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 in 2011/12, selected from the elected Directors listed below:

  • Matt LeBeau, Chair
  • Ted Soudant, Vice Chair
  • Maureen Kirkpatrick, Secretary
  • Bernd Licht, Treasurer

 

2011/12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

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

Certifier Representative: Simon Jaques – EcoCert Canada

Distributor Represenative: Bernd Licht – Puresource Inc.

Marketer Representative: Matt LeBeau – LeBeau Advance

Processor Representative: Ted Soudant – Fieldgate Organics

Producer Representative: Gavin Dandy – Everdale Farm and Learning Centre

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 / Membership Coordinator: membership[at]organiccouncil.ca

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

Special Projects: Theresa Schumilas – New Directions Information Systems Strategy