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Gerry DeSorcy -
Chairman
Gerry DeSorcy is a Regulatory Consultant with 45 years
experience at technical and administrative levels. He spent
38 years with the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB)
and the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) and was
extensively involved in policy development and application
of policies regarding technical, conservation, business and
environmental issues and sustainable development. He worked
at many levels throughout the EUB organization dealing with
all aspects of regulation, and was Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer at the time of his retirement.
Since his retirement from the EUB, Mr. DeSorcy has
consulted on a variety of general, legal, policy and
technical oil and gas and environment related regulatory
issues for governments and private companies in Canada and
elsewhere. In this capacity, he has provided advice on the
development of a number of regulatory systems. Mr. DeSorcy
also developed and lectured in a credit course on oil and
gas regulation at the University of Calgary.
Paul C.
Jackson - Public-At-Large
Paul is a Professional Geologist with 32 years of oil and
gas exploration experience including many sour gas
exploration projects.
He graduated from the University of Calgary with a BSc in
Geology. He worked for Amoco Canada, then Canadian Hunter
and as V.P. of Exploration for Co-enerco before commencing
self-employment with his own consulting company.
Recently, Paul has participated as co-chairman of a
public intervenor group to a sour gas well proposal and is
currently involved in a multi-stakeholder review group
dealing with an AEUB conditional decision.
He is also an active community participant and is the
current President of the Bearspaw-Glendale Community
Association.
Paul's exploration background, his experience as an
intervenor, his community experience as well as his rural
upbringing place him in a unique position to contribute as a
member of the public to the Advisory Committee.
Brian Winter -
Public-at-large
As a senior employee, Brian joined the Town of Cochrane
in 1979. He as a Kinesiology degree ( U of C) and a Diploma
in Emergency Paramedical Care from S.A.I.T., and has worked
in the emergency responder field for 25 years. For 16 years,
Brian serviced as Fire Chief for the Town. He currently is
employed as Fire Marshall and DDS for the Town. Brian has a
great interest in Disaster Planning and was heavily involved
in the 1988 Calgary Olympic Disaster Plan.
Brian is the founding member of the Cochrane Operators
Pipeline Committee that meets monthly to discuss and promote
safety in the Cochrane area. His fire safety knowledge has
contributed to the promotion of a safe environment in
Cochrane.
Brian has testified as an expert witness in a number of
court cases dealing with arson fires. He has good listening
and communication skills.
Judith Bugg -
Public-at-large
Raised on a farm in Central Alberta, she began hobby
farming in 1975. She and her husband moved to Edson in 1990,
where they developed a full time cow/calf operation, raise
paint horses and have been raising of elk since 1998.
Judith's experience in working with the public is varied.
Her volunteer work includes: minor hockey, figure skating
club, Safe Grad programs, Treasurer for the Yellowhead
Reform Party Constituency Association, and Office Manager
for Cliff Breitkreuz M.P. in the 1997 Federal Election
Campaign.
Judith has a diverse professional background including:
secretary for the Principal of the Elementary School, Tax
preparation, bookkeeping, and financial consulting with an
Accounting firm, co-owner/operator of a sheet metal business
contracting work all over Alberta, Manager of Sylvan Lake
Housing Authority (Government subsidized housing program),
Constituency Assistant for Cliff Breitkreuz, M.P., and
farming.
Randall G. Gossen -
Oil and Gas Industry
Dr. Gossen has 26 years experience in the oil and gas
industry. Prior to commencing his career in oil and gas, Dr.
Gossen worked as a biologist with the Colombian government.
Upon graduation with a PhD in Soil Microbiology from the
University of Calgary in 1973, Dr. Gossen spent 4 years with
Canadian Arctic Gas Study Ltd. with responsibility for
directing the environmental studies for the proposed
northern pipeline including a 2-year assignment in
Washington, D.C. during the regulatory hearings before the
Federal Power Commission.
