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
Rachel Olson, PhD
President | Director
Pamela Perreault, MSc
Director
Ginger Gibson, PhD
Alistair MacDonald, MA
Kayla Aldoff, BA
Finance Administrator
Ashleigh Andersen
Finance Coordinator
Holly Andrews, MSc
Technical Lead
Carly Armstrong, PhD
Program Manager
Inbar Av-Shalom, BA
Researcher
Catherine Baxendale, BSc
GIS Analyst
Colby Bilodeau, BSc
GIS Technician
James Blair, MGA
Research Analyst
Sarah Boivin, MA
Operations Director
Lucas Bramberger, MA
Jordan Brown, MCRP
Research Manager
Blanca Brown Esteban, BSc
Amanda Bulmer, MEnv
Tyler Cantwell, MSc
Tamara Cardinal, CPHR | BA
People & Culture Director
Mauricio Carrasquilla, PhD
Research Specialist
Alexis Castle, BA
Emily Červenka, MSc
Stephanie Chan, MSc
Alyssa Chow
Julia Conzon, MSc
Danielle Coppaway
IT Coordinator
Michelle Cuomo, MCRP | RPP | MCIP
Planner
Christine Davis, MFC
Aaron Deans, MScF | RPBio
Katy Dimmer, BA | BSc
Environmental Assessment Specialist
Ashley Elliott, BPl | RPP | MCIP
Sabrina Fields, BA
Communications Coordinator
Kelsie Francis, AScT, C.E.T., PMP
Project Manager
Lindsay Galbraith, PhD
Stacia Gallagher
Administrative Coordinator
Aislinn Gallivan, MA
Kalene Gould, MSc
Tosh Grant, MA
Cameron Gunton, PhD
Rana Hamadeh, MFA
Trish Hardisty, BBA
Melinda Harman
Kim Hayward, MA
Kathleen Heggie, MCRP
Kara Herbert, MPP
Impact Assessment Specialist
Anne Hervieux, MGEM
Claudia Ho Lem, MSc
Jessica Holden, MSc | RPBio
Amrit Hothi, BBA
Joel Jacob, BES
Melanie Jacobs-Douglas, BA
Neha Kapoor, HBEM
Dilek Karadağ, BEng
Emily Keane, BA
Mary Kelly, MREM
Blake Kent, BA
Knut Kitching, MA | FRGS
Katelyn Knott, MA
Sarah Kromberg, BSc
Janelle Kuntz, MA
Hayden LaBoucane, BSc | ADGISA
Freya Lambrecht, MSc
Tara Lamothe, MRM
Ugo Lapointe, BSc
Susan Leech, MSc | RPBio
Melody Lepine
Business Lead
Brenda Longclaws, MEd
Cultural Advisor
Ayden Loughlin, MA
Nisha Luken, MPlan
Molly S. Malone, PhD
Research Director
Wendy Margetts, MSc | RPBio
Jackson McDermott, BA
Amandah van Merlin, MA
Jill Mills, MEnv
Mathew Murray, MA
Taylor North, MSc
Rylan O'Krane, BSc | ADGISA
Justin Page, PhD
Rachel Pelletier, MSc
Guy Polden, MSc
Chief Research Officer
Sarah Rain, BA
Derek Rice, PAED | PhD
Cerren Richards, MSc
Jackson Rogers, BCom
Operations Assistant
Karleen Rutter, BA
Tania Salerno, PhD
Keith Scott, MA
Andre Shepperd
Evgeniia (Jen) Sidorova, PhD
Rebecca Sinclair, BEnv
Regena Sinclair, MA | ADGISA
Alanna Smolarz, MSc
Evangeline Studzinski
Marie Sutherland
Accounts Payable Manager
Anuja Thapa, MES
Erin Tomkins, MA
Tanya Tran, MSc
Kyle Vermette, LLB
Chris Wagner, BSc
Tanya Wahbe, PhD
Grant Wallace, BA
Rachel Weissfelner, MEnv
Amy Wilson, MSc
Carter Wilson, CPA
Finance Director
Kassandra Woods, MA
Research & Program Manager
Lilith Wyatt, MA
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!
