Board of Directors

• Harry Cook
• Nettie Cronish
• Eric Denhoff
• John Kay President
• Vincent Lagacé
• Nick Orton
• Stephanie Wells

To contact the Board of Directors, write to chairtransfair [dot] ca.

Harry Cook, C.A. CMC, Halifax, NS

Senior Manager, Consulting Services, Business Development Bank of Canada.

Appointment: October 2003

Nettie Cronish, Toronto, ON

Natural Foods Chef, Cookbook Author and Culinary Instructor. Chair of Women’s Culinary Network, Ontario. Chef and Media Spokesperson for national Soyfoods company, Food writer and Event Planner. Roasts her own coffee.

Appointment: September 2005 

Eric Denhoff, Victoria, BC

Eric Denhoff is Chief Negotiator for the Government of Canada's Treaty Office in British Columbia. He is Chairman of InterSearch Canada, an executive search partnership. He previously served as a Deputy Minister and Crown Corp. CEO in the Government of British Columbia and has served on several boards, including the National Capital Commission in Ottawa, BC Womens' Hospital in Vancouver and Greater Victoria Hospital Board and Hospice Victoria.

Appointment May 2008 

John Kay, Victoria, BC (President)

Strategic Management Consultant. Chair of the Board of Trustees, Canadian Benefits Trust Fund. Former Assistant to the President & CEO, Working Enterprises Group of Companies and former Executive Director, Columbia Foundation. Former Ministerial Assistant to the BC Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations.

Appointment: October 2003

Vincent Lagacé, Gatineau, QC

Fair Trade Financing Advisor, Développement international Desjardins. Campaigner, Équiterre and Québec Fair Trade Town project. Former Fairtrade Labelling Organizations (FLO) International intern.

Appointment: May 2008 

Nick Orton, Sointula, BC

Current: Manager, Sointula Wild Seafoods & Smokehouse; Director/Past President Sointula Co-operative Association; . Previous: Board Member/Vice-Presiden OTA, Founding member/Regional Director Canadian Worker Co-op Federation, Director/Vice-President Cdn. Organic Advisory Board , 2002 IFOAM world exhibition chair, General Manager PSC Natural Foods and Ports West International, Founding Director: House Savers Workers Co-op, Springridge Housing Co-op, Fernwood Food Co-op (Victoria, BC).

Appointment: May 2008 

Stephanie Wells, Hornby Island, BC

Coordinator, Organic Trade Association (Canada), former Manager, Organic Crop Improvement Association International. Former Editor, Africa Information Afrique.

Appointment: November 2001

Organizational affiliations are for identification purposes only.