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 – Tanya Chamberlain
- Alberta Sailing – Stacey Gibb
- Saskatchewan Sailing Clubs Association – Marty Houle
- Sail Manitoba – Phil Burns
- Ontario Sailing – Jeff Dejean
- Fédération de voile du Québec – Daniel St-Onge
- Sail NB – Kim Drisdelle
- Sail Nova Scotia – Eric Hill
- Sail PEI – Kerry Marsh
- Sail NL –
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
- Todd Irving
- Janet MacMillan
- Rich Ballantyne
Audit Committee
- Barbara Pike (Chair)
- Darwin Castaneda Laverde
- Joseph Malon
- Valerie Lavigne
- Tammy Barre
Board Committees
Finance Committee
- Dr. John O’Dwyer, CPA, CA (Chair)
- Mario Côté
- Rob Hemming
- Zac Baum
- Larry Waters
- Donna Scott
- Torstein Braaten
Governance Committee
- Kate MacLennan (Chair)
- Zac Baum
- Valerie Lavigne
- Don Adams
Fundraising Committee
- Bob Greenhalgh (Chair)
- Todd Irving
- Tam Matthews
- Janet MacMillan
- John O’Dwyer
Human Resources Committee
- Hugh McGugan
- Kate MacLennan
- Barbara Pike
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)
- John Gourlay
- Daniel Conrod
- Steve McBride
- Rob McLean
- Julian Howarth
- Jenny Davey
TCAC Sub-Committees
Race Management Sub-Committee
- Rob Woodbury (Chair)
- John Abel
- Daniel Conrod
- Graham Dougall
- Tof Nicoll-Griffith
- Jennifer Ross
- David Sprague
- Anne-Marie Palfreeman
Judges Sub-Committee
- Joe Jospe (Chair)
- Mike Turner
- Katie Coleman Nicoll
- Eric Turner
- Michael Anderson
- Kathy Dyer
- Luke Porter
Umpires Sub-Committee
- Andrew Alberti (Chair)
- Katie Coleman Nicoll
- David Pelling
CANSail Sub-Committee
- Steve McBride (Chair)
- Kelsey Stroppel
- Nigel Crosscombe
- Alex Byczko
- Mark Shippers
- Amelia Leeksma
- Andrea Fitzgerald
- Marc-Antoine Brassard
Cruising Sub-Committee
- Jamie Gordon (Chair)
- Penny Caldwell
- Bob Davis
- Ian Leitch
- Guy Boulanger
- Henry Raffel
- Rob McLean
- John Gourlay
Racing Appeals Committee
- Lynne Beal (Chair)
- Andrew Alberti
- Rick Hatch
- Leo Reise
- Warren Nethercote
- Kathy Dyer
- Irene McNeill
Racing Rules Committee
- Rick Hatch (chair)
- Kathy Dyer
- Leo Reise
- Robert Stewart
- Andrew Alberti
- Franck Pellerin
Offshore Committee
- Richard Hinterhoeller (Chair)
- Will Apold
- David Sutcliffe
- Guy Perrin
- Diane Reid
Inclusivity, Diversity & Equity Committee
- Yanick Landry
- Sarah Douglas
- Max Robinson
- Emmanuelle Barea
- Braden Gray
- Jennifer Barnable
- Zac Baum
