Staff
 Kelly Sloan, Executive Director |
Kelly obtained Bachelor and Master of Education Administration degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and taught grades 6 – 12 before starting a career in the non profit sector. She has over twenty-five years experience working and volunteering in the Non-profit sector including Executive Director positions with YWCA Edmonton and Mennonite Centre for Newcomers. Her work and volunteer life have included outdoor education and environmental programming, leadership in mountain activities, electoral reform, human services and social justice issues at local, regional, national, and international levels. Kelly has also taught classes for MacEwan University in Human Resources and Inclusive language and, as the previous owner of a consulting business, has supported many non-profit organizations and their leaders in areas such as organizational change, human resources, and strategic program development. Kelly’s grew up on a farm in Southwest Saskatchewan where the prairies rural way of life, the sense of community, and the roots in the land shaped Kelly’s values of conservation and preservation. Kelly maintains her connection to the land by frequent visits to the Saskatchewan family farm as well as through summer and winter mountain wilderness activities in ski touring, mountaineering and backpacking. |
 Helene Walsh, Boreal Program Director |
Helene Walsh completed her MSc degree in Zoology from the University of Alberta. She has been involved with forestry issues since 1998 when she joined the Canfor/Daishowa-Marubeni Ecological Public Advisory Committee. During this time Helene became aware of forestry issues in Alberta and passionate about the need for protected areas of natural forests large enough that ecological processes, not people, could manage some of the forest. In 1999, Helene founded Albertans for a Wild Chinchaga and began working with CPAWS Northern Alberta to establish a protected area in the Chinchaga region. Since 2000, she has played a lead role in the development of the Forest Stewardship Council Boreal Certification Standards by helping to define and promote the position of the environmental chamber from western Canada. Helene currently serves as Boreal Campaign Director for CPAWS Northern Alberta. Her other interests include growing native prairie plants, canoeing, hiking and walking her dogs, Chaga and Echo. |
| Jennifer Liu, Administrative assistant |