ACER Staff
Alice Casselman, President
A science department head for most of her 35 years of teaching, she also was staff person for weekend education at the Toronto Region Conservation Authority for 20 years and a member of writing teams for the Etobicoke Biology Curricula and Outdoor Education and Resource documents. Read More
Ana Maria Martinez, Program Coordinator
Ana is a Marine Biologist from Colombia. She has a specialization in Environmental Law from the Externado University of Colombia. She graduated with a Master’s in Environmental Studies from York University in 2010 and is currently doing a PhD in Education. Read More
Sophie Lu, Project Leader for P4C and OSY
Sophie Lu is the Planting for Change Program Coordinator. Sophie earned a master’s degree in Environmental Science from University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Read More
Quentin Chiotti, Project Leader for the Gateway Project
Quentin Chiotti has a Ph. D. in Geography from the University of Western Ontario, and has worked extensively in the area of climate change, air quality and other atmospheric issues since 1993, in academia, for government, and the not-for-profit sector. Read More
Fabio Tonto, Project Manager for the Weather-Water Information Gateway Project
Mr. Tonto has a strong technical background and expertise in a variety of environmental areas including direct policy development, government relations and project management. He is a professional engineer, and graduated from the Environmental Engineering program at the University of Guelph in 1997. Read More
Laurie Clark, Bookkeeper
Laurie Clark is ACER’s Bookkeeper. Laurie has several years of hands-on office experience particularly in the bookkeeping arena. She is accomplished in dealing with internal and external customers along with corporate funders and stakeholders. Laurie is detail oriented providing ACER with a high level of financial control which enables the company to move forward easily with its’ partners. Read More
Board of Directors
Marlene Hume
Marlene VC Hume has worked for 25 years with the Halton School Board in Ontario. At the Oakville Trafalgar High School she teaches geography, Grades 9,11 and 12. She also holds the Special Education Resource Teacher position and is a specialist in Special Education for Gifted children and children with Learning Disabilities. Read More
Leah Casselman
Leah has been the Executive Director of the Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers – Hamilton clinic since February 2008. Read More
Salem Werdyani
Salem is an Environmental Biologist graduated from the United Arab Emirates University in 1998. He obtained a certificate in Bioinformatics for Software Professionals from the Centennial College in 2011.
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Bob Baker
Bob has served as forester for the Credit Valley Conservation for 30 years from 1970 to 2000 being in charge of all forestry programs and has planted over 5 million trees. Read More
Amanda Pereira
Mandy Pereira has worked for Stewardedge Inc. in Toronto since 2009 in charge of Regional Operations. She worked as a Waste Audit Consultant and an Environmental Program Consultant for Metro Waste Paper Recovery Inc in Toronto for 3 years. She also worked for the City of Mississauga as Stewardship Coordinator. Read More
Irene Katkov, Acting Chair
Violet Bielski
News
- Canadian Charities: Imagine Canada’s Sector Monitor
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 - West Credit Secondary School – Planting for Change
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 - Humber Arboretum Measuring
Friday, October 28th, 2011