Dr. Gossen then spent 14 years with Imperial Oil Ltd.
completing numerous assignments including regulatory affairs
responsibility for both the Cold Lake and proposed OSLO
heavy oil developments; responsibility for developing the
long range outlook in corporate planning; corporate manager
environment, health, safety and risk management; manager of
ESSO's Cold Lake heavy oil facility and a 2-year secondment
to the federal department of Energy, Mines and Resources
under the Executive Interchange Program.
Dr. Gossen joined Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.
(CanadianOxy) in 1991 and is currently Division Vice
President for Environment, Health and Safety with corporate
responsibility for all of CanadianOxy's oil and gas and
chemicals operations domestically and internationally. This
role includes management responsibility for the
corporation's Integrity Program.
In addition to his corporate due diligence
responsibility, Dr. Gossen has considerable experience and
expertise in strategic planning and has facilitated the
development of strategic plans for the Environment, Health
& Safety Department, Marketing, Law Department, Canadian
Oil & Gas Division as well as numerous external
organizations. Dr. Gossen has a deep interest in issues
related to environmental and social justice and recently led
a multi-sectoral business group in the development of an
"International Code of Business Ethics for Canadian
Companies".
Dr. Gossen has considerable experience with regulatory
agencies in Canada, the U.S.A., Europe, South America, the
Middle East and the former U.S.S.R. He was invited by the
former Soviet government to provide environmental advice on
the handling of environmental concerns in the Western
Siberian Basin.
Dr. Gossen is currently Chairman of the Business &
Environment Advisory Board of the Conference Board of
Canada, a past Board Member and Vice Chairman of the Arctic
Institute of North America, a member of the Environment
Committee of the Board of the Calgary Airport Authority, a
past Co-chair and Director of the Alberta Ecotrust
Foundation, Chair of the Canadian Chlorine Coordination
Committee, a Director of the Environmental Law Centre, a
founding member of the Environment Committee of the Alberta
Professional Engineers, Geologist and Geophysicists
Association and a member of the Advisory Council to the
Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Gossen is also an active participant in the Canadian
Association of Petroleum Producers, the Canadian Chemical
Producers Association, the International Petroleum Industry
Environmental Conservation Association and the Chlorine
Chemistry Council in the U.S.A. Dr. Gossen has recently
coordinated industry participation in the development of a
new Chair in Risk Communication at the University of
Calgary.
Dr. Gossen has been involved with the World Petroleum
Congress for about 10 years. He was the Chairman of the
Environmental Forum of the 1994 World Petroleum Congress in
Stavanger, Norway and presented a Review and Forecast paper
at the 1997 World Petroleum Congress in Beijing. Currently
he is heavily involved in the planning for the 16th Congress
of the WPC to be held in Calgary in June 2000. He chairs the
Canadian Organizing Committee's Program Arrangement
Committee, is a member of the Canadian National Committee of
the WPC and represents Canada on the WPC's Scientific
Program Committee.
Frank George - Oil and
Gas Industry
Frank recently joined the Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers (CAPP) on a secondment from Shell Canada
Ltd. He will take the lead on behalf of CAPP in the Sour Gas
Safety Review as well as coordinate CAPP activities in the
areas of gas plant grandfathering and flaring reduction
implementation. Frank belongs to the Alberta Association of
Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists. Frank
has a broad range of experience with Shell including North
Sea and Sarnia refining operations, but his focus during his
24 year career has been on sour gas development and
operations in Alberta and Northeast BC.
He has a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (UBC) and a
M.B.A. (U of C). Frank is married with three children and he
enjoys skiing, swimming, camping and golf.
John
E. Squarek - P.Eng., MBA
Mr. Squarek has a B.Sc. in Petroleum
Engineering (University of Oklahoma) and a Masters Degree in
Business Administration (Adelaide University, Australia).
Currently Mr. Squarek is the President and CEO of Dynamix
Corporation and Oasis Energy Inc..
Mr. Squarek has over 30 years
experience both nationally and internationally in the oil
and gas business during which he spent several years in sour
gas exploration and production. Mr. Squarek is a director of
the Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada
(SEPAC) and of the Clean Air Strategic Alliance (CASA).
