Committee & Stakeholder Group Representatives
COMMITTEE AND STAKEHOLDER GROUP REPRESENTATIVES, 2019 - 2020
Note: OBA president, André Flys, is an ex-officio member of all OBA committees and working groups.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE André Flys, President Bernie Wiehle, 1st Vice President Adam Ritchie, 2nd Vice President Tom Congdon, Treasurer Dennis Edell, Chair, Issues Management & Stakeholder Relations Committee
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AWARDS COMMITTEE André Flys, Chair Steve Bryans Albert Devries Staff & Contractors: Melanie Kempers, Les Eccles | FINANCE COMMITTEE Tom Congdon, Treasurer, Chair Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles, Melanie Kempers |
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Jennifer Penney, Chair André Flys Emily Mills, Bernie Wiehle Staff & Contractors: Melanie Kempers | HONEY PROMOTION COMMITTEE Dennis Edell, Chair Steve Bryans, André Flys Staff & Contractors: Melanie Kempers |
RESEARCH & KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER COMMITTEE André Flys, Chair Steve Bryans, Jim Coneybeare, Tom Congdon, Emily Mills, Jennifer Penney Andrew Pitek, Tibor Szabo Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles, Melanie Kempers | MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Emily Mills, Chair Paul Lacelle, Andrew Pitek, Adam Ritchie Staff & Contractors: Natalie Comeau, Les Eccles, |
SPRING MEETING Emily Mills, Chair Jim Coneybeare, Albert Devries, André Flys Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles, Melanie Kempers
AGM & CONFERENCE André Flys, Chair Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles, Melanie Kempers | SUMMER MEETING COMMITTEE UTBA/TDBA Jennifer Penney, Chair UTBA: Fran Freeman, Mariko Kawano, Liza Zawadzka TDBA: Katherine McGillivray, Katherine Obanda, Lory Capoccia Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles, Melanie Kempers |
ISSUES MANAGEMENT & STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS COMMITTEE Dennis Edell, Chair Jim Coneybeare, Tom Congdon, André Flys, Emily Mills, Andrew Pitek, Adam Ritchie, Tibor Szabo, Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles, Melanie Kempers | |||||
SHB WORKING GROUP Tom Congdon, Chair Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles | BEES ACT WORKING GROUP Jim Coneybeare, Chair Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles | Ag Support Programs WG Bernie Wiehle, Chair Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles | |||
HABITAT WORKING GROUP André Flys, Chair Jim Coneybeare Tom Congdon Bernie Wiehle Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles | WILDLIFE COMPENSATION WG Glen Ackroyd Jim Coneybeare | ONTARIO ANTIBIOTIC WORKING GROUP Jim Coneybeare, Chair Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles | TEACHING & CERTIFICATION WG Emily Mills, Chair Staff & Contractors: Les Eccles | ||
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE André Flys, Chair Staff & Contractors: Melanie Kempers | RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Adam Ritchie, Chair Staff & Contractors: Melanie Kempers | ||||
Agricultural Adaptation Council Jennifer Penney
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Tom Congdon
Canadian Honey Council Albert Devries
Canadian National Exhibition André Flys
Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario Albert Devries
Eastern Apicultural Society Emily Mills
Fédération des apiculteurs du Québec Dennis Edell | Jim Coneybeare
Labour Issues Coordinating Committee Tom Congdon (through Flowers Canada)
National Farmers Union – Ontario Dennis Edell | Bernie Wiehle
Ontario Agricultural Commodity Council Bernie Wiehle
Ontario Federation of Agriculture Jim Coneybeare, for Eastern Ontario: Paul Lacelle
Ontario Mead Makers Association André Flys
Ontario Nature André Flys
Ontario Pesticides Advisory Committee (Public Appointees - TBD)
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair André Flys
