Our success depends on committed individuals who share the same passion for the protection of one of our city’s most precious landscapes. This stands true for our Board of Directors, governors and employees.
Since its creation in 1986, Les Amis de la montagne has drawn its strength, expertise and influence from its Board of Directors. Hailing from academia, philanthropic foundations and the corporate world, its committed members steer our course and help advance our mission to protect and improve the exceptional space known as Mount Royal.
Officers
Julie Laurence
PRESIDENT
Corporate Director
Julie Laurence has been Chair of Les Amis de la montagne's Board of Directors since September 2023. She was, until 2022, a senior legal counsel and Vice President, Legal Affairs at Rogers Communications. Her involvement with Les Amis dates back more than ten years, when she was involved in the organization of the Chapeau Mont Royal! fundraising event. Ms. Laurence has been a member of Les Amis' Board of Directors since 2020..
Jeffrey Drummond
VICE-PRESIDENT
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and M&A, Cofomo
Stéphanie Beauregard
SECRETARY
Lawyer, Legal advisor, Groupe Petra
David Merineau
TREASURER
Vice-President, Mergers & Acquisitions, CGI
Administrators
Michel Cantin
Partner, Bélanger Sauvé
Clément Demers
Architect and Urban Planner
Diana Ferrara Scalia
Stragetic Advisor, Gestion Samcon Inc.
Richard M. Hart
Investment Advisor, MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier
Peter A. Howlett, C.M., President Emeritus
President, Montorsan Holdings
Rachel Léger
Manager, Biologist
Julie L'Heureux
Director, Philanthropy and Community Relations, Power Corporation of Canada
Robert Tellier
Portfolio Manager
Patrick Tobin
Corporate Director
Marie-Odile Trépanier
Honorary Professor, Faculté de l’aménagement, Université de Montréal
Peter Vamos
Executive Director, Portage
Christophe Derrien
EX OFFICIO
Executive director, Les Amis de la montagne
Officers
Clément Demers
PRESIDENT
Architect and Urban Planner
Clément Demers, O.Q., a founding member and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Café des Amis, is its Chair since November 2023. An architect, urban planner and honorary professor at the Université de Montréal, Mr. Demers’ previous experience includes Deputy Director of the Service de l'urbanisme et du développement urbain for the City of Montréal, and Executive Director of the Société du Quartier international de Montréal. He has also served on the board of Les Amis de la montagne since 2014.
Joanne Lalumière
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Secretary-Treasurer, Café des Amis
Directors
Robert A. Callard
Restaurant Owner
Michel Cantin
Partner, Bélanger Sauvé
Peter A. Howlett, C.M. President Emeritus
President, Montorsan Holdings
Joyce Shanks
Event Organizer
Christophe Derrien
EX OFFICIO
Executive director, Les Amis de la montagne
Officers
Joanne Lalumière
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Corporate Director
Joanne Lalumière has been Chair of the Board of Directors of the Centre de la montagne since November 2023. Following a Bachelor’s degree in geography and agronomy, as well as a Master’s in environmental science, Ms. Lalumière went on to become Senior Director, Communications and Environment at Hydro-Québec, and General Manager of Granby Zoo. A governor of Les Amis de la montagne since 2001, she was the interim Executive Director of Les Amis in 2015 and a founding member of the Board of Directors of Café des Amis.
Sylvie Guilbault
CORPORATE SECRETARY
Coordinator, Coalition des Montérégiennes
Directors
Alexandre Beaudoin
Biodiversity Consultant
Sustainable Development Department
Université de Montréal
Peter A. Howlett, C.M. PRESIDENT EMERITUS
President, Montorsan Holdings
Christophe Derrien
EX OFFICIO
Executive director, Les Amis de la montagne
Governance
Julie Laurence
PRESIDENT
Michel Cantin
Clément Demers, O.Q.
Peter A. Howlett, C.M.
Joanne Lalumière
Christophe Derrien
EX OFFICIO
Finance
David Mérineau
CHAIR
Ben Belec
Clément Demers, O.Q.
Peter A. Howlett, C.M.
