Toni Ellis
Toni Ellis is a long-time environmental activist who believes that change happens from the ground up. Toni is a board member of the Elora Environment Centre and is coordinating the urban tree program, Neighbourwoods, which mobilizes volunteers to plant, steward, inventory and advocate for our community’s urban forest. Toni managed Forests Ontario’s Heritage Tree program which recognizes the province’s most historically important trees. Toni was recognized as Citizen of the Year in 2007 and awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
Randall Howard
A prolific serial technology CEO, investor and philanthropist, Randall is committed to building world-leading high growth technology organizations. Randall is also a co-founder of EEC.
Randall drives transformation and growth across a broad spectrum spanning Social Innovation, Impact Investing to Angel Investing to accelerate entrepreneurial change in Canada and beyond. Randall was the 1997 High Technology Entrepreneur of the Year and the 2014 Canadian Angel of the Year. He is a founding EIR and mentor for CAMP, the leading accelerator for Canadian startups wanting to engage with the Chinese market and is co-founder of the Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators. In late 2013, Randall was invited to a “Group of Seven” by Governor General David Johnston to assist in nation-building around Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017.
Katelyn McFadyen
Katelyn holds an MSc from the University of Edinburgh in Environmental Sustainability where her research focused on strategies to assist communities in benefiting from Scotland’s ambitious renewable energy goals. Returning from Scotland, Katelyn began her relationship with the Elora Environment Centre as a Community Energy Plan Coordinator. Through this role, Katelyn engaged with many public, private, and non-profit stakeholders to develop a plan focused on community greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Katelyn currently works for the Town of Caledon implementing the Town’s Corporate Energy Management Plan through facilitating a cross-departmental Corporate Energy Team and managing the Town’s energy revolving fund. Katelyn joined the Board of Directors in 2015.
Kathy Maggs
Kathy joined the Elora Environment Centre in 2003 as Operations Administrator and became General Manager in 2008. She also volunteers with NeighbourWoods working toward sustaining our urban forest. Kathy joined the EEC Board in 2015. Her background in environment and resource studies has guided her 17-year career path in the conservation and environmental non-profit sector.
Betty Muise
Betty Muise is a consultant specializing in adult education and training program design and facilitation. She has more than twenty-five years of experience working with both corporate, public sector and non-governmental organizations in North American and Europe. Throughout her career, Betty has focused on complex, multi-faceted and highly technical issues in sectors such as healthcare, the environment, waste and recycling, energy, housing and agriculture.
Samantha Tremmel Lamb
Samantha is a passionate environmentalist with experience in community and institutional climate action planning. She led ClimateActionWR (a collaborative between Reep Green Solutions and Sustainable Waterloo Region) through the process of bringing municipalities together with local organizations and community members to develop Waterloo Region’s long-term community climate action strategy: TransformWR.
She currently works at Conestoga College, managing environmental sustainability and energy performance initiatives, with a focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across campus operations.Samantha is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier’s Environmental Studies program, and Conestoga College’s Sustainable Business Management program.
