Forest science committee member biographies final

Eastern Ontario Model Forest Forest Science Committee Member Biographies J. Peter Hall - Chair J. Peter Hall (BScF, PhD Forest Genetics) is a retired science manager of the Canadian Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada). He worked on issues of forest regeneration and tree improvement in eastern boreal forests and as a national coordinator of research programs in CFS headquarters. These programs were in the fields of forest silviculture, forest health, acid rain, climate change and bioenergy. He has been a member of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest since 1992 and is currently Chair of the Forest Science Committee and a member of the Board of Directors.

Gerald Guenkel Gerald P. Guenkel (BScF, RPF) is a professional forester, currently the Forestry Program Coordinator at Sir Sandford Fleming College. He has taught for the last 26 years courses involving silviculture, forest ecology, forest products and forest management. Prior to his current position, Gerald worked as an industrial forester in Grande Prairie Alberta for five years for Procter and Gamble. Outside from the college, Gerald is actively involved in the forest management aspects for two municipally-owned forests, each approximately 10,000 acres.

Brian Haddon Brian Haddon (BScF) retired from the Canadian Forest Service in 2006 after 32 years working first with tree seed, managing the National Tree Seed Bank, and then for over two decades working in national forestry statistics, including10 years managing the National Forestry Database Program. Since late 1997, he has been Research Editor of The Forestry Chronicle, official journal of the Canadian Institute of Forestry. Brian joined the Eastern Ontario Model Forest many years ago and has enjoyed working with the Forest Science Committee since 2009.

Sally Hamilton Sally Hamilton (BA Hon Geography, University of Western Ontario; MA Geography, University of Alberta) is retired from the federal public service (Natural Resources Canada) where she worked as a policy analyst and policy advisor in the Mineral Policy Sector. Her areas of responsibility, at different times, included regional economic analysis, commodity specialist for gold and platinum group metals, environmental issues, and native land claims in the Northwest Territories and Yukon. Prior to joining the federal government she was a lecturer in geography for three years at Nipissing College in North Bay. She became a member of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest in 1998 and has been active on the Winter Woodlot Conference organizing committee, the Forest Fair organizing committee, the Communications Committee, and, more recently, the Forest Science Committee.

Elizabeth Holmes Elizabeth’s history with the EOMF dates back to 1993, shortly after the inception of the organization. Early involvement included work with the Mohawk community of Akwesasne on black ash preservation and regeneration efforts, as well as work on local level indicator development, and communications and outreach program delivery. In her current capacity as Strategic Operations & Development Officer, she oversees the planning, delivery and evaluation of the many and varied forest conservation programs and initiatives of the EOMF. She has served as the staff liaison to the EOMF’s Forest Science Committee for more than a decade. Her professional interests include private land stewardship and community involvement, community capacity building, governance mechanisms and natural resources policy, and First Nations environmental philosophies. Elizabeth is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Guelph in the Environmental Resource Assessment program of study (Geography Department), with a specialization in Rural Resource Evaluation and Environmental Analysis. In the context of her research, she is examining governance mechanisms for better recognizing private landowners for their contributions in providing ecological goods and services.

Henry Lickers, EOMF Scientist Henry Lickers received his education from the Haudenosaunee people and formal studies at Trent University and the University of Waikato New Zealand. While self-identified as never being “a stellar student,” his innovative way of thinking has earned him the respect of many native and non-native people. Merging Traditional Aboriginal Knowledge and sciences, he has developed new methods for developing partnerships, formulating innovative indicators and understanding the application of scale to complex environmental issues in communities and throughout Canada. As the former Director of the Department of the Environment and now Environmental Science Officer for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, he has worked on the Panel on Ecological Integrity of Canada’s National Parks, the International Joint Commission’s Science Advisory Board and American Environmental Health Studies. He is a vice-president of the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences. He was a founding board member of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest, and currently serves as EOMF Scientist. He has received many awards including an Eagle Feather from the Assembly of First Nation’s Environment Committee; the Royal Canadian Institute Sanford Fleming Medal; the Ross Silversides Forestry Award; and the Jean Woodsworth Award for his outstanding contribution to environment, community and sustainable development.

Erin Neave Erin Neave (BSc, MScF) is a biologist with a background in landscape ecology, habitat conservation and resource management. She has a range of experience including the development of wildlife habitat indicators and standards for agricultural landscapes; habitat suitability modelling for species at risk; and scenario modelling to inform land use planning. She has also worked extensively in the field conducting forest inventory and habitat/species-based surveys.

She has a broad knowledge of conservation programming and policy nationally through work with a range of government and non-government organizations as well as forest industry. She has worked as a consultant in eastern Ontario for the last 15 years, and enjoys working with the Eastern Ontario Model Forest and its partners on a variety of projects.

Bob Stewart Robert B. Stewart (Hon. B.A., MSc, PhD Geography) is a retired federal civil servant with work experience in 3 federal departments (Environment Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and Natural Resources Canada) as a climate change research scientist, coordinator, advisor and science manager on forest and agriculture ecosystems. For the last 15 years of his career he was responsible for coordinating, at the national and international level, all climate change research for the Canadian Forest Service. These programs involved climate change impact on, and carbon budget and cycling in, boreal forest ecosystems. In 2008 he received a Nobel Peace Prize Award for his work on the 1996 Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - as a lead contributing author to the IPCC Working Group II - Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change on Forestry chapter. He has been a member of the EOMF’s Forest Science Committee since 2006.

Erik Wang Erik holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees from Lakehead University and the University of New Brunswick. His 30-year career in forestry has included positions with industry, university and consulting sectors, primarily in New Brunswick and British Columbia. Technical expertise lies primarily in the areas of resource planning and timber supply forecasting. Since 2009, Erik has resided in Brockville, Ontario. In addition to his involvement with the EOMF, Erik sits on several committees, including the Forestry Futures Trust Committee and the Ontario Provincial Forest Inventory Advisory Committee. He is a Registered Professional Forester in both Ontario and British Columbia, and a member of the Canadian Institute of Forestry.

Ed White Edwin H. White (B.S. Silviculture, M.S. Forest Soils, PhD Soil Science) is a Professor Emeritus, Forest Soil Sciences at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse, N.Y. He has over thirty years of research experience in developing short-rotation woody biomass systems producing feedstocks for conversion to various biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts. He is currently Assistant Director, SUNY Center for Sustainable and Renewable Energy, and Associate Director of the Syracuse Center for Excellence in

Environmental & Renewable Energy Systems. He has been a member of the EOMF’s Forest Science Committee since its inception and is a long-time supporter of the EOMF. David Winston David Winston (BScF., M.S.) worked for 37 years in the Government of Canada, Canadian Forest Service in a variety of positions including Director of Operations, Research Director, and Research Scientist in forest autecology and silviculture. During this period he worked on several national and international programs including the International Energy Agency, the OECD Program for international movement of plant materials, the International Plant Protection Organization of the UN and has worked in diverse locations including Victoria B.C., Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Petawawa Research Forest and Ottawa. Following retirement from the federal government he was the President and General Manager of the Canadian Model Forest Network and has run a successful consulting business specializing in non-timber forest products and advice to organizations on forestry and environmental science issues. He enjoys being a member of the EOMF Forest Science Committee and is also a member of the Canadian Institute of Forestry and the Ontario Professional Foresters Association.