| Anna Bailie Anna Bailie is a Senior Operations Officer with the Major Projects Management Office, part of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). Working for NRCan since 2009, Anna has assumed positions of increasing responsibility while working on critical government priorities, ranging from nuclear energy to reviews of major resource projects. From 2010 until 2014 she was instrumental in the development and delivery of the Aboriginal Forestry Initiative. More recently, she supported intergovernmental discussions at the Ministerial level on key energy and mining files. After leading the Crown consultations on the Line 3 Replacement Program and contributing to government decision making pertaining to that and other pipelines in November 2016, she is now continuing to engage with communities between Alberta and Manitoba as the Government seeks to co-develop an Indigenous Monitoring and Advisory Committee for the project. Anna holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from Queen’s University and a Master’s of Science from McGill University. | |
| Rob Beamish Rob Beamish recently joined CEPA Foundation in January 2017 as its new Executive Director. Rob has fifteen years of experience with TransCanada in a range of areas including field operations, gas control, IT and facilities planning; his most recent position in 2015 was Director of Supply Chain Services where he led multiple teams across North American as well as Supply Chain’s transformation initiative and continuous improvement program. The remainder of his 30+ years of experience was spent in the innovation sector helping Alberta’s early stage technology companies grow their businesses. In this area, he has held positions of VP Operations at Calgary Technologies Inc., founding CEO at Tecterra, Director at Climate Change Central and Executive Director, Clinexus. Rob has also founded two consulting firms that provided innovation management consulting to small businesses, governments and crown corporations in the domains of energy, clean tech, health technology and information technology. Rob has sat on the boards of the Ability Society, InfoTech AB (Banff Venture Forum), Calgary Angel Network and Nipika Mountain Resorts. Rob is a Professional Engineer with a civil engineering degree and an MBA from Queen's University as well as a Masters of Environmental Design from the University of Calgary. | |
| Chris Bloomer Chris Bloomer has over 30 years of experience across a range of upstream, downstream, domestic and international energy businesses. He began his career at Shell Canada and moved with increasing responsibility from exploration and production to economics and corporate planning, oil sands development and operations, pipelines and oil and NGL marketing. Following his tenure at Shell, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Castle Energy where he was responsible for the Canadian crude oil marketing business and US exploration, natural gas production and pipeline operations. Subsequently, he was a Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer at Talon Resources Ltd., a Latin American-focused midstream/pipeline project development and crude oil marketing company. Chris then went on to spend ten years as a senior executive with Petrobank Energy & Resources, providing leadership throughout a period of significant corporate evolution for the company. Here he held the roles of Vice President Heavy Oil, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Director. Immediately prior to joining CEPA, he was Chief Executive Officer and Director at Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. Throughout his career, pipelines have been an integral aspect of all his business activities in Canada, the United States and Latin America, involving operation of existing pipelines and pioneering new pipelines and access to new markets for both oil and natural gas. Mr. Bloomer has a degree in Geoscience from the University of Toronto, has served on several public and private Canadian energy company boards and is a member of The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). | |
| Alan Braidek Alan Braidek is a Graduate of the University of Saskatchewan where he obtained both his Bachelor of Arts, Honours, in Geography ( Regional and Urban Development) and his Bachelor of Laws. Alan is a former member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, as well as a former member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Alan served as in house council for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) 1994-1998. NTI is the legal representative of the Inuit of Nunavut for the purposes of Indigenous treaty rights and treaty negotiation and is one of the four regional members that make up the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. While working for NTI Alan had the unique experience in representing the Inuit of Nunavut in some of the negotiations that lead to the creation of Nunavut and changing the map of Canada. From 1998-2000 Alan was the Executive Director of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK); the national representational organization protecting and advancing the rights and interests of Inuit in Canada. Mr. Braidek began his public service career in 2000 as a Senior Policy Advisor with Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s (INAC) Intergovernmental Relations where he was responsible for providing advice, guidance and information around the intersection of law and policy affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada, their organizations and their rights, titles and interests. Alan has also worked in various management capacities in INAC’s Specific Claims Branch, in negotiations of settlement of those claims and in research and policy. Currently Alan is Acting Senior Director of the Consultation and Accommodation Unit of INAC, which provides advice and support to the whole of the Government of Canada on how to fulfill its responsibilities to consult and, where appropriate, accommodate the rights and titles of Indigenous peoples that could be impacted by decisions contemplated by the Government of Canada. | |