Through CASA he has been involved with Benzene Reduction,
Solution Gas Flaring, Acidifying Emissions and Animal Health
project teams.
Robert F. Clark -
Land Development Industry
Bob Clark has worked in the Development Industry for 23
years as a builder, an engineering consultant and as a land
developer. A native Calgarian, Bob holds a degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of Calgary and a diploma
from the Banff School of Advanced Management.
In 1981 he commenced employment with Costain Limited, a
land development and housing company with responsibility for
several projects in the Calgary and Edmonton areas. In 1989
he joined Carma Developers Ltd. and has worked on the
development of several projects in the Calgary area; notably
McKenzie Lake, Mountain Park and McKenzie Towne. He is
currently responsible for the development of Carma's
communities in North Calgary.
Bob maintains professional memberships in the Association
of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of
Alberta, The Urban Land Institute, The Engineering Institute
of Canada, The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, The
Congress of New Urbanism and the National Town Builders
Association.
He is a former Chairman of the Calgary Chapter of the
Urban Development Institute and is currently the Past
President of the Urban Development Institute of Alberta.
Bob is married with three children and enjoys skiing,
hiking, backpacking, tennis, running and sailing.
Robert Ollerenshaw
- Land and Development Industry
Robert Ollerenshaw oversees his family's farming and
ranching operations, land development ventures, and operates
an architectural design firm. Currently he is involved in a
residential development project in partnership with Hopewell
Residential Communities to develop their joint land holdings
in southeast Calgary. His farming and ranching background,
combined with land development experience, allows him to
provide a unique contribution to the Advisory Committee from
both landowner and developer perspectives.
Robert's understanding of the sour gas industry has been
gained by participating at many Board hearings and inquiries
related to the development of sour gas facilities in
southeast Calgary. This experience has broadened his
understanding of the sour gas industry and the impact it may
have on public safety, environmental concerns, and the
interests of surface owners.
Robert has a Masters Degree in Environmental Design
(Architecture), from the Faculty of Environmental Design,
University of Calgary.
Kevin McLeod - Alberta
Health and Wellness
Kevin has been with Alberta Health and Wellness for the
past ten years. He is currently a Senior Strategy Lead in
the Population Health Strategies Branch of the Health
Strategies Division in the area of environmental health.
Previous to this Kevin was a public health inspector for a
rural health authority and Director of the Environmental
Health program for 15 years.
Kevin is actively involved in a number of key national
and provincial environmental health initiatives including
food safety, bottled water and packaged ice, air quality and
climate change. He also teaches a course in Population
Health, Promotion and Education at the Concordia University
College.
David Spink - Alberta
Environment
An environmental engineer, David has over 25 years
experience in municipal, federal and provincial pollution
control and environmental protection. He has a B.Sc. and
M.Sc. in engineering from the U of A and has spent most of
his career working in the environmental regulatory
field.
David has experience in both the development and
implementation of regulatory programs. For five years he was
the Director responsible for the issuance of the Alberta
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act approvals for
industrial and municipal facilities in the province. His
areas of expertise are environmental regulatory systems,
environmental standards and pollution control
technologies.
David has a strong interest in the public health
protection aspects of pollution control and for several
years chaired the Federal-Provincial Committee responsible
for the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality. He
believes the Advisory Committee has a unique opportunity to
influence the future direction and form of the EUB's
regulatory system for managing sour gas and public health
and safety issues.
Maureen Bolen - Alberta
Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Maureen has worked with Alberta Agriculture, Food and
Rural Development for twenty-five years in various positions
and locations across the province. She has a Bachelor of
Science degree and in the past assisted farm families with
farm accounting as well as succession and ownership
planning.
Presently, she works with agriculture organizations and
groups in the areas of leadership, organization and rural
development. She assists agriculture leaders in planning,
needs assessments, strategic and market planning and
evaluation.
Acting in a facilitation role, Maureen helps teams and
groups work more effectively together to achieve their goals
and the goals of the agriculture industry. She has
experience in program development, human resource management
as well as public consultation. Maureen has considerable
knowledge of the agriculture industry and the "human" side
of farming.
