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Commission Members
Public-at Large Members
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Don Scott
Chair
Don was appointed as Chair of the Niagara Escarpment Commission in July 1997. He is Principal of Cuesta Planning Consultants which was established in 1992. Don was Director of Planning and Economic Development Department for Bruce County from 1979-1992. He was Chairman of the Municipal Advisory Committee to the Niagara Escarpment Commission during the comprehensive Five Year Review of the Niagara Escarpment Plan from 1990-1994. Don lives in Wiarton, Ontario on the Bruce Peninsula.
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Donald Alexander
Don Alexander is a TV-video producer, writer and cameraperson. Programmes have included a variety of subjects: eco-tourism, agriculture, water-quality, art videos and biography. He has lived and worked in both the Niagara and Bruce Peninsula areas. In the 1970s he was a member of the Niagara Region planning and development committee at a time when the Niagara Escarpment Commission was formed and when urban boundaries were established. Don was accredited by the Canadian Public Relations Society and has been an information officer with the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority in the Niagara Peninsula. He has also been programme manager of an Ontario television station.
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Georgina Beattie
Georgina Beattie taught elementary school in Wentworth County and spent many years in the fruit farm supply business in Winona. She is a former City of Stoney Creek Councillor, a former member of the Stoney Creek Committee of Adjustment and a former member of the Conservation Foundation for the Hamilton Region Conservation Authority. Living within walking distance of the Niagara Escarpment throughout her lifetime, Georgina developed a keen interest in both the Escarpment and the Commission, receiving her appointment to the Commission in September 2003. Georgina is an active member of her community including the Winona Horticultural Society, Fifty United Church and being involved with the Winona Peach Festival since 1967. Georgina, with her husband and four children, currently operate a garden centre in Winona.
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Nars Borodczak
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Corwin T. Cambray
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Joan Little
The commission welcomes the return of Joan Little, who was a commissioner from 1986 to 1993, and chair from 1993 to1996. She was a member of Burlington Council and Halton Regional Council between 1974 and 1988, and an active board member of Conservation Halton from 1976 to 1995. Following her council retirement she served on the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Board, which she left in 1993 to assume the Chair of the NEC. She is a regular freelance columnist on Burlington/Halton issues in the Hamilton Spectator.
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Cecil Louis
Cecil Louis returned to the Niagara Escarpment Commission in 2004, having served as the agency's Manager of Development Control from 1974-78 and Manager, Plan Preparation, to the NEC's Assistant Director from 1974-1997. After graduating with an Honours degree in geography from the University of Toronto in 1964, he was Planner to the Acting Director of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs from 1965-74. During that time Mr. Louis also served as a member of the Interministerial Task Force on the Niagara Escarpment.
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Moreen Miller
Moreen Miller is the President of the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA), the industry association representing over 250 sand, gravel, and crushed stone producers and suppliers. OSSGA works in partnership with government and the public to promote a safe and sustainable aggregate industry. Prior to joining the OSSGA, Moreen was Vice President, Land, Aggregates and Concrete Division for Lafarge, the world’s largest construction materials producer. Moreen worked internationally with legislation, rehabilitation initatives, community affairs and sustainable development throughout the 75 countries in which Lafarge operates worldwide. She has an academic background in geology and landscape architecture, and has over 20 years of experience in the rehabilitation and restoration of industrial landscapes. In previous career positions, and with her current employer, Moreen has been involved in many industrial rehabilitation projects across North America, as well as provincial initiatives in Ontario involving non-renewable resources, policy development, and sustainability.
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John Riley
John Riley was appointed to the Niagara Escarpment Commission in 2003. His career in ecology started at the Royal Ontario Museum, where he worked as a botanist. In 1986, he joined the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, where he developed natural-heritage policies and programs. Mr. Riley also served as science director and executive director of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists. For the past four years, he directed the science and stewardship program of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), in support of direct conservation action. John is a director of the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation, and is the author of the 1996 Ecological Survey of the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve, and of numerous other books and papers on the natural heritage of southern Ontario.
