Our Team

Our success depends on committed individuals who share the same passion for the protection of one of our city’s most precious landscapes. This stands true for our Board of Directors, governors and employees.

Since its creation in 1986, Les Amis de la montagne has drawn its strength, expertise and influence from its Board of Directors. Hailing from academia, philanthropic foundations and the corporate world, its committed members steer our course and help advance our mission to protect and improve the exceptional space known as Mount Royal.
 

Officers

 

Julie Laurence

PRESIDENT

​Corporate Director


Julie Laurence has been Chair of Les Amis de la montagne's Board of Directors since September 2023. She was, until 2022, a senior legal counsel and Vice President, Legal Affairs at Rogers Communications. Her involvement with Les Amis dates back more than ten years, when she was involved in the organization of the Chapeau Mont Royal! fundraising event. Ms. Laurence has been a member of Les Amis' Board of Directors since 2020..

 

Jeffrey Drummond

VICE-PRESIDENT 

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and M&A, Cofomo

 

Sébastien Perron-Carle

TREASURER

Director, Global Investment Banking, Scotia Capital Inc.

 

Michel Cantin

SECRETARY

Partner, Bélanger Sauvé

 

Administrators

 

Stéphanie Beauregard

Lawyer, Delegatus

 

Guy Breton, C.M., O.Q., M.C.

Rector Emeritus, Université de Montréal
 

Clément Demers

Architect and Urban Planner


Clément Demers, O.Q., a founding member and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Café des Amis, is its Chair since November 2023. An architect, urban planner and honorary professor at the Université de Montréal, Mr. Demers’ previous experience includes Deputy Director of the Service de l'urbanisme et du développement urbain for the City of Montréal, and Executive Director of the Société du Quartier international de Montréal. He has also served on the board of Les Amis de la montagne since 2014.
 

Richard M. Hart

Investment Advisor, MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier

 

Peter A. Howlett, C.M., President Emeritus

​President, Montorsan Holdings

 

David Mérineau

Vice-President, Mergers & Acquisitions, CGI
 

Diana Ferrara Scalia

Stragetic Advisor, Gestion Samcon Inc.
 

Robert Tellier

Portfolio Manager
 

Patrick Tobin

Vice President, Business Development, Rio Tinto
 

Marie-Odile Trépanier

Honorary Professor, Faculté de l’aménagement, Université de Montréal

Peter Vamos

Executive Director, Portage

 

Hélène Panaïoti

Rachel Léger

EX OFFICIO  

Co-Executive Directors, Les Amis de la montagne

Officers

 

Clément Demers

PRESIDENT

Architect and Urban Planner


Clément Demers, O.Q., a founding member and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Café des Amis, is its Chair since November 2023. An architect, urban planner and honorary professor at the Université de Montréal, Mr. Demers’ previous experience includes Deputy Director of the Service de l'urbanisme et du développement urbain for the City of Montréal, and Executive Director of the Société du Quartier international de Montréal. He has also served on the board of Les Amis de la montagne since 2014.
 

Joanne Lalumière

SECRETARY-TREASURER

Secretary-Treasurer, Café des Amis


Joanne Lalumière has been Chair of the Board of Directors of the Centre de la montagne since November 2023. Following a Bachelor’s degree in geography and agronomy, as well as a Master’s in environmental science, Ms. Lalumière went on to become Senior Director, Communications and Environment at Hydro-Québec, and General Manager of Granby Zoo. A governor of Les Amis de la montagne since 2001, she was the interim Executive Director of Les Amis in 2015 and a founding member of the Board of Directors of Café des Amis.
 

