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 | Mapping & GIS Team Lead | Indigenous Mapping Workshop Founder
Ginger Gibson, PhD
Director | Indigenous Negotiations Team Lead | Socio-Economic Research Team Lead
Alistair MacDonald, MA
Director | Environmental Assessment Team Lead
Rachel Olson, PhD
President | Director | IKR Team Lead | Indigenous Health Team Lead
Pamela Perreault, MSc
Director | Ecology Team Lead | Planning & Implementation Team Lead
Kayla Aldoff, BA
Finance Administrator
Makiko Allison
Chief Financial Officer
Ashleigh Andersen
Finance Coordinator
Holly Andrews, MSc
Technical Lead
Carly Armstrong, PhD
Program Manager
Inbar Av-Shalom, BA
Researcher
Catherine Baxendale, BSc
GIS Analyst
Victoria Bergeron
Shay Boechler, BA
Project Manager
Sarah Boivin, MA
Operations Manager
Lucas Bramberger, MA
Jordan Brown, MCRP
Research Manager
Blanca Brown Esteban, BSc
Colby Bilodeau, BSc
GIS Technician
Waverley Birch, MES | RPBio | RPP | MCIP
Amanda Bulmer, M.Env
Mauricio Carrasquilla, PhD
Research Specialist
Alexis Castle, BA
Research Analyst
Emily Červenka, MSc
Stephanie Chan, MSc
Julia Conzon, MSc
Program Manager, Mapping & GIS
Danielle Coppaway
IT Coordinator
Michelle Cuomo, MCRP
Planner
Christine Davis, MFC
Katy Dimmer, BA | BSc
Environmental Assessment Specialist
Ashley Elliott, BPl | RPP, MCIP
Sabrina Fields, BA
Communications Coordinator
Rachel Ford, MSc
Lindsay Galbraith, PhD
Aislinn Gallivan, MA
Tosh Grant, MA
Cameron Gunton, PhD
Melinda Harman
Kim Hayward, MA
Kathleen Heggie, MCRP
Kara Herbert, MPP
Impact Assessment Specialist
Anne Hervieux, MGEM
Jessica Holden, MSc | RPBio
Amrit Hothi, BBa
Claudia Ho Lem, MSc
Robin Howse, MSc
Impact Assessment Analyst
Melanie Jacobs-Douglas, BA
IKR Program Manager
Neha Kapoor, HBEM
Emily Keane, BA
Mary Kelly
Blake Kent
Knut Kitching, MA | FRGS
Katelyn Knott, MA
Sarah Kromberg, BSc
Janelle Kuntz, MA
Elizabeth Kuroyedov, MSc
Hayden LaBoucane, BSc | ADGISA
Sejal Lal, BA
Freya Lambrecht
Tara Lamothe, MRM
Ugo Lapointe, BSc
Susan Leech, MSc | RPBio
Melody Lepine
Business Lead
Ayden Loughlin, MA
Nisha Luken, MPlan
Molly S. Malone, PhD
Research Director, Indigenous Knowledge Research
Wendy Margetts, MSc
Emily Martin, MA
Jackson McDermott, BA
Jill Mills, MEnv
Mathew Murray, MA
Taylor North, MSc
Rylan O'Krane, BSc | ADGISA
Justin Page, PhD
Research Director
Rachel Pelletier, MSc
Guy Polden, MSc Env.
Chief Research Officer
Sarah Rain, BA
Derek Rice, PAED | PhD
Jackson Rogers, BCom
Operations Assistant
Karleen Rutter, BA
Tania Salerno, PhD
Keith Scott, MA
Andre Shepperd
Rebecca Sinclair
Alanna Smolarz
Marie Sutherland
Accounts Payable Manager
Kathryn Tate, BA
Office Administrator
Anuja Thapa, MES
Erin Tomkins, MA
Tanya Tran, MSc
Kennedy Tuccaro, MGEM
Kyle Vermette, LLB
Chris Wagner, BSc
Tanya Wahbe, PhD
Grant Wallace, BA
Rachel Weissfelner, BA
Amy Wilson, MSc
Environmental Assessment Program Manager
Kassandra Woods, MA
Research & Program Manager
Anang Yashim, MSEM
Lilith Wyatt, MA
Bimadoshka Pucan, PhD
Cheryl Matthew, PhD
Kelsie Francis, AScT, C.E.T., PMP
Tamara Cardinal, CPHR | BA
People & Culture Director
Kalene Gould
Rana Hamadeh
Regena Sinclair, BA&Sc
Dilek Karadağ, BEng
Interns
Advance your career at Firelight. Our staff work in-office and remotely across Canada. We want to make Firelight the choice employer for Indigenous people. Apply today!
