Gallivan, MA
Nicole Gaul, BSc
Jade Giesbrecht
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Tosh Grant, MA
Melinda Harman
Accounts Receivable Coordinator, Finance
Kim Hayward, MA
Kathleen Heggie, MCRP
Anne Hervieux, MGEM
Jessica Holden, MSc | RPBio
Amrit Hothi, BBa
Claudia Ho Lem, MSc
Neha Kapoor, HBEM
Emily Keane, BA
Junior Communications Specialist
Kimberley Keller, MA | PhD Candidate
Mary Kelly
Blake Kent
Knut Kitching, MA | FRGS
Katelyn Knott, MA
Intermediate Researcher
Sarah Kromberg, BSc
Janelle Kuntz, MA
Elizabeth Kuroyedov, MSc
Hayden LaBoucane, BSc | ADGISA
Sejal Lal, BA
Tara Lamothe, MRM
Ugo Lapointe, BSc
Susan Leech, MSc | RPBio
Research Director / Ecology Technical Lead
Ayden Loughlin, MA
Nisha Luken, MPlan
Taylor North, MSc
Molly S. Malone, PhD
Research Director, Indigenous Knowledge Research
Wendy Margetts, MSc
Emily Martin, MA
Jackson McDermott, BA
Jill Mills, MA
Mathew Murray, MA
Rylan O'Krane, BSc | ADGISA
Justin Page, PhD
Research Director, Regulatory
Guy Polden, MSc Env.
Chief Research Officer
Derek Rice, PAED | PhD
Jackson Rogers, BCom
Operations Assistant
Karleen Rutter, BA
Tania Salerno, PhD
Keith Scott, MA
Indigenous-led Impact Assessment Coordinator Intermediate
Andre Shepperd
Wyatt Smith
Alanna Smolarz
Guardian Program Support Specialist
Marie Sutherland
Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator
Jonathan Taggart, PhD
Kathryn Tate, BA
Office Coordinator
Anuja Thapa, MES
Erin Tomkins, MA
Tanya Tran, MSc
Kennedy Tuccaro, MGEM
Kyle Vermette, LLB
Special Advisor
Chris Wagner, BSc
Grant Wallace, BA
Rachel Weissfelner, BA
Amy Wilson, MSc
Environmental Assessment Program Manager
Kassandra Woods, MA
Anang Yashim, MSEM
Blanca Brown Esteban, BSc
Rachel Pelletier
Jadyn Godfrey
Research Intern
Freya Lambrecht
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