Directors

 

Robert A. Callard

Restaurant Owner ​​​

 

Michel Cantin

Partner, Bélanger Sauvé

  
 

Joyce Shanks

Event Organizer

 

Peter A. Howlett, C.M. President Emeritus

President, Montorsan Holdings

 

 

Hélène Panaïoti

Rachel Léger

EX OFFICIO  

Co-Executivr Directors, Café des Amis

 

Officers

 

Joanne Lalumière

PRESIDENT

Secretary-Treasurer, Café des Amis


Joanne Lalumière has been Chair of the Board of Directors of the Centre de la montagne since November 2023. Following a Bachelor’s degree in geography and agronomy, as well as a Master’s in environmental science, Ms. Lalumière went on to become Senior Director, Communications and Environment at Hydro-Québec, and General Manager of Granby Zoo. A governor of Les Amis de la montagne since 2001, she was the interim Executive Director of Les Amis in 2015 and a founding member of the Board of Directors of Café des Amis.

 

Michel Devoy

TREASURER

Manager, Landscape Architect

 

Sylvie Guilbault

CORPORATE SECRETARY

Coordinator, Coalition des Montérégiennes

 

Directors

 

Alexandre Beaudoin

Biodiversity Consultant

Sustainable Development Department 

Université de Montréal

 

Peter A. Howlett, C.M. PRESIDENT EMERITUS

President, Montorsan Holdings

 

Hélène Panaïoti

Rachel Léger

EX OFFICIO  

Co-Executive Directors, Centre de la montagne

Governance

 

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

CO-CHAIR  

 

Julie Laurence

 

Patrick Tobin

 

Hélène Panaïoti

Rachel Léger

EX OFFICIO

 

Strategic Orientations And Communications

 

Michel Devoy

 

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

 

Julie Laurence

 

Jean Paré

 

Hélène Panaïoti

Rachel Léger

EX OFFICIO

 

Anaïs Légaré Morasse

ADVISOR

 

 

Properties And Preservation

 

Mehdi Ghafouri

CO-CHAIR  

 

Marie-Odile Trépanier

CO-CHAIR  

 

Alexandre Beaudoin

 

Dinu Bumbaru, C.M.

 

Daniel Chartier

 

Clément Demers

 

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

 

Olivier Lapierre

 

Pierre Valiquette

 

Hélène Panaïoti

EX OFFICIO  

 

Anaïs Légaré Morasse

Jean-François Roy

ADVISORS

 

Finance

 

Sébastien Perron-Carle

CHAIR

 

Ben Belec

 

Michel Devoy

 

Peter A. Howlett, C.M.

 

Joanne Lalumière

 

Julie Laurence

 

David Mérineau

 

Thomas Williams

 

Hélène Panaïoti

Rachel Léger

Carla Valdés

EX OFFICIO  

 

Caroline Chenail

ADVISOR

Les amis de la montagne is fortunate to include many prominent men and women from foundations and corporations as our governors. We owe much of our success to the commitment and generosity of these individuals who share our concerns and support our mission.
 

GOVERNORS EMERITUS

Arthur Bruneau†
Marcel Côté†
Michael Graff
Cécile Grenier
Antoine Paré, c.r.†
Lorne Webster†
 

HONORARY MEMBERS

Charles E. Beveridge
Witold Rybczynski
 

GOVERNORS

Abe Adham
Ian Aitken
Robert Alain
Sami Antaki
Karin Austin
Jean-Claude Bachand
Raymond Bachand
Alexandre Beaudoin
Guy G. Beaudry
Philippe Beauregard

Stéphanie Beauregard
Benjamin Belec
Philip Belec
Jacques Bellefeuille
Hélène Bellefeuille
Jacques Bénard
Jean-Yves Benoit
Christiane Bergevin
Tom Berryman
Caroline Biron
David Blair †
Hubert Bolduc
Nathalie Bondil, C.M., C.Q.
L’honorable Lucien Bouchard, G.O.Q.
Jean-Yves Bourdages
Youssef Boutros, CPA, CA
Rob Braide
Dr. Guy BRETON, C.M., O.Q., M.D. 
Jean-Daniel Brisson
Tim Brodhead
Peter G. Brown
Dinu Bumbaru, C.M.
Robert A. Callard
Me Michel Cantin
Jonathan Cha
André Chagnon, O.C.
Daniel Chartier
Viateur Chénard
Dominique Codère
Hélène Couture
Mary Bruns Creighton
Alain Creton
Jonathan Deitcher
Charles de Kovachich
Clément Demers
Julien Deschênes
André Desmarais, O.C., O.Q.
Hélène Desmarais, C.M
Paul Desmarais Jr., O.C.
Michel Devoy
Marianne Donaldson
Paule Doré

