the canadian geoparks network team
board members
Frances Heydeman
Chair
Stonehammer UNESCO
Global Geopark
New Brunswick Museum,
Saint John, NB
Sarah Behn
Vice-Chair
Owner, Soniyaw Solutions Ltd
Member, Tumbler Ridge UGG Indigenous Advisory Council, BC
Manda Maggs
Treasurer
Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark
Sarah Gamble
Past Chair
Owner, Moose & Muskwa
Consulting Ltd​
John Calder
Global Geoparks
Network Liason
Retired geologist from the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Halifax, NS
Pierre Verpaelst
Liaison to Aspiring Geoparks
Charlevoix Aspiring Geopark
La Malbaie, QC
Eileen van der Flier-Keller
Education
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC
Sasha Brake
Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark
Nova Scotia
Godfrey Nowlan
Observer
Retired research scientist formerly with the Geological Survey of Canada
Calgary, AB
Rebecca Rolfe
Discovery UNESCO Global Geopark
Bonavista, NL
Robert Rainbird
Geological Survey of Canada
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Patti Balsillie
Tourism
Nathalie Spooner
Percé UNESCO Global Geopark
Percé, QC
Tom Casadevall
Observer
United States Geological Society
Boulder, CO, USA
José Luis Palacio Prieto
Observer
Vacant
Indigenous Representative
Escuala Nacional de Ciencias de la Tierra
Mixteca Alta UNESCO Global Geopark, Mexico
