Board of Directors


Mark Cullen, OC President
Canada’s Garden Guru, Cullen’s Foods and best-selling author

Donna Cansfield Secretary
Former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and Minister of Energy, Transportation and Natural Resources

Joe Salemi
Director
Executive Director of Landscape Ontario

Scott Wetmore Treasurer
Retired Partner, SVP, KPMG

Jeff Olsen
Vice President

President and CEO Brookdale Treeland Nurseries Ltd.

Board of Advisors


Deborah Martin-Downs,
B.E.S., M.Sc., PhD
     

Former Chief Administrative Officer, Credit Valley Conservation

David Lammers
President and CEO,
Garden Grove

John Patterson, P. Eng.
Founder, Counterpoint Engineering Inc.

Tony DiGiovanni
(Retired) Executive Director, Landscape Ontario

Trees for Life Staff

Our staff is a dedicated team of professionals, passionate and knowledgeable about tree-planting and its long-lasting benefits.

Whether you would like to make a donation to further our work, suggest a new project, or request resources or tree expertise, we look forward to working with you! 


Jaqueline Demchuk
Strategic Communications
& Development

Mike Hurley
Executive Director

Veteran in a forest

Marina Dimitriadis
Partnerships & Operations Manager

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