Jeffrey Drummond
Serge Dubreuil
Nancy H. Dunton
Michel Famelart
Deborah Fang
Lucy A. Fellowes
Diana Ferrara Scalia
Robert Fortier, CPA, CA
Suzanne Fortier
Me Yves L. Fortier, C.C., O.Q.
Carolina Gallo La Flèche
Mehdi Ghafouri
Julie Godin
Me Robert P. Godin
Wendy Graham
Daniel Granger, C.M., MBA, ARP, FSCRP
Réjean Gravel
Père Claude Grou, c.s.c.
Sylvie Guilbault
Christine Harkness Lapointe
Richard M. Hart
Dave Harvey
Fiona Hirst
Gerald T. Hogan
Marja Hogan
Marie-Claire Holland
Jane Howlett
Morag Howlett
Peter A. Howlett, C.M.
Stephen Huddart
Isabelle Hudon
Me Jill Hugessen
Emilio B. Imbriglio
Peter Jacobs
Michèle Jodoin
Edward J. Johnson
Daniel Jutras
Judith Kavanagh
Karen Khalil
Robert Keaton
Patrick Kenniff
Andrew Koenig
Yvonne Koenig
Claire Kruyt
Carole Labelle Molson
Annick Laberge
Éric R. La Flèche
Joanne Lalumière
Yves Lalumière
Phyllis B. Lambert, C.C., G.O.Q., FIRAC, MSRC, RCA
Danielle Landry
David M. Lank, C.M.
Olivier Lapierre
L’honorable Charles Lapointe, C.P.
Pierre Lapointe
Julie Laurence
François Laurin
Jean Laurin
Michel Leblanc
Rachel Léger
Kathryn Lund Drummond
Françoise E. Lyon
Fouad Mansour
Christine Marchildon
Me Bruce McNiven, C.M.
Gloria Ménard
David Mérineau
Érik Moisan
Pierre Monahan
Me François Morin
Gwen Andrews Nacos
Philip M. O’Brien, C.M.
Luc Ouimet
Jean Paré
John Parisella
Jacques Parisien
John J. Peacock
Jan Peeters
Robert Perreault
Sébastien Perron-Carle
Guy Pinard
Me Vincent M. Prager
Martine Primeau
Tom Quinn
Ron Rayside
Eugene N. Riesman
Joanne Rossy
Louise Roy, O.Q., O.C.
Louise Roy
Suzanne Sauvage
Sam Scalia
Susan Scott Evans
Herschel Segal
Marie Sénécal-Tremblay
Paul Setlakwe
Joyce Shanks
Marie Sicotte
Jane Silverstone
L’honorable Larry W. Smith, C.Q.
Martin Spalding
Alfred Stehr
Donat Taddeo
Robert Tellier
Frances Eliot Tobin †
Patrick Tobin
Alain Tremblay
Marie-Odile Trépanier
Marie-Josée Vaillancourt
Pierre Valiquette
Peter Vamos
Ivan Velan
Thomas C. Velan
Manon Vennat, C.M.
Lillian Vineberg
Stuart Webster
Jonathan I. Wener, C.M.
Thomas Williams
Nathalie Zinger

Trained in environmental studies, architecture, urban planning and related fields, the core team of Les amis de la montagne is responsible for educational and outdoor recreational programs, nature conservation activities and advocacy work for the protection of the mountain. It also provides a range of services to Mount Royal Park visitors. Every year, close to 100 young people—students and recent graduates for the most part—join the team as seasonal and part-time employees to provide educational and outdoor services or work at the Café des Amis.

You can contact a member of our team by calling 514 843-8240. 