Cindy Miller Reade
- Alberta Municipal Affairs, Local Government
Services
As Planning Advisor, Cindy started with Municipal Affairs
in 1999. She has a B.A. (Psychology and Geography) from the
University of Guelph and a B.A.A. (Urban and Regional
Planning) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. Currently,
Cindy provides land use planning advice and explains
planning and land use based legislation and its applications
to individuals, municipal officials and administrative
staff. She also works in conjunction with other provincial
ministries on initiatives related to land use. Cindy's
interest in alternative dispute resolution is also of value
with the Intermunicipal Dispute Resolution Initiative.
Prior to joining Municipal Affairs, Cindy worked with
various municipalities (Morinville, Edmonton, Parkland
County and the former South Peace Regional Planning
Commission) in various levels of responsibility as a
planner. She has written municipal development plans, land
use bylaws, amendments to these documents, prepared and
audited grant proposals, reports, discussion and position
papers relating to land use and legislation.
Ron Wolsey - Alberta
Municipal Affairs, Disaster Services
Ron was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Prior to
joining the Alberta government, he spent twenty-five years
with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was stationed in
Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and
Alberta. While stationed in Eastern Canada, Ron attended the
University of New Brunswick, where he received a Management
Certificate in Business Administration.
He retired from the R.C.M.P. in 1982 to accept a newly
created position with the provincial government. As
Executive Director of the province's dangerous goods control
program, he designed and implemented an initiative which
promotes public safety on Alberta's highways through the
safer handling and packaging of dangerous goods being
transported and through an improved response capability by
emergency responders if an accident should occur.
In June of 1990, Ron assumed his current position,
Executive Director of Alberta Disaster Services. This
organization is the provincial authority responsible for the
development and coordination of the province's emergency
plans. They also assist municipalities in developing,
updating and exercising their municipal emergency plans and
they administer delivery of Alberta's Disaster Recovery
Programs.
Dan Clarke - Alberta Human
Resources and Employment
Dan is currently the Manager, Legislation, Policy and
Technical Support Services for Alberta Human Resources and
Employment
Dan is a fully qualified Occupational Hygienist with
comprehensive experience in conducting field surveys in air
quality, noise, and other workplace health and safety
hazards. He holds a Certified Industrial Hygienist
designation from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene
and a Registered Occupational Hygienist designation from the
Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists. For
the past four years, Dan has been Manager of a
multidisciplinary team of professionals who provide
technical and policy support in the following areas: Mine
Safety, Radiation Safety, Occupational Health Nursing,
Occupational Medicine, Occupational Hygiene and Safety
Engineering. Most of his work in the last 10 years has
involved the establishment and implementation of a
regulatory framework for occupational health and safety in
Alberta.
Dan holds a Master of Health Science (Occupational
Hygiene) - University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor of
Science (Chemistry) - University of Waterloo.
Brent Friesen -
Regional Health Authorities
Dr. Brent Friesen is the Executive Director of the
Quality Care and Health Information Directorate for the
Calgary Regional Health Authority. Dr. Friesen oversees
several areas, including quality improvement, health systems
analysis, and health information. Dr. Friesen did his
specialty training in Community Medicine at the University
of Manitoba. He has an appointment as Clinical Assistant
Professor in Community Medicine with the Department of
Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. He
holds fellowships in Community Medicine and Preventive
Medicine. Prior to joining Calgary Health Services and,
subsequently the Calgary Regional Health Authority, Dr.
Friesen was Regional Medical Officer of Health for
Southwestern Manitoba.
Timothy Lambert -
Regional Health Authorities
Tim received his PhD in Public Health Science from the
University of Alberta in 1998. His research area was ethics
and public health practice and communication. Tim is
employed at the Calgary Regional Health Authority as 'risk
assessment specialist'. His sour gas related duties entail
evaluating risk assessments and emergency response plans for
sour gas developments. He represents the regional health
authority in AEUB hearings. In the last year, Tim has begun
working with other regional health authorities in evaluating
sour gas developments. Prior to attending university, he
spent 2 years in the oil patch working on a seismic drill.
