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)