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 – Travis Weins
  • Sail Manitoba – Eric Turner
  • Ontario Sailing – Stephen Brickell
  • Fédération de voile du Québec – Claude Chidiac
  • Sail NB – Jeff Boudreau
  • Sail Nova Scotia – Sarah Flanagan
  • Sail PEI – Peter Bethune
  • Sail NL – Ian Lunt

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

  • Kate MacLennan (chair)
  • Jennifer Walker
  • Jessica Lombard
  • Mac Morrin

AUDIT COMMITTEE

  • Hugh Goodday (Chair)
  • Dan Cloutier
  • Joe Malon

BOARD COMMITTEES

FINANCE COMMITTEE

  • Torstein Braaten (Chair)
  • Larry Waters
  • Donna Scott
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Peter Bradley
  • Dan Cloutier
  • Ali ten Hove

GOVERNANCE & ETHICS COMMITTEE

  • Jennifer Walker (Chair)
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Martha Henderson

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

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HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

  • Fiona Cochrane (Chair)
  • Hugh Goodday
  • Jennifer Walker

 

OPERATIONS COMMITTEES

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Wendy Loat (Chair)
  • Jenny Davey
  • Andrea Fitzgerald
  • Dale King
  • Rob McLean
  • Tof Nicoll-Griffith

TCAC SUB-COMMITTEES

RACE MANAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Paul Brennan (ON) (Chair)
  • Paula Minnikin (NS)
  • Tof Nicoll-Griffith (QC)
  • Jennifer Ross (BC)
  • David Sprague (ON)
  • Anne-Marie Palfreeman (QC)

JUDGES SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Joe Jospe (QC) (Chair)
  • Dale King (ON)
  • Wendy Loat (ON)
  • Luke Porter (NS)
  • Tom Sitar (BC)
  • Alain Vranderick (QC)
  • Chris Walmsley (ON)

UMPIRES SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Andrew Alberti (ON) (Chair)
  • Katie Coleman Nicoll (ON)
  • David Pelling (QC)
  • Dave Pyron (BC)

CANSAIL SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Alex Byczko
  • Braden Gray
  • Laurence Page
  • Sophia Josenhans
  • Joey Kristiansen

PARA SAILING SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Barbara Whitworth (AB)
  • Tracy Schmitt (ON)
  • Nicole Miller (BC)
  • Calida de Jong (ON)
  • Karen-Ann Xavier (ON)

CRUISING SUB-COMMITTEE

  • John Gourlay (B.C.)
  • Marnie Bragg (B.C.)
  • Paul Ziemer (ON)
  • Pierre Harel (QC)
  • Michel Boivin (QC)
  • Rob McLean (ON) – TCAC Liaison

RACING APPEALS COMMITTEE

  • Lynne Beal (ON) (Chair)
  • Andrew Alberti (ON)
  • Rick Hatch (BC)
  • Joe Jospe (QC)
  • Irene McNeill (ON)
  • Martin Rhéaume (QC) (Secretary)
  • Michael Turner (BC)

RACING RULES COMMITTEE

  • Rick Hatch (BC) (Chair)
  • Andrew Alberti (ON)
  • Elizabeth Rouget (NS)
  • Robert Stewart (ON)
  • Lesley Taylor (NS)

OFFSHORE COMMITTEE

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

 

INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY & EQUITY COMMITTEE

  • Emmanuelle M. Barea (she/her)
  • Zac Baum (he/him)
  • Sarah Douglas
  • Braden Gray
  • Delani Hulme-Lawrence
  • Yanick Landry
  • Amanda Norquay
  • Lisa Ross