Meet the team
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Claire Ducharme
Regional vice-president, Quebec
Claire Ducharme joined the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in September 2022 as regional vice-president in Quebec.
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Joël Bonin
Associate vice-president, Quebec
Joël Bonin, associate vice-president at the NCC in the Quebec Region, has been a champion of conservation for over 25 years.
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Hubert Pelletier
Quebec Director of Partnerships
Hubert Pelletier joined NCC in 2002. As acting director of government relations and partnerships, Hubert collaborates with a multidisciplinary team and numerous allies in the protection of Quebec’s sensitive natural habitats.
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Louisa Belaïd
Controller
Active in conservation for over 20 years, Louisa Belaid, CPA, has been working at NCC since 2019.
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Louis Belzil
Legal advisor
Louis Belzil is a lawyer and member of the Quebec Bar since 2008. He has been working at the NCC since 2010, combining his two passions: nature and real estate.
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Marie-Andrée Boisvert
Program Director - Eastern Quebec
Marie-Andrée Boisvert joined the Nature Conservancy of Canada in 2022 and is a biologist and the director of the eastern Quebec area.
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Carine Deland
Director of conservation
Carine joined the NCC team in 2011, keen to be involved in an organization active in conservation across Canada. She has since worked on a wide range of projects and was appointed director of conservation for NCC in Quebec in 2019.
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Caroline Gagné
Program director - Western Quebec
Caroline Gagné has worked as a project manager at NCC since 2009 and as program director for western Quebec since 2017. She's responsible for the Ottawa and Gatineau valleys region.
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Gwenaël Heyvang
Director Securement and stewardship
Gwenaël Heyvang has been with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) since 2006, and has been the securement and stewardship director in Quebec since 2017.
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Kateri Monticone
Director Strategic Conservation and Innovation
Since 2008, she has successfully led a variety of conservation projects on private lands and coordinated the design of around 15 conservation plans. She carries out large-scale projects in collaboration with multiple key players in land use planning, such as the Ecological Corridors initiative and the Southern Laurentians Atlas.
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Kim Nguyen
Director of development
Kim Nguyen has over 15 years of experience as a manager. She specializes in philanthropic development and strategy.
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Julien Poisson
Program director - southern Quebec
Project manager for the NCC since 2010, and program director for southern Quebec since 2017, Julien Poisson is involved in many conservation projects and in forging strong relationships with NCC partners.
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Elizabeth Sbaglia
Communications and Marketing director
As the NCC's Quebec Region communications and marketing manager since 2011, Elizabeth Sbaglia is responsible for designing, implementing, managing and evaluating the communications program for Quebec.
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Philipe Tomlinson
Senior Development Officer
Philipe Tomlinson holds a diploma in sustainable development from HEC and is a former elected official in Montreal.
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Alexandra Abbatt-Montpetit
Project coordinator - Montreal's Greenbelt and Monteregian Hills
Alexandra Abbatt-Montpetit
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Francine Bégin
Finance assistant
Francine Bégin joined the NCC team in 2007 as financial assistant, working alongside Mary Bishay, controller, and Matthieu Sirois, financial coordinator.
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Camille Bolduc
Project manager - Gaspé peninsula and Magdalen Islands
Camille Bolduc, who is passionate about her adopted region, the Gaspé Peninsula, heads several coastal area conservation projects. As her projects often draw on local communities and municipalities, she is attentive to the needs of both humans and nature.
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Gabrielle Cauchon-Déry
Project manager, Mauricie, Capitale-Nationale and Centre-du-Québec
Passionate about nature and communication, Gabrielle spends a lot of time in the field and is particularly drawn to unique areas such as île-aux-Grues. She loves interacting with people and using her communication skills to get them interested in and connected to nature.
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Eléonore Chauvin
Development Officer
Eléonore Chauvin has a master’s degree in marketing and has been working in philanthropy for many years.
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Patricia Chourio
Accounting assistant
With a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an accounting diploma, Patricia Chourio has more than 15 years of experience under her belt.
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Catherine Collette-Hachey
Program manager
Catherine Collette-Hachey, who has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Ottawa and a master’s in sustainable management of forest ecosystems from the Université du Québec à Montréal, started at NCC in 2016.
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Pascal Côté
Project manager, science and conservation planning
Pascal Côté holds a bachelor's degree in biology as well as a master's degree in environmental sciences, with a specialty in forest ecology, from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
