Dr. David Ahmed
Regina, Saskatchewan

Reappointed to a three-year part-time term on September 15, 2003, Dr. Ahmed has been practising general surgery in Regina since 1970 and has been a clinical assistant professor of surgery with the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine. He has also been Chief of Section of General Surgery and Head of the Department of Surgery at Pasqua Hospital in Regina. Since 2003, he is Vice-President of the Regina Qu'Appelle medical services.

Born in Pakistan, Dr. Ahmed moved to England in 1955 where he studied medicine. He obtained a private pilot licence in 1965 while in England, and now has an airline transport pilot licence as well as a Class 1 instructor rating. Dr. Ahmed has been a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner for Transport Canada as well as for the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States.

Randy Allen
Nepean, Ontario

Mr. Allen was appointed to a two-year part-time term on October 7, 2003. He is a fully qualified locomotive engineer, a seasoned negotiator and was secretary treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mr. Allen currently serves as a member on the Board of Advisors of Serence Inc., and is a senior advisor for Asatte Systems Inc. He has over 34 years of experience with CN Rail and Via Rail as a safety instructor, locomotive engineer and conductor.

Pierre Beauchamp
Montréal, Québec

Reappointed to a three-year part-time term on May 13, 2004, Mr. Beauchamp has been a pilot with Air Canada since 1972. He holds an airline transport pilot licence with ratings on landplanes and single-engine seaplanes and some multi-engine aircraft. He has flown B727, B767, DC8, DC9, T33, VC8, EA32, EA33 and EA34 aircraft. He received a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) Degree from the Université de Montréal (Collège Ste-Marie) in 1966 and a Law Degree from McGill University in 1969. Mr. Beauchamp was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1972. He practises law and has been a member of various associations within the aviation industry.

Dr. Samuel Birenbaum
Toronto, Ontario

Reappointed to a three-year part-time term on September 5, 2003, Dr. Birenbaum received his M.D. from the University of Toronto in 1956, has been an industrial medicine consultant since 1960, and has had a private practice in aviation medicine at Buttonville Airport since 1975. He operates a family practice clinic.

Dr. Birenbaum was on the staff at Branson Hospital from 1957 to 1992, and has served on the hospital's honorary consultant staff since 1993. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a flight surgeon, between 1958 and 1963. Dr. Birenbaum is a senior Civil Aviation Medical Examiner in both Canada and the United States and a special examiner for the Workers' Compensation Board of Ontario.

Michel Boulianne
Québec, Québec

Reappointed to a three-year part-time term on November 16, 2003, Mr. Boulianne has practised law since 1968. A lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces (Reserve), he was commanding officer of the 55 Canadian Service Battalion, served as a judge in the Office of the Judge Advocate General. He was also the president of the Canadian Forces Logistics Association in 1977, and the Québec vice-president of the Conference of Defence Associations, between 1977 and 1981.

He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Barreau du Québec, the Canadian Association of Industrial Relations Consultants and the Association des conseillers en relations industrielles du Québec, and a former member of the Association des arbitres du Québec.

James C. Campbell
West St. Paul, Manitoba

Reappointed to a part-time term of three years on September 5, 2003, Mr. Campbell is a licensed commercial pilot with over 34 years of experience flying commercial and private aircraft throughout North America.

Mr. Campbell was operations manager for Sowind Air Ltd. From 1981 to 1997, he was owner and operations manager for Campbell Air Limited. He was also a founding partner, corporate secretary, and director of northern operations for Perimeter Airlines (Inland) Ltd., and prior to 1976 was base manager and pilot for St. Andrews Airways and Silver Pine Air.

Evariste Cormier
Shediac, New Brunswick

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on October 20, 2005, Mr. Cormier holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Moncton. He retired from Canadian National Railways in 1993, after 37 years of service, including eight years as supervisor of the Moncton Main Car Shop. Mr. Cormier served as a school trustee and president of the school district's finance, and transportation committee and personnel. He was also director of the New Brunswick School Trustees Association, a member of the executive of the Shediac Winter Carnival and president of the Boishebert Club in Shediac.

Dr. Pierre Coutu
Montréal, Québec

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on September 29, 2005, Dr. Coutu holds a bachelor's degree in industrial relations from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate in education from the Nova Southeastern University in Miami. He also completed his postgraduate studies in air transportation at Northwestern University in Chicago. During his 13 years working at Transport Canada, he was director of special projects at the Airports Group's headquarters and served on the Airports Transfer Task Force, established to oversee the transfer of government-owned airports to the private and public sectors. In 1987, he left government to help start the International Aviation Management Training Institute, where he became executive vice-president and chief operating officer. Dr. Coutu is founder of Aviation Strategies International and teaches in the International Aviation Program at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University.

