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 – Jennifer Ross
  • Sail Alberta – Stacey Gibb
  • Saskatchewan Sailing Clubs Association – Connor Boyle
  • Sail Manitoba – Ryan Van Berkel
  • Ontario Sailing – Jeff Dejean
  • Fédération de voile du Québec – Yves Leger
  • Sail NB – Kim Drisdelle
  • Sail Nova Scotia – Eric Hill
  • Sail PEI – Kerry Marsh
  • Sail NL – Tana Allen

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

  • Janet MacMillan
  • Rich Ballantyne

AUDIT COMMITTEE

  • Barbara Pike (Chair)
  • Darwin Castaneda Laverde
  • Joseph Malon
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Tammy Barre

BOARD COMMITTEES

FINANCE COMMITTEE

  • Torstein Braaten (Chair)
  • Mario Côté
  • Rob Hemming
  • Larry Waters
  • Donna Scott
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Peter Bradley

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

  •  Zac Baum (Chair)
  • Kate MacLennan
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Don Adams

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

  • Todd Irving
  • Tam Matthews
  • Janet MacMillan

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)
  • Daniel Conrod
  • Steve McBride
  • Rob McLean
  • Jenny Davey
  • Erik Van der pol

TCAC SUB-COMMITTEES

RACE MANAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Daniel Conrod (Chair)
  • Rob Woodbury
  • 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
  • Luke Porter
  • Tom Sitar
  • Dale King

UMPIRES SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Andrew Alberti (Chair)
  • Katie Coleman Nicoll
  • David Pelling

CANSAIL SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Steve McBride (Chair)
  • Alex Byczko
  • Andrea Fitzgerald
  • Braden Gray
  • Laurence Page
  • Delani Hulme Lawrence
  • Sophia Josenhans

CRUISING SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Jamie Gordon (Chair)
  • Bob Davis
  • Ian Leitch
  • Henry Raffel
  • Rob McLean
  • John Gourlay
  • Pierre Harel
  • Dan Cloutier
  • Sophie Duvieusart

RACING APPEALS COMMITTEE

  • Lynne Beal (Chair)
  • Andrew Alberti
  • Rick Hatch
  • Leo Reise
  • Warren Nethercote
  • Irene McNeill

RACING RULES COMMITTEE

  • Rick Hatch (chair)
  • Leo Reise
  • Robert Stewart
  • Andrew Alberti
  • Franck Pellerin
  • Elizabeth Rouget

OFFSHORE COMMITTEE

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

 

INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY & EQUITY COMMITTEE

  • Yanick Landry
  • Sarah Douglas
  • Max Robinson
  • Emmanuelle Barea
  • Braden Gray
  • Zac Baum
  • Amanda Norquay
  • Delani Hulme-Lawrence