Our Team

Board of Directors

Arlyle Waring | President

Kevin Gallagher | Treasurer

Maria Leung | Director

Frances Grace-Fyfe | Director

Staff Members

Beatrice Olivastri
CEO

Karen Cartier
Administrator & Project Coordinator

John Bennett
Senior Policy Advisor

Jake Cole 
Associate

Practicum Students & Researchers (2022 – 2023)

Volunteer, Michelle Balderston

Michelle Balderson
Communications

Nicholas Mbusiro
Researcher

Kyra Kestel
Researcher

Volunteer, Israa Moussa

Israa Moussa
PhD Candidate
Science Advisor

Esther Similoluwa Netufo

Esther Similoluwa Netufo
Communications

Fraser Praroah

Fraser Pharoah
Communications

Practicum Students & Researchers (2020 – 2021)

Simrin Dhillon
Researcher
Climate & Energy Campaign

Miranda Green
PhD Candidate
Science Advisor

Caitlin McCloskey
Researcher
Climate & Energy Campaign

Sarah McClure
Legal Researcher
Bee Cause Campaign

Practicum Students & Researchers (2019 – 2020)

Adam Bordignon
Legal Researcher
Bee Cause Campaign

Michael Damyanovich
Legal Researcher
Bee Cause Campaign

Joelle Gavazzi-April
Practicum Student
Bee Cause Campaign

Alison Greenspoon
Legal Researcher
Climate Change & Bee Cause Campaigns

Johanna Jergen
Researcher, Climate Change

Caitlin McCloskey
CSJ-Summer Student
Communication Assistant

Alexandra Mullen
Practicum Student
Bee Cause Campaign

Shantanu Virbhan
Sustainable Finance Analyst

Media and Strategy Advisors

Environmental Communications Options
Don Huff
| President | http://ecostrategy.ca/

Auditor

Ouseley Hanvey Clipsham | Deep LLP

A background image for the Bee Cause campaign showing a Bumble Bee on a Sunflower.