| Dave Coffin Dave Coffin is currently the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Evraz Inc NA. He is responsible for sales of all of Evraz’s mills that produce pipe for oil and gas transmission. Dave started with Evraz (Napa Pipe) in 1996 as an inside sales representative and has held various sales roles within Evraz over the last 22 years. He has been instrumental in the growth of Evraz from a 350 million annual sales company in 1994 to over 4.5 billion in 2015. He is currently the Chair of the CEPA Foundation as well as the chair of the INGAA Safety and Quality committee. Dave holds a business degree as well as an MBA from Azusa Pacific University and also completed an executive education program at the Moscow School of Business in Moscow Russia. Dave lives in Chicago with his wife Jill and three children Natalie, Avery and Graham. | |
| Darren Harper Darren Harper is a leading specialist in National Indigenous Engagement for major public & private companies and Government. His expertise help bring certainty to proposed resource development and energy projects across Canada, through facilitating meaningful relationships between business’ and Indigenous communities. Darren has 15 years of experience producing and implementing stakeholder engagement strategies and regulatory requirements for complex projects. He is currently leading high-level advisory, consulting and national engagement services to a number of companies across Canada. Darren has also worked with various resource, transportation and sector companies in mining, hydro & transmission, oil & gas pipelines, renewable energy initiatives and nuclear waste management companies throughout. Darren strategizes development and implements strategic approaches, including awareness and engagement campaigns, by successfully reducing risks associated with small to very large-scale infrastructure and resource projects going beyond standard approaches to create value for companies. This includes extensive understanding of the Environmental Assessment Process, meaningful engagement and project specific evidence and science. Darren benefits from a deep family history in politics, working within sectors of Provincial, Federal and Indigenous governments. He has great respect and admiration for his late uncle, Elijah Harper, whom Darren and Elijah had a close personal and business relationship. | |
| Terry Hubbard Terry Hubbard is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan where he obtained both his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in economics. Mr. Hubbard began his public service career in 2001 as an economist in the Oil Division of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) where he was responsible for providing market analysis and policy advice on oil production, transportation, refining and marketing in Canada and abroad. In 2007, he joined NRCan’s Strategic Policy Sector where he worked on legislative and regulatory issues affecting Canada’s natural resource industries, including the creation of the Government of Canada’s Major Projects Management Office to establish new governance mechanisms and improve horizontal coordination across federal regulators with responsibilities for major energy and mining projects. In 2008, he joined the Major Projects Management Office as Director, Policy Leadership and later as Director General, Strategic Policy and Planning. In these roles, he led the development and implementation of the Government of Canada’s plan for Responsible Resource Development which has modernized the federal regulatory framework for natural resource projects to provide greater predictability and timeliness for investors while strengthening environmental protection. Since November 2013, Terry has been Director General of the Petroleum Resources Branch with Natural Resources Canada. In this role, he is responsible for Canada’s oil and gas policy, including leading analysis of international and global market trends, policies respecting the development of Canada’s oil sands, shale gas, LNG, pipelines and offshore oil and gas resources and overseeing the development and implementation of Canada’s pipeline safety and offshore oil and gas regulatory regimes. | |
| Cliff Johnson Cliff Johnson joined Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) in September 2010 as President. Recently, he has overseen the creation of the new PRCI Technology Development Center (TDC) in Houston, Texas, which opened in 2015. The TDC will be a cornerstone for PRCI research and deployment for key solutions for the pipeline industry. As President, he has been able to grow PRCI membership by 20%. Today PRCI represents over 60% of the world’s transmission pipeline mileage. Prior to joining to PRCI, Mr. Johnson spent 13 years at NACE International, where he has held a variety of positions during his career. His most recent position was as NACE’s Director of Public Affairs where he led NACE’s legislative initiatives. Mr. Johnson earned his Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He has obtained his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation and is active in the America Society of Association Executives. He currently lives with his wife, Courtney, and 5 children (Emma, Oleg, Vivian, Lena, and Hana) in Centreville, Va. | |
| Daniel Johnston Mr. Johnston, a lawyer, is a conflict prevention and resolution specialist who deals with a wide range of complex, multi-party, aboriginal, commercial, environmental, and public policy issues. Examples of Mr. Johnston’s mediation work include many of British Columbia’s CORE and LRMP land use processes, the Whitehorse Mining Initiative, the Canadian Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industries Operating in Developing Countries, the Great Bear Rainforest (17 years), BC Hydro’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Committee, the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, numerous issues associated with fin-fish aquaculture in BC, the British Columbia Climate Leadership Team, and the discussions between a number of oil sands companies and environmental organizations that led to their mutual support of the 2016 Alberta Climate Leadership Plan. Since 2002, Mr. Johnston has served as the chair of a committee of special advisors established under Section 3 of the BC Labour Relations Code to periodically provide the Minister with advice on specific matters upon request. He is also a founding member and director of the COCO Cafe, an award winning social enterprise established to create skills training, employment and socialization opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities, and a director of the Nanaimo Association for Community Living. | |
