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Our Team

Board of Directors

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Scott Helps, Chair

Zone 1 Director Counties of Essex, Kent, Lambton shelps@ymail.com
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Lorne Benedict

Zone 2 Director County of Middlesex lornebenedict@outlook.com
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Dan Veldman, Vice Chair

Zone 3 Director Counties of Elgin, Oxford, and that part of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk that, on the 31st day of March 1974, was the County of Norfolk dveldd@gmail.com

Roger Pelissero

Zone 4 Director County of Brant, the Regional Municipalities of Hamilton-Wentworth and Niagara and that part of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk that, on the 31st day of March 1974, was the County of Haldimand rpelisseroeggs@gmail.com

Brian Miller

Zone 5 Director County of Huron bwmiller@quadro.net

Sally Van Straaten

Zone 6 Director County of Perth, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo sallyvanstraaten@gmail.com

Scott Brookshaw

Zone 7 Director Counties of Wellington, Bruce, Dufferin, and Grey scott@grayridge.com
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George Pilgrim

Zone 8 Director Regional Municipalities of Halton and Peel, the Counties of Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland, Peterborough, Prince Edward, Simcoe, and Victoria, the Regional Municipalities of Durham and York, and the District Municipality of Muskoka georgepilgrim@hotmail.com

Ian McFall

Zone 9 Director EAST:  Counties of Dundas, Frontenac, Grenville, Lanark, Leeds, Lennox and Addington, Renfrew, the Regional Municipality of Ottawa and Carleton NORTH:  Territorial Districts of Ontario consisting of Algoma, Cochrane, Parry Sound, Kenora, Rainy River, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and Thunder Bay imcfall@burnbraefarms.com

Marcel Jr. Laviolette

Zone 10 Director Counties of Glengarry, Prescott, Russell, Stormont marcel@falaviolette.com
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Alvin Brunsveld

Pullet Director brunsvelda@gmail.com

Staff

Ryan Brown

Chief Executive Officer

rbrown@getcracking.ca

Michael Barun

Director of Finance

mbarun@getcracking.ca

James Corpuz

Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives

jcorpuz@getcracking.ca

Jennifer Correa

Director of Corporate Affairs

jcorrea@getcracking.ca

Donna Lange

Director of Public Affairs

dlange@getcracking.ca

Maria Leal

Director of Regulatory Compliance and Farming Operations

mleal@getcracking.ca