Board of Directors

Kathy Lindsay has been active with the BRWP since 2007 and has been chair of the Board since 2009. She lives in Renfrew and has a family cottage on the Ottawa River just downstream of the confluence with the Bonnechere River. Professionally, she is Dr. Kathryn Lindsay having obtained a PhD in Biology from Carleton and is an Adjunct Research Professor in Biology and in Geography and Environmental Studies and a co-Director of the Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Lab built with funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Her graduate students have worked on habitat suitability modeling for wildlife, effects of landscape structure on farmland biodiversity, and systematic assessment for wildlife conservation both now and under a climate change future. She has been employed as a wildlife research ecologist with Environment Canada from 1986 to 2015, conducting future scenario and ecological risk assessment studies at local to national scales in Canada, the USA and Panama to understand effects of land cover and land use (particularly agriculture and urbanization) on wildlife, water, and people, and to explore approaches for incorporating nature conservation into land-use policy, planning and decision-making. Photo: Renfrew Mercury

Christine O'Reilly - Christine recently graduated with a two-year diploma in Business – Accounting from Algonquin College. She served as the Assistant Treasurer for the 2015-2016 year and subsequently accepted appointment as the Treasurer since 2016. Christine is also seventh generation Renfrew County.

John Brady - Since retiring from a 30 year career in Construction and Telecommunications management in 2009, I have been actively involved with the Arnprior and District Museum, playing a lead role in and various artifact staging and preservation projects. Other volunteer work includes chairing the Braeside Riverdrive Festival (2012-2015), leveraging this community gathering to foster stewardship of the Ottawa River and drive improvements to Red Pine park and boat launch. A graduate of Carleton University (B. Eng, Civil), I am currently living on the Ottawa River at Sandpoint with my wife Cathy in the historic Appleby family residence, circa 1820. Cathy and I are avid paddlers, bikers, boaters, walkers and swimmers and thus very committed to sustainable management of our beautiful natural setting in the Ottawa valley.

Jennifer Doelman

Gerry Richards

Allan Best

Judy Bates

Doug Fraser


Advisors to the Board

Ottawa River Institute

Valley Climate Circle

Ottawa River Keeper

Local government liaisons; Horton, Admaston Bromley, Bonnechere Valley, Killaloe Hagarty and Richards, Town of Renfrew.

Cheryl Keetch, Coordinator - Cheryl is a Graphic Design graduate of both Georgian and Sheridan College. As coordinator for the BRWP, she brings a diverse career background that includes graphic design, workshop development, library management, as well as extensive experience with not-for-profit organizations and hands-on and management roles in the fields of retail building materials and alternative home building. For Cheryl, living in rural settings around Renfrew County has nourished a love and appreciation for its lands, waters, forests, and people. She lives off-grid in a renewable energy home near Killaloe.