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
Holly Andrews, MSc
Senior Planner
Inbar Av-Shalom, BA
Junior Researcher
Aiba Baekova, BA
Planner
Catherine Baxendale, BSc
Etienne Beaudet, MSc
Researcher
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
Nisha Cochran, MPlan
Julia Conzon, MSc
Program Manager, Mapping & GIS
Michelle Cuomo, MCRP
Alexis Castle, BA
Christine Davis, MFC
Katy Dimmer, BA | BSc
Researcher | Environmental Assessment Specialist
Melanie Jacobs-Douglas, BA
IKR Program Manager
Sabrina Fields, BA
Communications Coordinator
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
Anne Hervieux, MGEM
Jessica Holden, MSc | RPBio
Amrit Hothi, BBa
Finance Coordinator
Claudia Ho Lem, MSc
Neha Kapoor, HBEM
Emily Keane, BA
Junior Communications Specialist
Kimberley Keller, MA
Mary kelly
Knut Kitching, MA | FRGS
Sarah Kromberg, BSc
Janelle Kuntz, MA
Elizabeth Kuroyedov, MSc
Hayden LaBoucane, BSc | ADGISA
Sejal Lal, BA
Sophie Lalor, BCom HR
Human Resources Assistant
Tara Lamothe, MRM
Ugo Lapointe, BSc
Susan Leech, MSc | RPBio
Senior Research Director | Technical Lead
Ayden Loughlin, MA
Taylor North, MSc
Intermediate Researcher
Molly S. Malone, PhD
Research Director, Indigenous Knowledge Research
Alexa Mantifel, MEnv
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.
Team Manager | Senior Researcher
Karleen Rutter, BA
Tania Salerno, PhD
Keith Scott, MA
Indigenous-led Impact Assessment Coordinator Intermediate
Andre Shepperd
IT Coordinator
Marie Sutherland
Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator
Jonathan Taggart, PhD
Anuja Thapa, MES
Aly Tkachenko, MA
Erin Tomkins, MA
Tanya Tran, MSc
Kennedy Tuccaro, MGEM
Kyle Vermette, LLB
Special Advisor
Sonja Voyageur, MBA | CPHR
Human Resources Manager
Chris Wagner, BSc
Grant Wallace, BA
Kassandra Woods, MA
Anang Yashim, MSEM
Blanca Brown Esteban, BSc
Research Intern
Jackson Rogers, BCom
Communications Intern & Admin Assistant
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!
