Join the Board
Join the Canadian Environmental Network Board of Directors to shape RCEN's direction and make a national impact!
We are currently seeking passionate individuals to fill a key role on our Board of Directors: Treasurer. This is a critical position where your financial expertise will help shape RCEN's financial strategies and ensure the organization’s long-term sustainability. In addition to this key role, we are also accepting general board applications from individuals passionate about environmental advocacy and governance. Whether you're interested in the Treasurer position or a general board role, this is an exciting opportunity to guide RCEN’s mission and make a meaningful impact across Canada.
Treasurer Position
The Treasurer is essential to the success of RCEN, overseeing budgeting, financial reporting, and fiscal strategies. We are looking for someone with a background in finance or accounting, ideally with experience in nonprofit financial management. As Treasurer, you'll work closely with board members and staff to maintain transparency, accountability, and financial health for the organization.
General Board Positions
We also welcome applications for general board roles. Board members contribute to RCEN's strategic direction, provide governance and oversight, and collaborate with fellow environmental leaders. This is a chance to help steer RCEN as it continues its vital work in protecting Canada's environment.
For more information about the Treasurer role or general board responsibilities, please review our Board Information Package below.
How to Apply
Please submit your expression of interest, including relevant background information, to director@rcen.ca. We look forward to receiving your applications!
RCEN strives to be a diverse and representative team. Qualified self-identifying First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, Visible Minority Groups, and Persons with Disabilities applicants will be strongly considered for this position. If you are a member of one of the equity groups, we encourage you to self-identify in your application.
Meet the Board
Acting Chair: Ian Peace, Salt Spring Island Water Preservation Society
Ian is a British Columbia-based environmental advocate who spent many winters in traditional territories working as a surveyor for oil and gas exploration. He graduated with a MSc. Environment and Management from Royal Roads University and worked in the oil sand development region for a First Nation Band Consultation office.
Ian studied water management in the oil sand extraction processes and developed a passion for investigating environmental performance related to Athabasca River water diversions. In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors and teaches trampoline.
Treasurer: Alex Keenan, Ontario Environment Network
Alex Keenan is an Ottawa-based communications professional (with roots on the East Coast) who knows the power of a shared story. That's why she passionately supports environmental networking and is part of both RCEN and the Ontario Environment Network (OEN). A nature girl who also happens to be a city dweller, Alex advocates for sustainable transportation, smart community planning, and the conservation of biodiversity and its habitat. As a former lawyer who has worked with First Nations and Indigenous businesses, Alex brings to the Board a keen eye for policies and systems. She loves hiking, camping and sailing, but prefers to hibernate during the winter.
Secretary: Glen Koroluk, Manitoba Eco Network
Glen Koroluk has spent most of his working career in the non-profit and charitable sector as a community organizer and coordinator on issues and projects such as housing, food sovereignty, community development, and environmental protection.
He is currently the executive director of the Manitoba Eco-Network and volunteers as a board member with the National Farmers Foundation, Canadian Environmental Network, and his local community club, Valour CC.
He holds a BSc. from the University of Winnipeg that focused on geography and statistics.
Anna Johnston, West Coast Environmental Law
Anna is a staff lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law, where her work focuses on strengthening federal environmental assessment laws, policies and regulations. She earned her law degree from the University of Victoria in 2010, where she was enrolled in the Environmental Law Clinic intensive stream and was an active member of the Environmental Law Club. In 2010 Anna interned at the Institute of Environmental Law and Governance in Nairobi, Kenya before completing her articles at Ecojustice Canada. Called to the bar in 2011, Anna practiced as a sole practitioner in Aboriginal and environmental law before she joined West Coast in 2013.
Anna has represented community and Indigenous groups on environmental assessments of major energy projects in British Columbia and Alberta and has provided environmental legal education and support to communities across Canada. She currently co-chairs the national Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network, and resides in Ottawa.
Devanshi Kukadia, Canadian Youth Biodiversity Network
Devanshi is passionate about building climate resilience in the community and bringing positive changes in policies related to climate change at all levels of government. She has over six years of experience working in the environmental sector with the Toronto Zoo, the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN), the Ontario Environment Network (OEN), Canadian Youth Biodiversity Network (CYBN) and the UN Association in Canada. Devanshi is the Research and Communications Manager at the Clean Air Partnership. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Toronto and is a certified Climate Reality Leader.
Rosalind Warner, British Columbia Council for International Cooperation
Rosalind has a long-standing interest in environment, sustainability and climate issues. As an educator and researcher, Rosalind has been motivated to advance environmental, social, and governance objectives in her professional and volunteer work. She has been involved in a leadership role in local environmental groups, including the Okanagan Sustainability Leadership Council, the Okanagan Climate Hub, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Okanagan Chapter, and the BC Council for International Cooperation. Rosalind is particularly interested in local and global initiatives around local and global climate action, nature rights in international and national laws, and the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. She speaks and writes often about environmental issues to both academic and general audiences.