Caroline Desbiens
Sainte-Foy, Québec

Ms. Desbiens was reappointed to a three-year part-time term on August 31, 2003. A lawyer since 1988, she works principally in the areas of aviation and maritime law. Ms. Desbiens received a Law Degree from the Université Laval in 1987, and a diploma in international law and comparative law from the University of San Diego in 1988. Ms. Desbiens received a Master's Degree in air and space law from McGill University in 1993.

A member of the Barreau du Québec, Ms. Desbiens is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Association québécoise des transporteurs aériens, the Institute of Air and Space Law Association, the Canadian Maritime Law Association and the Chambre de commerce de Québec.

E. David Dover
Calgary, Alberta

Reappointed to a part-time term of three years on February 1, 2005, Mr. Dover is president and owner of Pioneer Developments Ltd. During the past 30 years, Mr. Dover has been president and owner of several companies in Alberta and British Columbia.

He is past Chairman of the Board of the Calgary Airport Authority, having served as Chairman from 1990 to 1998. Mr. Dover co-chaired the negotiating team to establish a local airport authority at the Calgary International Airport. Mr. Dover was a founding member of the Canadian Airports Council and served as Chairman in 1995-1996. Among Mr. Dover's hobbies is aircraft racing. He has more than 3,000 hours as pilot-in-command, and is IFR rated. In 1998, Mr. Dover was presented the Canadian Business Aircraft Association Recognition Award.

William H. Fellows
Belle River, Ontario

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on September 15, 2003, Mr. Fellows is a retired senior executive from Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. He is a licensed private pilot (1988) with approximately 1,000 flying hours. Mr. Fellows is rated to fly piston single, multi-engine, night, float and ski aircraft.

James Edward Foran
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on September 15, 2005, Mr. Foran is a partner in a law firm in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he practices administrative law with a focus on transportation law. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Manitoba and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1962 and the Saskatchewan Bar in 1981. In 1985, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. Over the course of his career, Mr. Foran provided legal counsel for a variety of industry and government clients before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, provincial courts, the Canadian Transportation Agency and various provincial boards. He was also involved in drafting several major pieces of provincial and federal transportation legislation.

Jean-Marc Fortier
Ville Mont-Royal, Québec

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on November 22, 2005, Mr. Fortier received his law degree from the Université de Montréal and his master's degree in air and space law from McGill University. He has been a member of the Barreau du Québec since 1971. He received an MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business Administration of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Mr. Fortier acted as legal advisor to many aviation societies, including Québécair and la Société québécoise des transports. He was vice-president of Télésystème Ltée (a private investor in telecommunication), executive vice-president of BCE Media and a member of the Civil Aviation Tribunal of Canada. He has also been a lecturer on aircraft financing at the Institute of Space Law of McGill University. He has been treasurer and president of the Canadian Chapter of the International Law Association from 1990 to 1998 and he is currently honorary president of the association. Mr. Fortier is currently a senior partner at a prominent law firm in Montréal and Québec City.

Armand Goguen
Cocagne, New Brunswick

Mr. Goguen was appointed to a part-time term of three years on December 2, 2004. He has spent 35 years with CN Rail in Marketing, Sales, Industrial Development and Public Affairs. He retired from CN Rail as Public Relations Officer. Mr. Goguen acted as Vice-Chairman of the New Brunswick Safety Council and was a Director of the Nova Scotia Safety Council. He was also a member of the Railway Safety Act Review Committee and Transport Canada's Operation Lifesaver Program, Atlantic Canada.

Keith Edward Green
Sidney, British Columbia

Reappointed to a part-time term of three years on January 12, 2005, Mr. Green is the president of QualaTech Aero Consulting Ltd., one of the largest aviation consultancies in Western Canada. QualaTech specializes in human factors and safety management systems training, quality, maintenance, manufacturing, including speciality management positions.

He holds an aircraft maintenance engineer licence endorsed with several type ratings in Canada and the United States. Mr. Green has worked for a multitude of Canadian and foreign carriers, including Canada 3000, Air Transat, CP Air, Garuda International Airlines, Air Lingus and Saudia.

