GRCA Board of Directors

A 26-member Board of Directors, also known as the General Membership, oversees the operation of the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA). The board approves policies, programs and budgets.

  • Board members are appointed by municipal councils of participating municipalities, generally after municipal elections.

  • Smaller municipalities may share one representative, while larger municipalities may have one representative or more.

  • Municipalities may appoint elected officials or make citizen appointments, though it is required that 70 per cent of a municipality’s appointees are elected officials.

  • A Provincial Order in Council (108KB PDF) designates the number of members a municipality, or group of municipalities, may appoint. (Note: The Order in Council is not an accessible PDF. Please email our office should you require an alternate format.)

  • A Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks notification letter (95KB PDF) is provided in accordance with the Conservation Authorities Act.

  • The GRCA General Membership usually meets on the fourth Friday of the month, at the GRCA Administration Centre (Google map). Meetings begin at 9:30 a.m. 

  • Board meetings are open to the public, and are held in a hybrid format. The hybrid format allows for both in-person and virtual attendance. Members of the public are encouraged to stream the live meeting, but are permitted to attend in-person.

  • Agendas, minutes and meeting dates can be viewed on our Board Meetings page.

  • Members of the public can address the board at any public board meeting by registering in advance as a delegation or by submitting formal correspondence by email or letter.

  • Correspondence should be respectfully addressed to the Chair of the Board or the Board of Directors and forwarded by email or post. To register as a delegation or submit correspondence, email the Executive Assistant or phone 519-621-2763, Ext. 2200.

  • Delegation information and correspondence items will be posted in a public agenda and will become part of a public record.

Officers

 Chair: John Challinor II

Vice-chair: Shawn Watters

Board members

Town of Grand Valley, Townships of Amaranth, East Garafraxa, Melanchthon and Southgate 

Guy Gardhouse

Townships of Mapleton and Wellington North

Lisa Hern

Township of Centre Wellington

Shawn Watters

Town of Erin, Townships of Guelph/Eramosa and Puslinch

Chris White

City of Guelph

Christine Billings

Ken Yee Chew

Region of Waterloo

Doug Craig

Mike Devine

Jim Erb

Sue Foxton

Gord Greavette

Colleen James

Sandy Shantz

Natasha Salonen

Kari Williams

Pam Wolf

Municipality of North Perth and Township of Perth East

Jerry Smith

Halton Region

John Challinor II

City of Hamilton

Alex Wilson

Oxford County

Bruce Banbury

County of Brant

Brian Coleman

David Miller

City of Brantford

Kevin Davis

Gino Caputo

Haldimand and Norfolk Counties

Dan Lawrence

Rob Shirton

Contact Us

Grand River Conservation Authority
400 Clyde Road, PO Box 729
Cambridge, ON
N1R 5W6
Phone: 519-621-2761
Toll Free: 1-866-900-4722
grca@grandriver.ca