COVID-19 Update:

All of MVCA’s sites and our Administrative office are open to the public during normal working hours. We require visitors to our buildings to wear masks, and to self-screen and sign-in before engaging with staff.

Please note, we continue to receive higher than normal volumes of planning and regulations applications and we are working to respond to them as quickly as possible.

Board of Directors

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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 for the work of MVCA in their community. There are 11 municipalities in MVCA’s jurisdiction, each of which has at least one member on the MVCA Board of Directors. The number of municipal appointees to the Board is based upon the population of the municipality, as outlined in section 2(2) of the Conservation Authorities Act. The townships of Central Frontenac, North Frontenac, Addington Highlands, Greater Madawaska, Tay Valley, Beckwith, Drummond/North Elmsley, and Lanark Highlands each have 1 representative. Carleton Place and Mississippi Mills have two members each. And the City of Ottawa has five members.

NAME	MUNICIPALITY
Eli El-Chantiry	City of Ottawa
Glen Gower	City of Ottawa
John Karau	City of Ottawa
Janet Mason - Vice Chair	City of Ottawa
Phil Sweetnam	City of Ottawa
Kirby Thompson	Township of Addington Highlands
Faye Campbell	Township of Beckwith
Jeff Atkinson - Chair	Town of Carleton Place
Andrew Tennant	Town of Carleton Place
Cindy Kelsey	Township of Central Frontenac
Paul Kehoe	Township of Drummond/North Elmsley
Chuck Rigelhof	Township of Greater Madawaska
Bill King	Township of Lanark Highlands
Bev Holmes	Municipality of Mississippi Mills
Christa Lowry	Municipality of Mississippi Mills
John Inglis	Township of North Frontenac
RoxAnne Darling	Tay Valley Township
Steven Lewis	Agricultural Representative

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
RoxAnne 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
Chuck Rigelhof
Glen Gower

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)

Article: MVCA's longest-serving Board member Phil Sweetnam recognized for 40 years of dedication to conservation.

Upcoming Meetings

The regular MVCA General Membership meeting schedule is being maintained; however, meetings will be held virtually.

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