Council of the Great Lakes Region Announces New Board Members and Committee Appointments Following Annual General Meeting

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Dingus and Zazzy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
TORONTO, ON and CLEVELAND, OH | August 15, 2025

The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), through its Canadian nonprofit corporation (CGLR Canada), is pleased to announce the nomination of three new members to CGLR Canada’s Board of Directors. The election of directors took place during CGLR Canada’s virtual Annual General Meeting held on August 14, 2025.

  • Guillaume Dubreuil, Director, Government and External Affairs, The CSL Group
  • Herbert Dwyer, Co-Founder and CEO, EMPEQ
  • Adam Tindall-Schlicht, Senior Advisor, Ramboll and Commissioner, Great Lakes Commission

CGLR also confirmed the reappointment of the following distinguished directors:

  • Brian Ames, Outgoing Chair of CGLR and former SVP, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Heather Brown, Vice President, Environment Health and Safety, Ontario Power Generation
  • David Ceolin, Corporate Director and Partner, Innovation Grade Ventures
  • Peter S. Drummond, CGLR Secretary; Founder, PSD+G Strategy Group; Marketing Strategy Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University
  • Dr. Johannes Dyring, Board member and advisor for QuanTA, the Centre for Quantum Topology at University of Saskatchewan, and early-stage deep-tech ventures
  • Danil Kerimi, Advisor, World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization
  • Howard Learner, CEO and Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
  • Eric Lee, Founder, Copper Country Capital Consulting; Global Electrification Mobility and EV Ecosystem Strategist
  • David Lindsay, Chair of the Board, Infrastructure Ontario
  • Matt McCurdy, Partner, PwC
  • Caroline Pajot, former Canadian President and Global Off-The-Road (OTR) Tire Leader, Goodyear; Board director, Unique Appliances Ltd
  • Stephen J. Petras, Jr., Director, Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; U.S. National Director, Canada – United States Law Institute
  • Marie-Hélène Sicard, Incoming Chair of CGLR; Strøm Spa Board Director; YPO Board Member; former EVP, Sodexo North America
  • Amy Senter, Vice President, Global Sustainability, Martin Brower
  • Hon. John Wilkinson E.C.O., Corporate Director and former Ontario Cabinet Minister

These directors serve as members of the Board of Directors for Council of the Great Lakes Region in Canada (CGLR Canada) and its sister organization in the U.S. (CGLR USA), a nonprofit corporation based in Ohio exempt from U.S. federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and classified as a trade association under Section 501(c)(6).

The Executive Committee of CGLR USA form the Board of the CGLR Foundation, an Ohio nonprofit classified as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3). Together with additional Canadian representation, this group also forms the Board of the CGLR Canada Foundation.

CGLR is also pleased to confirm the appointment of the following external professionals to its board committees:

  • Lisa Frizzell, Vice President, Communications, Nuclear Waste Management Organization
  • Sana Javed, Director, Business Intelligence Analytics & Reporting, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  • Michael Spencley, Chair & CEO, National Traffic Safety Management Inc.
  • Bruce Wallace, Principal, Go To Sea Strategies

To ensure transparency and accountability across its governance framework, the following independent directors have been appointed to CGLR Canada Foundation and CGLR Foundation, respectively:

  • Andrew Zimakas, EVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Experity – appointed to the CGLR Canada Foundation
  • Paul Kline, Former Global Sustainability Director and Business CIO at Dow – appointed to the CGLR Foundation

Together, these dedicated leaders contribute to a growing network of independently operated, yet closely aligned organizations working to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future. CGLR fosters collaboration across government, business, academia, and the nonprofit sector to address the Great Lakes region’s most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges.

About CGLR

CGLR, comprised of CGLR Canada, the CGLR Canada Foundation, CGLR USA, and the CGLR Foundation, is a network of charitable and non-charitable organizations in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence region focused on accelerating the regional transition to a sustainable future by uniquely bringing diverse perspectives and interests together to explore and solve our most pressing socioeconomic and environmental challenges as one North American Great Lakes region. Through its work, CGLR is striving to create the first sustainable region in the world.