Biographies
Getting to Know Our Board Members
Evan Ferrari - President of WindShareResource conservation has been part of Evan's life since founding a water-pumping windmill project in Tanzania in the 1970s. Later his business background led him to the photographic industry where he was a sales and marketing manager for a large film manufacturer. In the early 90’s he left the corporate world to get back to his environmental roots. Since moving to the not-for-profit sector, he has been the manager of a Green Community Initiative and held managerial and leadership positions in the fields of waste management, water conservation, energy conservation, including his current position as the President of the WindShare Cooperative - owners of North America’s first urban windmill at Toronto’s CNE. In 1992 Evan received the Governor General’s Canada 125 award for his work on environmental initiatives. Evan is also the Director, Parks & Protected Areas for the CPAWS - Wildlands League and was provincial coordinator for the Partnership for Public Lands. He has been intimately involved in the regulation and finalization of OLL sites, including the mining disentanglement process. For the past several years his time has been almost entirely taken up by new protected areas legislation for Ontario. Evan was instrumental in getting the promise of new legislation onto political agendas prior to the last election and then in organizing the ENGO involvement and participation in the legislative process.David Robertson - Board of Directors for TREC, WindShare IIDavid Robertson is a chartered accountant and the managing partner of the firm of chartered accountants Prentice Yates & Clark. He has been a partner in the firm for 20 years and managing partner for the last 5 years. During that time the practice has tripled in size. David’s practice currently is the auditor for over 225 co-operative corporations in Ontario. David has been an auditor and financial advisor to these co-ops for 25 years. David was the Treasurer of Foodshare Toronto for 4 years. He has also been at different times the President and Treasurer of both TREC and Windshare 1. Currently he is on the Lakewind development team and is on the Windshare 2 Board. David was a member of the advisory team reviewing the financial feasibility of the wind turbine at Exhibition Place prior to it’s development. Jennifer Jeffery - Board of Directors for WindShareJennifer Jeffery joined the WindShare Board of Directors in February 2006. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto with a strong concentration in environmental economics and policy. Jennifer started her career with the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization based in Toronto, Canada. Currently, she is the Manager of Operations & Special Projects for the Summerhill Group. In this position, Jennifer has been instrumental in establishing the product verification process behind The Home Depot Canada’s Eco Options brand which identifies environmentally preferable products to consumers across the country. Jennifer is committed to promoting long-term structural and behavioural changes in the marketplace, resulting in increased adoption of energy efficient technologies. She believes strongly in increasing the amount of green power contributed to the Ontario electricity grid and empowering local communities with the ability to direct their own energy future. Dianne Saxe - Board of Directors for WindShareDianne Saxe is one of Canada’s leading environmental lawyers. She is listed as one of the three top environmental practitioners in the Greater Toronto area by Lexpert, and as one of the world’s leading environmental lawyers by four international rating services (International Who's Who; Practical Law Company; Euromoney; International Corporate Law). She also holds one of Canada’s only Doctorates of Jurisprudence (PhD) in environmental law. |
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