Joanne Lalumière
Julie Laurence
Christophe Derrien
EX OFFICIO
Les amis de la montagne is fortunate to include many prominent men and women from foundations and corporations as our governors. We owe much of our success to the commitment and generosity of these individuals who share our concerns and support our mission.
GOVERNORS EMERITUS
Cécile Grenier
Michael Graff
HONORARY MEMBERS
Charles E. Beveridge
Witold Rybczynski
GOVERNORS
Abe Adham
Ian Aitken
Robert Alain
Sami Antaki
Karin Austin
Jean-Claude Bachand
Raymond Bachand
Alexandre Beaudoin
Guy G. Beaudry
Philippe Beauregard
Stéphanie Beauregard
Benjamin Belec
Philip Belec
Jacques Bellefeuille
Hélène Bellefeuille
Jacques Bénard
Jean-Yves Benoit
Christiane Bergevin
Tom Berryman
Caroline Biron
Hubert Bolduc
Nathalie Bondil, C.M., C.Q.
L’honorable Lucien Bouchard, G.O.Q.
Jean-Yves Bourdages
Youssef Boutros, CPA, CA
Rob Braide
Dr. Guy BRETON, C.M., O.Q., M.D.
Jean-Daniel Brisson
Tim Brodhead
Peter G. Brown
Mary Bruns Creighton
Dinu Bumbaru, C.M.
Robert A. Callard
Me Michel Cantin
Jonathan Cha
Daniel Chartier
Viateur Chénard
Dominique Codère
Hélène Couture
Jonathan Deitcher
Charles de Kovachich
Clément Demers, O.Q
Julien Deschênes
André Desmarais, O.C., O.Q.
Hélène Desmarais, C.M
Paul Desmarais Jr., O.C.
Michel Devoy
Marianne Donaldson
Paule Doré
Jeffrey Drummond
Serge Dubreuil
Nancy H. Dunton
Michel Famelart
Deborah Fang
Lucy A. Fellowes
Diana Ferrara Scalia
Robert Fortier, CPA, CA
Suzanne Fortier
Me Yves L. Fortier, C.C., O.Q.
Carolina Gallo La Flèche
Mehdi Ghafouri
Julie Godin
Me Robert P. Godin
Wendy Graham
Daniel Granger, C.M., MBA, ARP, FSCRP
Réjean Gravel
Père Claude Grou, c.s.c.
Sylvie Guilbault
Christine Harkness Lapointe
Richard M. Hart
Dave Harvey
Fiona Hirst
Gerald T. Hogan
Marja Hogan
Marie-Claire Holland
Jane Howlett
Morag Howlett
Peter A. Howlett, C.M.
Stephen Huddart
Isabelle Hudon
Me Jill Hugessen
Emilio B. Imbriglio
Peter Jacobs
Michèle Jodoin
Edward J. Johnson
Daniel Jutras
Judith Kavanagh
Karen Khalil
Robert Keaton
Patrick Kenniff
Andrew Koenig
Yvonne Koenig
Claire Kruyt
Carole Labelle Molson
Annick Laberge
Éric R. La Flèche
Joanne Lalumière
Yves Lalumière
Phyllis B. Lambert, C.C., G.O.Q., FIRAC, MSRC, RCA
Danielle Landry
David M. Lank, C.M.
Olivier Lapierre
L’honorable Charles Lapointe, C.P.
Pierre Lapointe
Julie Laurence
François Laurin
Jean Laurin
Michel Leblanc
Rachel Léger
Julie L'Heureux
Kathryn Lund Drummond
Françoise E. Lyon
Fouad Mansour
Christine Marchildon
Me Bruce McNiven, C.M.
Gloria Ménard
David Mérineau
Érik Moisan
Pierre Monahan
Me François Morin
Gwen Andrews Nacos
Philip M. O’Brien, C.M.
Luc Ouimet
Jean Paré
John Parisella, CM., OQ
Jacques Parisien
John J. Peacock
Jan Peeters
Sébastien Perron-Carle
Guy Pinard
Me Vincent M. Prager
Martine Primeau
Claude Quenneville
Ron Rayside
Eugene N. Riesman
Eric Richard
Joanne Rossy
Louise Roy, O.Q., O.C.
