Management Board

The ESRF are directed by a 12-member Management Board which has representation from the federal government, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator, the oil and gas industry, and the general public. The ESRF is administered by a secretariat within Natural Resources Canada.

Industry

Jennifer Matthews - Chair
Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Atlantic Canada
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
1701 Hollis Street, Suite 800
Halifax, NS B3J 3M8

Sherry Becker - Member 
Senior Commercial and Regulatory Advisor
Imperial
505 Quarry Park Blvd S.E.
Calgary, AB T2C 5N1

Steve Bettles - Member
Environmental Assurance Specialist
Cenovus Energy
351 Water Street
St. John’s, NL A1C 1C2  

Thomas McKeever – Member
Research and Technology Manager
Equinor Canada Ltd.
2 Steers Cove
St. John’s, NL A1C 6J5

Government

Mireille Lajoie - Member
Director, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Management Directorate
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
15 Eddy St., 10th Floor
Gatineau, QC K1A 0H4

Keith Lennon - Member
Director, Ocean Science
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
200 Kent Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0E6

Laura Maclean – Member
Executive Director, Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division
Environment and Climate Change Canada
2645 Dollarton Highway
North Vancouver, BC V7H 1B1

Anne-Marie Hesse - Member
Technical Specialist, Environment
Canada Energy Regulator
517 Tenth Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 0A8

Offshore Energy Regulators

Dena Murphy - Member
Director, Operations / Health, Safety & Environment
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator
27-201 Brownlow Avenue
Dartmouth, NS B3B 1W2

Elizabeth Young - Member
Director, Environmental Protection
Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator
240 Waterford Bridge Road, Suite 7100
St. John’s, NL, A1E 1E2

Public

Julie vanTol – Member
Grand Lake, NS

Vicki Sahanatien - Member
Timmons, ON