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
Acting director of government relations and partnerships
Hubert Pelletier joined NCC in 2002. As acting director of government relations and partnerships, Hubert collaborates with a multidisciplinary team of 30 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 for 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 for southern Quebec
Project manager for the NCC since 2010, and program director for southern Quebec since 2017, Julien is involved in many conservation projects and in forging strong relationships with NCC partners.
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Elizabeth Sbaglia
Communications and Marketing manager
As the NCC's Quebec Region communications and marketing manager since 2011, Elizabeth is responsible for designing, implementing, managing and evaluating the communications program for Quebec.
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Jason Beaulieu
GIS project manager
Jason Beaulieu is the GIS project managerfor the NCC’s Quebec Region. He is responsible for developing maps and tools to help with science and planning decision-making.
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Camille Bolduc
Project manager for the Gaspé peninsula and Magdalen Islands
Camille, 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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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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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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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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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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Catherine Collette-Hachey
Securement coordinator
Catherine Collette-Hachey, who has a bachelor’s 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
Coordinator of 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.
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Charles Dumont Mallette
GIS Technician
Charles Dumont Malletteis a GIS (geographic information system) technician. He provides geomatics support to several projects in southern Quebec while ensuring that field applications are functional and efficient.
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Louis-Georges Esquilat
Coordinator for the Quebec Ecological Corridors Initiative
Louis-Georges is a science coordinator for NCC since 2022.
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Annie Ferland
Project manager for Montreal and the Lower Laurentians
Annie Ferland began working with NCC in 2009 as a science and stewardship intern, and is now responsible for projects in Montreal and the Lower Laurentians.
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Anne Guay
Communications and Marketing Officer
Anne Guay is a non-profit communications and marketing professional with a degree in political science and business studies.
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Patrice Laliberté
Securement project manager
With a bachelor's degree in biology and a minor in ecology from the Université de Sherbrooke, Patrice Laliberté has been a project manager with NCC since 2006.
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Fanny Lanoix
Project coordinator - Western Quebec
Fanny Lanoix holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a certificate in ecosystem restoration.
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Éloïse Le Stum-Boivin
Project coordinator Est-du-Québec
Éloïse Le Stum-Boivin, who holds a bachelor's and master's degree in geography, has been project coordinator for the eastern Quebec team since 2020.
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Marie-Hélène Moquin
Development assistant
A great nature and outdoors lover, Marie-Hélène joined our team as a development assistant in May 2019.
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Cynthia Patry
Project manager for Northern Green Mountains
Cynthia Patry holds a bachelor's degree in biology, as well as a master's degree and doctorate in environmental sciences. She joined NCC in 2018 as a project manager for the Northern Green Mountains.
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Geneviève Pelletier
Project coordinator, Mauricie region
Geneviève Pelletier has been a project coordinator at NCC since spring 2021.
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Olivier Perrotte Caron
Project Manager Eastern Quebec
Passionate about forest environments, Olivier loves helping people discover complex ecosystems such as the Malbaie barachois. He has a talent for developing conservation strategies with landowners and finding win-win solutions for humans and nature.
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Madelaine Proulx
Project coordinator - Freshwater estuary and Bordeland moutains
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and a master’s in biology from Université de Sherbrooke, Madelaine Proulx completed an internship at NCC in 2020 for a project in the northern Green Mountains.
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Isabelle René
Project coordinator
Isabelle, who holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and has been a project coordinator at NCC since January 2019. She is responsible for stewardship in the Northern Green Mountains.
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Valérie René
Program Coordinator
A biologist with a master's degree in environment from the Université de Sherbrooke, Valérie René has been NCC's program coordinator for the natural areas of the Haut-Saint-Laurent and Richelieu-Yamaska since April 2017 and program coordinator since 2021.
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Martha Stomal
Communications and Marketing coordinator
After an initial stewardship internship at NCC in 2015, Martha has filled the position of communications and marketing coordinator since 2016.
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Sophie St-Pierre
Project coordinator
Sophie holds a bachelor of science degree with a minor in biology. She has experience in the environmental field in both the private and public sectors.
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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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Caroline Tanguay
Stewardship coordinator
Caroline Tanguay has been a stewardship coordinator at the NCC in Quebec since 2012. She has a bachelor's and a master's degree in biology from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
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Marie-Andrée Tougas-Tellier
Project manager for the Lower Laurentians and Petite-Nation
Marie-Andrée Tougas-Tellier first started working with NCC as a science and stewardship assistant in 2010. After a short time away, she returned in 2014 to work with the team as a project manager.
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Ania Wurster
Marketing and communications officer
Ania Wurster came to Montreal 8 years ago to complete her studies in art history. She remained in the city to continue her learning and acquire knowledge relating to various aspects of marketing and communications.