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Municipal Members
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Tom Boyle
Bruce County
Tom Boyle is a Councillor for the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula and lives in Lion's Head . He has Bachelor of Arts degree from Marquette University and owns and operates a retail business. Tom has a history of community service including Lions Clubs International, Bruce Peninsula Tourism, Bruce County Museum and Archives, Bruce County Public Library and the Bruce Peninsula National Parks Advisory Committee.
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Shawn Davidson
Simcoe County
Shawn is a Councillor for the Township of Clearview in Simcoe County. He chairs the Planning & Development Committee, Transportation Task Force and is a member of a number of municipal committees. Shawn has been an active member of his community through his involvement with the Chamber of Commerce and Lions Clubs International, serving as president of each. Shawn and his wife Paula own the Carruthers & Davidson Funeral Home with locations in Stayner and Wasaga Beach.
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Allan Elgar
Halton Region
Allan is a member of Halton Regional Council, representing Oakville, and serves on the board of directors for Conservation Halton, the Credit Valley Conservation Authority and is the regional representative on Halton's Ecological and Environmental Advisory Committee. He was founding president of Oakvillegreen Conservation Assn. Inc., a grassroots environmental group seeking to preserve greenspace in Oakville. Allan graduated from McMaster University, and recently retired from a 30 year career as a financial/administration manager with Bell Canada, which provided opportunities for him to live and work in various locations in Canada and abroad. Growing up on a farm on the Oak Ridges Moraine has given Allan a strong appreciation of nature and its role in a healthy environment. Allan and his wife Linda have twin sons who are currently attending university.
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Richard Paterak
Peel Region
Richard Paterak was first appointed to the Niagara Escarpment Commission in March 2001. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Marquette University and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto. He was elected to the Town of Caledon Council in 1997. Richard was an inaugural member of the Caledon Environmental Advisory Committee and was the Town's representative on the Caledon Community Resource Study's Community Advisory Group. He is currently Chair of the Caledon Library Board, a member of the Caledon Youth Services Management Board, and a Director of the Board of Headwaters County Tourist Association. In 1979 Richard established a Pottery Studio and he continues to operate his studio part-time. He worked in international development with Oxfam and CODE (Canadian Organization for Development through Education) prior to establishing his studio.
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Brian Baty
Niagara Region
Niagara Regional Councillor Brian Baty has served in major leadership roles in the Region and the Province through his profession as an educator. He was a founding member of OPC Ontario Principals' Council, served on the Provincial Executive, a Provincial Councillor for the Niagara Region. Brian served as an educator and administrator in eight of Niagara's 12 municipalities. He retired in June, 2003 as Principal of E. L. Crossley Secondary School in Pelham. He is the Founding Chair of Port Cares and Port Colborne/Wainfleet Healthy Lifestyles Coalition. He was named Honourary Citizen of Port Colborne in 1995.
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Ken McGhee
Dufferin County
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Paul McQueen
Grey County
Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Grey Highlands, Paul McQueen runs a cow/calf operation on a fourth generation family farm and owns a contracting business in home renovations and construction, excavations and farm related custom work. A Grey County Councillor for two terms, from 2003-2010, Paul is Chair of the Grey Highlands Committee of Adjustment and the Grey Highlands Road Committee. He also served a full 12 year term on the Collingwood G & M Hospital Board from 1995 – 2007 and is a member of the Grey Highlands Heritage Committee.
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Russell Powers
City of Hamilton
First elected in 1982, Mr. Powers has served in municipal government for almost 25 years as Dundas Town Councillor, then Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Councillor, and currently as a Ward Councillor for the City of Hamilton. He has served on numerous civic, municipal and national committees including National Vice President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and is currently a Vice President of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. He also served as a Federal Member of Parliament in Canada's 38th Parliament. Dundas, Ontario has been his hometown for 45 years. He attended Dundas District High School, Mohawk College and the Royal Institute of Public health and Hygiene, specializing in business administration and labaratory medicine. He was employed in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University for 28 years and is now retired.
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