Hilery T. Hargrove
Bristol, New Brunswick

Appointed to a three-year part-time term on February 1, 2005, Mr. Hargrove has practised law in Bath-Bristol, New Brunswick, for over 17 years. He received his LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick in 1986. From 1975 to 1983, Mr. Hargrove was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Further, Mr. Hargrove has long been interested in the field of aviation and has been licensed as a private pilot for 21 years accumulating approximately 1,000 hours of flying time and has a night rating, a float rating and single-engine high performance rating.

John D. Issenman
Ottawa, Ontario

Mr. Issenman was appointed to a part-time term of three years on February 1, 2005. He is president and founder of PROAV International Aviation Services Corporation. He is a former director of the Air Transport Association of Canada and Aerospace Industries Association of Canada and worked for Transport Canada and the original Canadian Aviation Safety Board as an investigator and safety analyst. He is a member of the Canadian Society of Air Safety Investigators and the International Society of Air Safety Investigators. Mr. Issenman has been a licensed commercial pilot since 1977.

Jean-Marc Lalonde
Rosemère, Québec

Mr. Lalonde was appointed to a part-time term of two years on October 7, 2003. He is a former chairman of the Safety and Operations Management Committee of the Railway Association of Canada, a member of the American Association of Railway Superintendents, and a member of the National Rail Passenger Committee. With 35 years hands-on rail operating experience, he rose from various ranks and qualified as a conductor, to a Chief of Transportation at Via Rail.

Dr. Michel Larose
Montréal, Québec

Reappointed to a part-time term of three years on November 22, 2003, Dr. Larose graduated in medicine from the Université de Montréal in 1965. He is currently a medical assessor at the Commission d'appel en matière de lésions professionnelles. Dr. Larose was previously in private practice and associated with several Montréal area hospitals. He was medical director for several organizations including Québécair and was a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner for Transport Canada.

Herbert Lee
Richmond, British Columbia

Mr. Lee was appointed to a part-time term of two years on September 15, 2003. He is managing director of LTA Holidays (Canada) Ltd., a Vancouver-based travel agency. A licensed private pilot and a certified travel manager, Mr. Lee is a member of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. He has studied at Simon Fraser University, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Royal Navy School in the United Kingdom.

Sandra Kathleen Lloyd
Vancouver, British Columbia

Reappointed to a three-year part-time term on May 13, 2004, Ms. Lloyd is a pilot with Air Canada. She began flying in 1973, flew float and wheel aircraft commercially in British Columbia and northern Manitoba between 1975 and 1979, and commenced her airline career with CP Air in 1979. Ms. Lloyd has since been a crew member on DC8, DC10, B737 and A320 aircraft. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University in 1985 and a LL.B. from the University of British Columbia in 1990.

Ms. Lloyd was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1991. She has practised law in Vancouver and served in a number of aviation-related volunteer positions including as an advisor in the Technical/Safety Division of the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association.

James Edward Lockyer
Moncton, New Brunswick

Appointed to a part-time term of two years on September 15, 2003, Mr. Lockyer is a professor of law at the Faculté de droit of the Université de Moncton. He holds a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Diplôme d'études approfondies from the Université de Paris, and an instrument-rated private pilot licence.

K. M. Tracy Medve
Calgary, Alberta

Ms. Medve was appointed to a part-time term of three years on February 1, 2005. She is the co-founder and managing director of C.T. AeroProjects Inc., an aviation management consulting firm located in Calgary. With 18 years experience in the industry, her expertise in aviation includes aviation asset management, regulatory affairs, strategic planning and implementation, airline start-ups and labour relations. She has a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan.

Frank Morgan
Woodbridge, Ontario

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on September 15, 2003, Mr. Morgan, BSc. P.Eng, is a consulting engineer with extensive experience in the transport and mining sectors. He has held senior positions in divisions of both CN and CP. During his career he has been responsible for the design of maintenance/safety operations across Canada and has personally designed specialized road, rail and refrigeration equipment for CN Rail and Air Canada. He holds voting membership in the S.A.E., Chartered Institute of Transport (London, England) and the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

In addition to his BSc. in mechanical engineering, Mr. Morgan has successfully completed a senior management transport maintenance and safety program at Penn State University. He is also a licensed active pilot.

W. D. (Bill) Nicholson
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Mr. Nicholson was appointed to a three-year part-time term on October 7, 2003. He is chief pilot at Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. With 34 years of commercial flying and 18,700 hours of flying time, he has held positions in the aviation sector including line pilot, supervisor, manager, and owner/operator. Mr. Nicholson currently mentors students enrolled in the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology Commercial Pilot Course and he is enrolled in the National Business Aircraft Association Certified Aviation Manager Program.

