Board of Directors
Minerva’s Board consists of volunteers from industry, government, academia, union (labour) and Health and Safety associations. Its key industry sponsors include a growing list of organizations committed to principles that combine efficiency and productivity within an effective safety, health and environmental management culture.
- Chairman and President: Anthony Pasteris – Retired from Imperial Oil Limited
- Vice President: Larry Masotti – Retired and Former Director Strategic Relations Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
- Secretary-Treasurer: Peter Sturm – Past President, Canadian Society of Safety Engineering
- Minerva Meeting Coordinator: Emily Howarth – Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
- Christl Aggus – CEO, Canadian Society of Safety Engineering
- Paul Belair – BCRSP Vice Chair and Corporate Director, Equinox Gold, Spruce Grove, Alberta
- Sue Bruning – Adjunct Professor Univ. Victoria and retired Business Professor at I.H.Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
- Andrew Cooper – Past President, Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, and Lead EHS System Planning, Development, Dept. of Environmental, Health & Safety, University of Alberta
- Kim Gould – Manager Health and Safety, Canada Post, Ontario
- Jules Artnz-Gray – Director OHS Branch, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training, Skills Development
- Lisa Hallsworth – CEO, Rillea Technologies, Belleville, Ontario
- Anis Haque – Electrical, Computer Engineering Professor, University of Calgary
- Bill Holmes – Associate Professor and former Dean, Faculty of Management, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC
- Byron House – Division Manager, Learning and Performance, Bruce Power, Ontario
- Bruno Korst – Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto
- Daniel Liao – Dean of Applied Science, Technology, Trades, St. Lawrence College, Kingston,Ont
- Ron Pelot – Assoc. Dean COOP, Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, N.S.
- Sandro Perruzza – CEO, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
- Don Petkau – Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba
- Marcel Pouliot – IQ Trucking Consultants and retired Vice President, Trimac Transportation Services LP, Alberta
- Marc Rosen – Professor and Founding Dean, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
- Robert Schultz – Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Alberta
- Lynn Smith – Engineering Workplace Safety Leader, General Motors of Canada, Ontario
- Wendy Tobin – Senior EHS Consultant, Corteva Agriscience, Kingston, Ontario
- Melanie Tremblay – HSE Manager, Rio Tinto Alcan, Jonquiere, Quebec
- Alison Wall – Strategic Partner-Planning Specialist, Service Hospitality, Regina, Sask.
- Michael Wilson – Specialized Services Lead, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
Minerva Working Committees
The Working Committee of the Board consist of volunteers from industry, government, academia, union (labour) and Health and Safety associations. Sub-committees that include at least one Board member are formed to deal with all planning and execution of the various Minerva program activities. These activities include:
- eLearning Courses and Certificate program, including development, delivery and licensing
- Engineering Student Teaching Modules, including their development and delivery
- Minerva Health and Safety Learning Forums at Canadian Universities (for Engineering, Business professors)
- Engineering Student Award competition, including judging and presentations
- Business Student Award competition, including development of case studies and judging the case study presentations from the finalists
- Newsletters and Communications
- Case Studies – review proposals, award contracts, and review case study submissions
- Minerva Webinars – planning and facilitation of webinars
- Minerva Sponsorship of Student Activities – student projects, special workshops
- Minerva Corporate Sponsorship Activities