COMMITTEES & GROUPS

The Sail Canada Board of Directors may constitute Program and Adhoc Committees as it deems necessary in carrying out the affairs of the Association and define their terms of reference in a Policy on Organizational Structure.

STANDING COMMITTEES

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL

The Provincial Council is a standing advisory committee of the Board of Directors. The Provincial Council will consist of presidents of each provincial/territorial sailing association or their nominees, and will be responsible for alerting and advising the Board on national issues or concerns that could affect the long-term success of Sail Canada/Voile Canada as the national authority for sport of sailing in all its forms in Canada, including yachting.

MEMBERS

  • BC Sailing – Christopher Maier
  • Sail Alberta – Stacey Gibb
  • Saskatchewan Sailing Clubs Association – Connor Boyle
  • Sail Manitoba – Eric Turner
  • Ontario Sailing – Jeff Dejean
  • Fédération de voile du Québec – Catherine Bussières
  • Sail NB – George Cooper
  • Sail Nova Scotia – Sarah Flanagan
  • Sail PEI – Kerry Marsh
  • Sail NL – Derek McDonald

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The Nominating Committee is a standing committee of the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee will consist of up to eight persons including the Past President and representatives of the standing and program committees, and will be responsible for overseeing the nominating process described in By-law 4;

MEMBERS

  • Hugh McGugan
  • Kelly Lyon
  • Fiona Cochrane
  • Jessica Lombard
  • Mac Morrin

AUDIT COMMITTEE

  • Barbara Pike (Chair)
  • Darwin Castaneda Laverde
  • Joseph Malon
  • Fiona Cochrane
  • Tammy Barre

BOARD COMMITTEES

FINANCE COMMITTEE

  • Torstein Braaten (Chair)
  • Mario Côté
  • Rob Hemming
  • Larry Waters
  • Donna Scott
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Peter Bradley

GOVERNANCE & ETHICS COMMITTEE

  •  Zac Baum (Chair)
  • Barbara Pike
  • Fiona Cochrane

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

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HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

  • Kate MacLennan
  • Barbara Pike
  • Zac Baum

 

OPERATIONS COMMITTEES

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Andrew Robertson
  • Scott Collinson
  • Trevor Maguire
  • Peter Wickwire
  • Damien Etchaubard
  • Todd Irving

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Wendy Loat (Chair)
  • Daniel Conrod
  • Dale King
  • Rob McLean
  • Jenny Davey
  • Erik Van der pol

TCAC SUB-COMMITTEES

RACE MANAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Daniel Conrod (Chair)
  • Paul Brennan
  • Graham Dougall
  • Tof Nicoll-Griffith
  • Jennifer Ross
  • David Sprague
  • Anne-Marie Palfreeman
  • Rob Woodbury

JUDGES SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Joe Jospe (Chair)
  • Katie Coleman Nicoll
  • Wendy Loat
  • Eric Turner
  • Luke Porter
  • Tom Sitar
  • Dale King

UMPIRES SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Andrew Alberti (Chair)
  • Katie Coleman Nicoll
  • David Pelling

CANSAIL SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Andrea Fitzgerald (Chair)
  • Alex Byczko
  • Andrea Fitzgerald
  • Braden Gray
  • Laurence Page
  • Delani Hulme Lawrence
  • Sophia Josenhans

CRUISING SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Jamie Gordon (Chair)
  • Ian Leitch (Prairies)
  • John Gourlay (B.C.)
  • Pierre Harel (Quebec)
  • Dan Cloutier (Maritimes)

RACING APPEALS COMMITTEE

  • Lynne Beal (Chair)
  • Irene McNeill (Secretary)
  • Andrew Alberti
  • Rick Hatch
  • Leo Reise
  • Michael Turner

RACING RULES COMMITTEE

  • Rick Hatch (chair)
  • Andrew Alberti
  • Leo Reise
  • Elizabeth Rouget
  • Robert Stewart

OFFSHORE COMMITTEE

  • Guy Perrin (Chair)
  • Richard Hinterhoeller
  • Mike Evans
  • David Sutcliffe
  • Diane Reid

 

INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY & EQUITY COMMITTEE

  • Nick Allinson – Chair (Sail Canada)
  • Emmanuelle M. Barea (she/her)
  • Zac Baum (he/him)
  • Sarah Douglas
  • Braden Gray
  • Delani Hulme-Lawrence
  • Yanick Landry
  • Amanda Norquay