David R. Owen
Riverview, New Brunswick

Mr. Owen was appointed to a part-time term of two years on September 15, 2003. He is a former general manager at the Moncton Flight College and a former regional manager/accident investigator with the Transportation Safety Board. A licensed pilot, he has worked as an air traffic controller and is a qualified mediator.

Suzanne Racine
Kirkland, Québec

Ms. Racine was reappointed to a part-time term of five years on November 30, 2004. A lawyer since 1980, she holds a licence in civil law from the University of Ottawa (1979), mediator training (1992) and a Master's Degree from the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University (1987).

She was a director of Regulatory and Government Affairs at Air Transat and has acted as a consultant in the areas of travel and air transport. Ms. Racine is a member of the Barreau du Québec and the Institute of Air and Space Law Association.

Dr. Michael T. Richard
Ottawa, Ontario

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on February 1, 2005, Dr. Richard has been practising neurosurgery in Ottawa since 1967. An associate professor of surgery, he was the Head of Neurosurgery at the Ottawa General Hospital and Chairman of Neurosurgery at the University of Ottawa. He has written or co-authored 75 papers and served as a member or chairman on numerous committees at the university, provincial and national levels. Dr. Richard was a commissioned officer of the Canadian Navy Executive Branch and is also a former director of the Ottawa Flying Club. He maintains his private pilot licence, which he has held since 1969.

Coleen Rogers
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Appointed on September 15, 2003 to a part-time term of two years, Ms. Rogers is a former executive vice-president and chief operating officer with the Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc., with 27 years of experience in the aviation industry. As airport general manager at the Winnipeg International Airport, she guided the transfer of the airport from Transport Canada control to the newly created local airport authority.

Hebb C. Russell
L'Orignal, Ontario

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on September 15, 2003, Mr. Russell is a retired Air Canada captain. He has worked for the medical department of the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association (CALPA) to help airline pilots regain their licences. As a commercial pilot, he is rated to fly a variety of multi-engined commercial aircraft. Mr. Russell enjoys flying his Taylorcraft on wheels and on skis in the winter.

Dr. John Saba
Brossard, Québec

Appointed to a part-time term of three years on September 29, 2005, Dr. Saba holds a Master of Arts degree in economics and political science, a doctor of civil laws degree, and a diploma in air and space law from McGill University. At McGill, he is a lecturer in economics and an adjunct professor of law at the Institute of Air & Space Law, secretary-general of the Institute of Air & Space Law Association and the editor-in-chief of its newsletter. He is a professor in economics and political science at Champlain Regional College in St-Lambert, Québec, and director of its World Studies program. Dr. Saba has served as manager and chairman for a number of worldwide air and space conferences and seminars for the International Civil Aviation Organization, the American Bar Association and McGill University. He has also served as president of a number of companies.

T. Richard Turner
West Vancouver, British Columbia

Appointed on September 15, 2003 to a part-time term of three years, Mr. Turner holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance from the University of British Columbia and has received a Diploma from the Canadian Securities Institute. He is the President and CEO of International Aviation Terminals Inc.

Mr. Turner is a Governor and past Chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade and also a past Chair of Airports Council International (ACI) – North America Associates, ACI-Pacific Associates, and the British Columbia Aviation Council. He is currently the Chair of both the British Columbia Lottery Corporation and the Insurance Corporation of BC. Mr. Turner is a Board member of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and serves on several other boards.

William T. Tweed
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Reappointed to a part-time term of three years on September 15, 2003, Mr. Tweed received his Law Degree from the University of Victoria in 1987 and was called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1988. He currently practises law in Winnipeg. Mr. Tweed obtained a commercial pilot licence in 1967 and has accumulated approximately 8,000 hours during his 20-year varied career as a pilot.

Richard Willems
Alton, Ontario

Appointed to a part-time term of two years on September 15, 2003, Mr. Willems is the senior captain flying a Canadair Challenger for Rogers Telecommunications in Toronto. His flying career began in central Saskatchewan in 1963 and has continued through North, Central and South America as well as Africa, Asia and Europe. Mr. Willems has held Transport Canada company check pilot authority since 1976 on various piston, turbo prop and jet aircraft. He is an active member of the Soaring Association of Canada.