| Vik Kohli Vik Kohli is Director of Engineering Services for Enbridge’s Liquids Pipelines assets within North America. In this role, Vik provides strategic and tactical leadership for engineering matters to ensure safe and reliable operations. Vik is heavily involved in culture shifts related to process safety management, engineering governance and asset management. Vik has over 15 years of energy pipeline experience in general management, engineering, operations and project management. Vik first joined Enbridge in 2001, moving through several engineering positions before transition to operations. In 2004, Vik moved to the Midwestern US area to work in field operation where his responsibilities included emergency planning and response, maintenance planning and project integration. In 2007, Vik returned to Canada where he held a number of management roles related to project development and project execution, until moving into his current role in 2011. Vik earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada, a Coaching Certificate from Royal Roads University in British Columbia, Canada and holds Masters in Business Administration degrees from Cornell University in the United States and Queens University in Canada. Vik is a registered Professional Engineer in Alberta, registered Project Management Professional, Advisory Board member for the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada and Board member and Vice Chairman with the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) Foundation. Previous to joining the CEPA Foundation Board, Vik was Chair of the CEPA Foundation Quality Culture steering committee. Vik is also actively involved with the Canadian Standards Association as a member of Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems standards committee and a proud and active supporter of the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer and the United Way. | |
| Kim McCaig Kim is the Past Executive Director and Special Advisor to the CEPA Foundation an organization that brings together the entire Canadian Pipeline Industry in a forum dedicated to innovation and implementation of practices in order to exceed society’s expectations with respect to safety, quality, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility. Mr. McCaig has worked within the pipeline transmission Industry since 1974 in the areas of field operations as well as operational strategy, policy development and project management. Mr. McCaig has been a highly engaged member of the various communities in which he has lived. He is a past national president of the Kinsmen & Kinette Association of Canada, and a past member of the Board of Governors for Nipissing University. He has facilitated Board Governance Training through the Alberta Government Volunteer for Not for Profit Board Development Program. He also facilitates Board Development activities through CentrePoint Non-Profit Management as a volunteer. Mr. McCaig holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Queens University and is a life member of the Kinsmen & Kinette Organization of Canada. | |
| Shawn McCarthy Shawn McCarthy is the global energy reporter for The Globe and Mail, working in the paper’s Ottawa bureau for the Report on Business. In that role, Mr. McCarthy covers a broad variety of energy issues, including the oil and gas sector, climate change, nuclear industry, renewable energy and OPEC. Among other stories, he has covered the Liberal government’s climate policies and the Paris climate summit, the national debate over pipeline approvals, and the rapidly changing dynamics in North American oil and gas production. Prior to assuming the energy beat in 2006, Mr. McCarthy served as The Globe’s New York correspondent for three years, with responsibility for business, politics and human interest stories, including the aftermath of 9/11. Mr. McCarthy served as the parliamentary bureau chief for The Globe and Mail from 2000 to 2003, and prior to that, wrote on finance and economic policy, including the previous Liberal government deficit battle in the 1990s. He was a business reporter for the Toronto Star and for The Canadian Press. A native of Philadelphia, Mr. McCarthy attended the University of Alberta as a foreign student and attained a bachelor’s degree in English literature. He also has a master’s degree in journalism from Carleton University. | |
| Marvin Pelletier Marvin Pelletier is the Co-founder and President of Maawandoon Inc. His experience bringing indigenous and business communities together results in new resource development and renewable energy projects that deliver enhanced prosperity for communities. He has extensive knowledge and expertise in negotiating funding agreements, fiscal management, and on-reserve economic planning and development. His career involves a strong background in engagement services, capacity building, strategic planning as well as project development and management. Marvin has developed a community-based approach to stakeholder relations and management with Indigenous leadership and communities, as well as both levels of government and industry associations. Marvin also possesses specific working knowledge for on-reserve legislative, regulatory, and policy context for resource-based projects. Since 1997, he has held various positions with Fort William First Nation, including the Band Manager and General Manager for Fort William Economic Development Corp. He was also Vice President of Stakeholder Relations for Gilead Power Corporation, and their renewable energy projects across Ontario. In 2008, he became the Principal of mPower North. Marvin Pelletier currently oversees an independent engagement team on the Next Bridge East West Tie Transmission Project in Northern Ontario, and counts associations such as the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) as previous clients. Marvin has also worked closely with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) to provide strategic advice for the review of Indian Mining Regulations. | |