Suzanne Sauvage
Sam Scalia
Susan Scott Evans
Herschel Segal
Marie Sénécal-Tremblay
Paul Setlakwe
Joyce Shanks
Marie Sicotte
Jane Silverstone
L’honorable Larry W. Smith, C.Q.
Martin Spalding
Alfred Stehr
Donat Taddeo
Robert Tellier
Patrick Tobin
Alain Tremblay
Marie-Odile Trépanier
Marie-Josée Vaillancourt
Pierre Valiquette
Peter Vamos
Ivan Velan
Thomas C. Velan
Manon Vennat, C.M.
Lillian Vineberg-Goodman
Stuart Webster
Jonathan I. Wener, C.M.
Thomas Williams
Nathalie Zinger
Trained in environmental studies, architecture, urban planning and related fields, the core team of Les amis de la montagne is responsible for educational and outdoor recreational programs, nature conservation activities and advocacy work for the protection of the mountain. It also provides a range of services to Mount Royal Park visitors. Every year, close to 100 young people—students and recent graduates for the most part—join the team as seasonal and part-time employees to provide educational and outdoor services or work at the Café des Amis.
You can contact a member of our team by calling 514 843-8240.
Office of the Executive Director
Christophe Derrien
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRIVACY OFFICER
Sandra Kadji
ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Hélène Lepoudère
HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR
Finance and Administration
Carla Valdés
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Jesus Alfonso Dubon
ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
Luisa Parra
ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK
Mount Royal Park Visitor Services
Mathieu Gaume
DIRECTOR OF MOUNT ROYAL PARK VISITOR SERVICES
Marieke Lemieux
HEAD OF VISITOR SERVICES AND RESERVATIONS
Alphée Turcotte
RESERVATIONS COORDINATOR
Alizée Malicot
RECEPTION AND RESERVATIONS ASSISTANT
Titouan Letourneur
OUTDOOR ACTIVTIES TEAM LEAD
Roxanne Malchelosse
OUTDOOR ACTIVTIES TEAM LEAD
Marianne De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Thomas Kelly, Ariane Corsia, Clémence Da Costa, Florian Berhelin, Marie-Josée Parent
VISITOR SERVICES AND GIFT SHOP ATTENDANT
Café des Amis
Laetitia Aguililla Godoy
HEAD OF RESTAURANT SERVICES
Thélonious Martin
RESTAURANT COORDINATOR
Cassandra Segers
RESTAURANT COORDINATOR
Conservation and education
Michel Harcc-Morissette
DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION
Education
Laure Gicquiaux
HEAD OF EDUCATION SERVICES
Emily Coffey
HEAD OF EDUCATION SERVICES (ON MATERNITY LEAVE)
Kayla Lee Nickson
DAY CAMP LEAD AND HEAD OF FOREST SCHOOL
Alexandrine Bleau Quintal
SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAM LEAD
Charles Caron
PUBLIC PROGRAM LEAD
Emma De Pippo
DAY CAMP COORDINATOR
Charlie McNeely
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
Olivier Bleau-Quintal
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
Sabrina Colasante
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
Marie Victoria-Laurence
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
Shayana Haque
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
Juliette Champagne
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR
Conservation
Jérôme Bernier-Brillon
HEAD OF R&D AND CONSERVATION FOR THE MOUNT ROYAL ECOLOGICAL NETWORK
Pascale Bélanger-Lavallée
HEAD OF CONSERVATION (INTERIM)
Benjamin Pilon
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES LEAD (INTERIM)
Nicolàs Martínez
MANAGER, MONITORING, OUTREACH, AND NATURAL AREA CONSERVATION
Philanthropic Development
Hélène Panaïoti
DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chloé Faussat
PHILANTHROPY AND PARTNERSHIPS PRINCIPAL ADVISOR
Rachel Djame
PHILANTHROPY AND PARTNERSHIPS ADVISOR
Public Affairs
Madeleine Rouleau-Dumas
MOUNT ROYAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR
Communications
Clara Bich
HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING
Justine Routhier
COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTICHANNEL MARKETING MANAGER
Madeleine Rouleau-Dumas
MOUNT ROYAL ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR
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