The OCO Board drives the Ontario Organic Strategic Plan, providing oversight and direction to the OCO staff.  A membership-driven organization, ours is an elected Board, with each Board member representing a sector within the organic movement.

The volunteer Board meets monthly. Elections take place amongst members in good standing at the March AGM.

Our executive board for 2012/13 has been elected as follows:

• Matt LeBeau, Chair
• Jen Pfenning, Vice Chair
• Maureen Kirkpatrick, Secretary
• Bernd Licht, Treasurer

2012/13 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Association / NGO Representative: Michelle Jory – Ecological Farmers of Ontario (EFO)

Certifier Representative: Simon Jaques – EcoCert Canada

Consumer Representative: John Devlin – University of Guelph

Distributor Representative: Bernd Licht – Puresource Inc.

Marketer Representative: Matt LeBeau – LeBeau Advance

Processor Representative: Tom Manley – Homestead Organics

Producer Representative: Jen Pfenning – Pfennings Organic Farm

Retail / Direct to Consumer Representative: Maureen Kirkpatrick – The Big Carrot

Member at Large – Regulator Affairs: Ted Zettel – Chair of Organic Federation of Canada and Ontario Representative. Organic Meadow.

Ex-Offico Member: Gilbert Arnold, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

OCO STAFF

Executive Director: Jodi Koberinski – jodi[at]organiccouncil.ca

Communications Coordinator: Jacob Pries – jacob[at]organiccouncil.ca

CO-Farmer Coordinator: Elizabeth Stewart – elizabeth[at]organiccouncil.ca

Accounting: Tara Scott – accounting[at]organiccouncil.ca

Special Projects: Theresa Schumilas – (New Directions Information Systems Strategy) tschumilas[at ]organiccouncil.ca