There are 11 municipalities in the watershed represented on a 17 member Board of Directors. Central Frontenac, Addington Highlands, Greater Madawaska, Tay Valley, Beckwith, Carleton Place (2 members), Drummond/North Elmsley, Lanark Highlands, Mississippi Mills (2 members), North Frontenac, City of Ottawa (5 members).

The role of the Board of Directors is to establish policies of the Authority, define programs and services to achieve its mandate, determine and monitor annual expenditures, direct management, and advocate the work of MVCA in their community.

2021 Committees

Finance & Administration

• Janet Mason, Ex-officio
• Jeff Atkinson, Ex-officio
• Eli El-Chantiry
• Paul Kehoe
• Bill King
• Christa Lowry
• Phil Sweetnam
• Andrew Tennant

Regulations Committee

• Janet Mason, Ex-officio
• Jeff Atkinson, Ex-officio
• RoxAnn Darling
• Paul Kehoe (alternate)
• Christa Lowry
• Kirby Thompson

Policy & Priorities Committee

• Janet Mason, Ex-officio
• Jeff Atkinson, Ex-officio
• Faye Campbell
• RoxAnne Darling
• Bev Holmes
• John Inglis
• John Karau
• Cindy Kelsey
• Kirby Thompson

Mill of Kintail Advisory Committee

• Wayne Morrison (Chair)
• Jeff Atkinson
• Wendy Bridges
• Lucy Carleton
• Dr. James Copeland
• Kathy Duncan
• Bev  Holmes
• Darcy Moses
• Kathy Stewart

Mississippi Valley Conservation Foundation

• Paul Lehman (President)
• Michael Cleland (Vice-President)
• Louis Antonakos
• Duncan Abbott
• Sally McIntyre
• Rob Sutherland

Conservation Ontario

• Janet Mason, Voting Member
• Jeff Atkinson (First Alternate)
• Sally McIntyre (Second Alternate)

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