Tim spent 3 years with the Canadian Armed Forces with the
field engineers, and trained in emergency response.
Bart Guyon - Alberta
Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Bart Guyon is a farmer/rancher in the Drayton Valley
area, where he owns and operates a 3000 acre diversified
ranch, concentrating largely on bison, elk and deer
ranching. His background also includes professional
certification as an Electrician and as an Instrumentation
Mechanic.
Mr. Guyon was first elected as Councillor in the
Municipal District of Brazeau in October 1992, and was
subsequently re-elected in 1995. He served as Reeve of the
Municipal District from 1996 through 1998, and as Chairman
of the provincial Reeve's Association during the same period
of time.
Since November 1997, he has served as Vice President of
the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts &
Counties. Through the AAMD&C, he also represents rural
Alberta municipalities on a number of provincial Committees
and advisory boards, including Alberta Environment's
Pipelines Task Force, the Electric Utilities Advisory
Committee, and the Joint Property Tax Council.
Barry Virtue - Alberta
Urban Municipalities Association
As Mayor of the Summer Village of Birchcliff, Barry
represents the 50 plus Summer Villages throughout Alberta on
the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association's (AUMA) Board
of Director's , and is the AUMA representative to the
PS&SG Advisory Committee.
Barry is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and is
a Professional Geophysicist (ret.). Prior to retirement,
Barry spent over 40 yrs with industry and government in
Alberta, with the latter part of his career emphasizing
environmental and socio-economic issues related to oil and
gas industry development. Experience in these areas included
work in the Yukon, NWT and Nunuvut; East Coast Offshore,
B.C. Offshore, Sask. and Alberta. Barry has had considerable
experience addressing regulatory issues in the environmental
and socio-economic areas at the Territorial, Provincial and
Federal levels. He has served on several Provincial and
Federal advisory committees and task forces related to these
matters.
Steve Hrudey -
University Risk Research
Steve Hrudey is Professor of Environmental Health
Sciences in the Department of Public Health Sciences,
University of Alberta, where he specializes in research and
teaching about environmental health risks. He is the author
of more than 100 technical papers and reports on
environmental issues and has co-authored books on Risk of
Death in Canada - What We Know and How We Know It, and on
Bioavailability in Environmental Risk Assessment. Dr. Hrudey
currently supervises graduate student research on
environmental decision-making, risk communication and
exposure assessment of environmental contaminants.
David Wilson -
University Risk Research
David Wilson has been a Professor in the Mechanical
Engineering Department at the University of Alberta since
1971. His research on pipeline rupture release rates and
dispersion of toxic gases is now part of land use and
emergency planning models in Canada and the USA. He is the
author of a book on concentration fluctuations in plumes and
more than 100 technical papers and reports. Dr. Wilson
currently teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in
fluid mechanics, engineering design, environmental
engineering and measurement systems.
Doreen Healy -
Aboriginal Relations
Born and raised on the Blood Reserve in Southern
Alberta, Doreen is a Blood Band Member. Doreen worked with
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of Canada for
15 years. In this capacity, she worked as a social worker, a
training facilitator, a land transaction officer, an
occupational training manager, and as Superintendent of
Economic Development, Southern Alberta. Since then Doreen
has worked as a consultant for Treaty 7. She started the
Native Economic Developers Association, which, today is the
Treaty 7 Tribal Council. She has also organized major
tourism projects; trade shows, conferences, and workshops.
Doreen has also worked with the Community Futures Program
and organized fundraising gala dinners for a number of
organizations. More recently, Doreen has been working in the
oil and gas industry. For seven years she worked with Amoco
Canada as a Native Advisor for the gas and oil business
units; Stakeholder relations advisor; Communications
advisor; Cultural training facilitator; business development
advisor; aboriginal policy development; policy
implementation advisor; aboriginal negotiations; and
involved in Amoco’s annual strategic planning process.
Since early 2000, Doreen has been an independent consultant
working in the energy sector on Aboriginal, First Nation and
Metis assignments.
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