Current Board, Committees and Staff of the AAC

2010/2011 Board of Directors 

President: Tillmann Benfey, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3 Tel: 506-452-6293 Fax: 506-453-3583 benfey@unb.ca

President Elect: Tim Jackson, National Research Council (NRC) Industrial Research Assistance Program, Suite 203, 189 Prince William Street, Saint John, NB, E2L 2B9 Tel: 506-636-3728 Fax: 506-636-3479 timothy.jackson@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Vice-President: Joy Wade, 1619 Venlaw Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9S 1J3 Tel/Fax: 250-754-6884 joy2004wade@yahoo.ca

Secretary: Shelley King, Genome Atlantic, 1721 Lower Water Street, Halifax, NS, B3J 1S5 Tel: 902-421-5646 Fax: 902-421-2733 sking@genomeatlantic.ca

Treasurer: Caroline Graham, Aquaculture Program, New Brunswick Community College, 99 Augustus Street, St. Andrews, NB, E5B 2E9 cpgraham@rogers.com

Past President: Cyr Couturier, Marine Institute of Memorial University, P.O. Box 4920, 155 Ridge Road, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5R3 Tel: 709-778-0609 Fax: 709-778-0535 cyr@mi.mun.ca

Board Member: Céline Audet, Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1 Tel: 418-723-1986 (ext. 1744) Fax: 418-723-1842 celine_audet@uqar.qc.ca

Board Member: Duane Barker, Fisheries & Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Science & Technology, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5S5 Tel: 250-753-3245 (ext. 2296) Fax: 250-740-6482 duane.barker@viu.ca

Board Member: Gehan Mabrouk, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 80 East White Hills Road, P.O. Box 5667, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5X1 Tel: 709-772-6184 Fax: 709-772-5315 Gehan.Mabrouk@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Board Member: David McCallum, Independent Coastal Resources Consultant, 431 Woodhaven Drive, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 5M2 Tel: 250-668-6387 david.mcc@me.com

Standing Committees

Election: Cyr Couturier (Chair), Tillmann Benfey and Tim Jackson

Finance: Caroline Graham (Chair), Tillmann Benfey, Cyr Couturier, Tim Jackson, Shelley King and Susan Waddy

Rules: Shelley King (Chair), Dave McCallum, Joy Wade, Tillmann Benfey (ex officio) and Terry Hutchinson

Time & Place: Tim Jackson (Chair), Duane Barker, Caroline Graham, Joy Wade and Tillmann Benfey (ex officio)

Arrangements: Tillmann Benfey (Chair), Céline Audet, Cyr Couturier and Tim Jackson

Program: Céline Audet (Chair), Tillmann Benfey, Cyr Couturier, Tim Jackson and Gregor Reid

Publications: Dave McCallum (Chair), Duane Barker, Shelley King, Gehan Mabrouk, Tillmann Benfey (ex officio), Susan Waddy and Gregor Reid

Awards: Joy Wade (Chair), Cyr Couturier, Caroline Graham, Gehan Mabrouk and Tillmann Benfey (ex officio)

Student Affairs: Céline Audet (Chair), Duane Barker, Dave McCallum, Tillmann Benfey (ex officio), Nathaniel Feindel, Matt Liutkus and additional students from Québec

Ad-hoc Committees

Science Advisory: Duane Barker (Chair), Céline Audet, Tillmann Benfey, Cyr Couturier, Caroline Graham, Gehan Mabrouk and Aaron Frenette

Membership: Gehan Mabrouk (Chair), Dave McCallum, Joy Wade, Tillmann Benfey (ex officio), Charles Sacobie and Joanne Power

Business Development Officer: Tillmann Benfey (Chair), Caroline Graham, Tim Jackson, Shelley King, Joy Wade and Susan Waddy

External Representation

CAIA Board: Tillmann Benfey (Cyr Couturier as alternate)

ACRDP National Steering Committee: Cyr Couturier (Tillmann Benfey as alternate)

World Aquaculture Society: Shelley King

Canadian General Standards Board Committee on Organic Aquaculture: Joy Wade

Office Staff

Office Manger: Susan Waddy

16 Lobster Lane, St Andrews, NB  E5B 3T6, ph: 506-529-4766  fax: 506-529-4609, Email: Susan.Waddy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Office Administrator: Candace Durston (filling in forCatriona Wong, presently on maternity leave)

16 Lobster Lane, St Andrews, NB E5B 3T6, ph: 506-529-4766 fax: 506-529-4609, Email: AAC@dfo-mpo.gc.ca