THE CANADIAN GEOPARKS NETWORK TEAM 

SARAH GAMBLE

CHAIR

Owner, Moose & Muskwa Consulting Ltd

sarahllgamble@gmail.com

GODFREY NOWLAN

GEOSCIENCES

Retired research scientist formerly with the Geological Survey of Canada

Calgary, AB

godfrey.nowlan@gmail.com

RODA MUSE

Secretary-General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO
Ottawa, ON
rodamuse@hotmail.com

CYNDY STEAD

Discovery UNESCO Global Geopark
Bonavista, NL
manager@discoverygeopark.com

VACANT POSITION

Tourism

SARAH BEHN

VICE CHAIR

Owner, Soniyaw Solutions Ltd
Member, Tumbler Ridge UGG Indigenous Advisory Council, BC
Behn.sea@gmail.com

JOHN CALDER

PAST CHAIR

Retired geologist from the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Halifax, NS
Johncalder99@gmail.com 

ELEANOR HAINE

EX OFFICIO

Canadian Commission for UNESCO
eleanor.haine@ccunesco.ca 

ANNABELLE SIMARD-BERGERON

Project Coordinator, CGN
Saguenay, QC
annabellesimard@hotmail.com

VACANT POSITION

Natural Resources Canada. Ottawa, ON

BETH PETERKIN

SECRETARY

Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, Parrsboro, NS
manager@fundygeopark.com

PIERRE VERPAELST

LIAISON TO ASPIRING GEOPARKS 

Charlevoix Aspiring Geopark
La Malbaie, QC
Verpapi@icloud.com

MAX DECK-LÉGER

Percé UNESCO Global Geopark
Percé, QC
scienceseteducation@geoparcdeperce.com

TOM CASADEVALL

EX OFFICIO

 United States Geological Society
Boulder, CO, USA
tcasadevall@usgs.gov 
 

VACANT POSITION

Indigenous Representative

MANDA MAGGS

TREASURER

Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark
Manda.maggs@tumblerridgegeopark.ca

EILEEN VAN DER KELLER 

EDUCATION

Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC
evanderf@sfu.ca 

FRANCES HEYDEMAN

Stonehammer UNESCO

Global Geopark

New Brunswick Museum,

Saint John, NB

frances.heydeman@nbm-mnb.ca

DR. JOSÉ LUIS PALACIO PRIETO

Escuala Nacional de Ciencias de la Tierra
Mixteca Alta UNESCO Global Geopark, Mexico
palacio@unam.mx