Office of the Executive Director

 

Christian Sénéchal

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR


Christian Sénéchal, an experienced manager and administrator, has been Executive Director of Les Amis de la montagne since February 2024. Having begun his career as a self-managed theatre director and producer, Mr. Sénéchal was director of National Centre for Dance Therapy, a division of Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, from 2011-2019. His most recent post was Executive Director of Les Arts et la Ville. Mr. Sénéchal’s mandate with Les Amis begins February 5, 2024. After studying art at the University of Ottawa, he obtained an advanced graduate diploma in the management of cultural organizations, an executive MBA in socially responsible businesses from UQAM, and an EMBA from the Université de Paris-Dauphine.
 

Michelle Norcéide

ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 

Hélène Panaïoti

DEPUTY GENERAL DIRECTOR
 

Marie Quesnel

HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES

 

Hélène Lepoudère

HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR

 

Finance and Administration

 

Carla Valdés

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

 

Jesus Alfonso Dubon

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
 

Nadia Panaroni

ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK 
 

Luisa Parra

ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK

 

Mount Royal Park Visitor Services
 

Mathieu Gaume

DIRECTOR OF MOUNT ROYAL PARK VISITOR SERVICES

 

Marieke Lemieux

HEAD OF VISITOR SERVICES AND RESERVATIONS

 

Justine Routhier

RESERVATIONS COORDINATOR

 

Alphée Turcotte

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LEADS

 

Zachary Tevenin 

OUTDOOR OPERATIONS MANAGER

 

Titouan Letourneur

OUTDOOR ACTIVTIES TEAM LEAD

 

Roxanne Malchelosse

OUTDOOR ACTIVTIES TEAM LEAD

 

Marianne De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Marion Becker, Mea O'Farrell and Alizée Malicot

VISITOR SERVICES AND GIFT SHOP ATTENDANT
 

Vincent Alméras and Thomas Kelly

VISITOR SERVICES AND GIFT SHOP ATTENDANT

 

Café des Amis

 

Laetitia Aguililla Godoy

HEAD OF RESTAURANT SERVICES
 

Magdaléna Plétan

HEAD OF RESTAURANT SERVICES, PER INTERIM


Thélonious Martin

RESTAURANT COORDINATOR
 

Cassandra Segers

RESTAURANT COORDINATOR

 

Conservation and Education

 

Michel Harcc-Morissette

DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION
 

Laure Gicquiaux

HEAD OF EDUCATION SERVICES (PER INTERIM)
 

Emily Coffey (on maternity leave)

HEAD OF EDUCATION SERVICES

 

Alexandrine Bleau Quintal

SCHOOL AND YOUTH PROGRAM LEAD

 

Charles Caron

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR

 

Emma De Pippo

DAY CAMP COORDINATOR
 

Antonin St-Jean

HEAD OF CONSERVATION SERVICES

 

Ariane Bernier

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PATROL LEAD

 

Pascale Bélanger-Lavallée

EXPERT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PATROLLER

 

Benjamin Pilon

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PATROLLER

 

Audrey Emond and Nelly Bechir

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PATROLLERS

 

Jérôme Bernier-Brillon

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM LEAD

 

Madeleine Rouleau Dumas and Juliette Champagne

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS

 

Kayla Lee Nickson

DAY CAMP LEAD AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AGENT

 

Fabienne Chafe

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR

 

Charlie McNeely

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR

 

Philanthropic Development

Hélène Panaïoti

DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPIC DEVELOPMENT


Camille Saade-Traboulsi

HEAD OF PHILANTHROPIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS

 

Chloé Faussat

PHILANTHROPY AND PARTNERSHIPS ADVISOR


Public Affairs

 

Anaïs Légaré Morasse

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

 

Jean-François Roy

URBAN PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE ADVISOR

 

Communications

 

Laurence Hamelin 

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS
 

Patricia Hamilton

WEB COPYWRITER-TRANSLATOR
 

Maroussia Mélia

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
 

Manon Jarno

COMMUNICATIONS, PROJECTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS LEAD
 

Charline Veyret

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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