Chantal Beaudoin, 6@8 Cocktail Coordinator

Chantal graduated in international business from the John Molson School of Business in 2005 and since then has been working for Concordia University as the Environmental and R4 program Coordinator (rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle). Chantal is responsible for implementing a large scale composting system as well as expand the current recycling services and infrastructure. Chantal participated in the production of the Material Chapter of the Concordia Campus Sustainability Assessment 2003 , was Finance Coordinator from 2002 to 2005 of Sustainable Concordia and since then, has continued to be an active member of the group. Chantal is co-founder of the Recto-Verso Paper campaign and is co-founder of the 2005 Sustainable Business Conference.

Arié Moyal, Communications Director

Arié Moyal is a corporate social responsibility and sustainability professional and he has contributed to projects addressing a variety of issues such as climate change, sustainable buildings, adolescent health and environmental communication. His education, which includes a BA in psychology from York University, has touched on a variety of areas including mass communications, marketing and languages, of which he speaks 5 fluently. He also has experience in financial services and brand identity management.

Brenda Plant, President

Brenda is cofounder and codirector of ethiquette Inc., an information and strategic consulting service on socially and environmentally responsible products and services. Brenda has a Masters of Science in International Management from the HEC Montreal. Her expertise also comes from 6 years of experience in advocacy work in the area of social law, and more that 6 years experience in the field of corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investing.

Juliette Patterson, Membership

Juliette Patterson has an architecture degree from McGill University and a landscape architecture master’s degree from Harvard University.  She is co-founder of Catalyse Urbaine, an architecture and landscape architecture practice dedicated to bringing nature into the city and creating poetic space.  Projects range from the construction of green roofs to the restoration of Dhaka’s water canals in Bangladesh.

Olivier Rousseau, Treasurer

Olivier Rousseau was trained as a lawyer and also has a degree in business financing.  After a few years working as a lawyer and co-manager of a multimedia company, Olivier discovered social economy, and chose to dedicate himself to this field.  He worked for five years as a financial analyst at the Réseau d’investissement social du Québec, and is presently an account director for collective businesses at the Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins.