CELA is deeply grateful for the support and expertise we receive from our dedicated Board of Directors.
Our Board
Lijing Black
Lijing Black is an articling student and recent graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School.
Tom Borg
Tom Borg grew up on the land and had many land-based teachings which he passes on to youth today.
Lesley Cameron
Lesley Cameron (Co-Chair) has been a board member of the Canadian Environmental Law Association since 2005, serving as Chair since 2007.
Jackie Campbell
Jackie Campbell is keenly interested in the impact of environmental issues on human health. She practices as a pharmacist at the Drug Safety Clinic at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, an outpatient multidisciplinary clinic that evaluates patients with suspected adverse drug reactions.
Rodrigo Estrada
Rodrigo Estrada is an environmental activist and Climate Accountability Manager at Greenpeace International. Before joining Greenpeace in 2015, Rodrigo held various leadership positions in the private sector, including serving as Head of Public Affairs for The Home Depot in Mexico.
Renee Griffin
Renee Griffin (President) is the Executive Director of Scarborough Community Legal Services, a community legal clinic, and practices primarily in the areas of human rights and housing law.
Mac Hayden
Mac Hayden practices Aboriginal law at a national full service law firm and has served in the senior levels of the Ontario government and the government of Canada.
Isobel Heathcote
Isobel Heathcote is a retired professor of Environmental Engineering and Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph, where she was also Dean of Graduate Studies from 1999 to 2008.
Alan D. Levy
Alan D. Levy, a retired lawyer, mediator and adjudicator, now residing in
Cobourg, is one of the founding members of CELA in 1970.
Michael Lucifora
Michael Lucifora is a civil litigation lawyer in Hamilton and a former summer law student at the Canadian Environmental Law Association.
Theresa McClenaghan
Theresa McClenaghan was appointed as Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) in November 2007.
Graham Rempe
Graham Rempe (Co-Chair) is a retired lawyer who practiced environmental and municipal law with the Legal Services Division of the City of Toronto.
Mona Sookram
Mona Sookram, (Treasurer) is an experienced finance professional with 12 years experience in the Telecommunications industry working in a variety of capacities, including Financial Planning and Analytics, Reporting and Business Decision Support.
Zoé St Pierre
Zoé St Pierre was called to the Ontario Bar in 2023.