| The Honourable Greg Rickford Greg is a Strategic Advisor to Maawandoon’s executive team. Greg is a practicing lawyer specializing in the Natural Resource and Indigenous Legal and Advisory matters. He is the former Minister of Natural Resources Canada and Minister of State for Federal Economic Development Ontario and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. He has considerable experience and an estimable reputation across Canada in matters pertaining to Indigenous Affairs, and around the world in the Natural Resources sector. Prior to his political career, most of Greg’s professional experience(s) as a Registered Nurse, Business Consultant and Lawyer focused on Indigenous peoples. As a senior Minister for a G7 country (Canada), Greg has a strong background in the political, social, legal and business aspects of large scale Natural Resource projects. Specifically, indigenous community engagement, senior executive presentations, master planning for major resource and infrastructure projects (existing and under development), environmental, conservation, health, safety, transportation, transmission, licensing and regulatory review, project viability analysis, final investment decision-making and major asset integrity analysis and solution implementation. Greg has also been involved in high level negotiation, ratification and implementation of complex contracts and agreements, legislation, large-scale court monitored settlements, Natural Resource tax policy, as well as Occupational, Health, Safety, Environmental, Reporting & Regulatory Standards for the Natural Resource sector. | |
| Donald Santa Donald F. Santa, is the president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), the North American association representing the interstate and interprovincial natural gas pipeline industry. Mr. Santa brings an extensive background in government and in the energy industry to his position at INGAA. He served as majority counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1989-1993, where he worked on enactment of the Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Mr. Santa was nominated in 1993 be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where he served until 1997. During his tenure as a commissioner, he worked on major FERC initiatives including Order No. 888 (open access rule for electric transmission) and implementation of Order No. 636 (the rule restructuring natural gas pipeline services). Upon leaving the government, Mr. Santa joined LG&E Energy Corp in Louisville, KY, where he served as deputy general counsel and senior vice president for strategic planning from 1997-2001. Before joining INGAA in 2003, he was a partner in the Washington, DC office of the law firm Troutman Sanders LLP. Mr. Santa is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Law and the Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. He resides with his wife and two children in Edgewater, MD. | |
| John Stoody John Stoody represents the interests of AOPL and its member companies on an industry-wide basis before Congress, its committees and individual members. Mr. Stoody leads pipeline safety improvement programs and U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regulatory issues at AOPL. He also leads AOPL’s public relations efforts and serves as AOPL’s primary media relations contact. Mr. Stoody works with AOPL members and staff to develop and execute programmatic, legislative, regulatory, and communications strategies. Mr. Stoody joined AOPL as Director, Government Relations in January 2012, adding Public Relations duties later in 2012, and becoming Vice President, Government and Public Relations in 2014. Mr. Stoody came to AOPL with 20 years of Washington legislative and policy experience. He spent 13 years as a U.S. Senate aide, serving as Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Counsel for U.S. Senator Kit Bond and Majority Staff Director of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee. Previously, he served 7 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including time as an attorney-advisor in EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. He began his federal government service as a Presidential Management Fellow at EPA and the White House Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Stoody has a B.S. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an M.G.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. | |
| Kent Wilfur Kent Wilfur is vice president of project execution for Enbridge Gas Transmission and Midstream. In this role, he oversees engineering, project management, construction and safety for all major capital expansion projects in Western Canada and the U.S. Kent has more than 25 years of industry experience in engineering, supply chain and project development. He joined the company in 1991, moving through several engineering positions, before transitioning to supply chain management in 1999. From 2005 to 2009, he served as general manager of project development and asset planning. From 2009 to 2012, he led an enterprise-wide supply chain transformation effort. From 2012 to 2014, he served as general manager, projects in Western Canada. Prior to his current role, Kent held the title of vice president of project execution for Transmission West. His responsibilities included engineering, project management, construction and safety for major expansion projects in Western Canada. Kent earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. He is a board member of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association Foundation. | |
2017 CEPA Foundation Spring Meeting
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 - Thursday, April 20th, 2017
Westin, Ottawa, ON
