CELA is deeply grateful for the support and expertise we receive from our dedicated Board of Directors.
Our Board
Robb Barnes
Robb Barnes is a climate advocate with over 20 years of nonprofit governance experience, including over 15 years of involvement on climate and environmental issues.
Lijing Black
Lijing Black (President) is an articling student and recent graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School.
Jeff Butler
Jeff Butler is a consultant with Deloitte’s Sustainability & Climate practice. He is an experienced CPA with 10+ years of experience working in the not-for-profit and financial sectors with a focus on engaging with clients across energy and agriculture sectors.
Jennifer Carling
Jennifer Carling is a retired Quality and Risk Management Specialist for a Professional services firm (Deloitte), and a former client of CELA’s in an action against the CNSC with respect to radioactive mine waste being used as land fill on residential properties.
Justin Duncan
Justin Duncan is a senior policy specialist with IISD’s Water team, based in Winnipeg, Canada. His work focuses on harnessing nature as an infrastructure solution and implements policy solutions for improved water governance and security.
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.
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 (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.
Tracy Tucker
Tracy Tucker (Secretary) is an Office Manager/Executive Administrator at CELA. Prior to working at CELA, Tracy was a legal assistant in private criminal law firms in Toronto, and a payroll clerk at a shipyard in Victoria, BC.