The Secretariat is headed by an Executive Director and its activities are carried out by professional staff from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Each year, the Secretariat submits the Commission’s program and budget to the Council for approval. The Secretariat also has special responsibilities to consider submissions from any non-governmental organization or citizen that a party is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law.
Richard Morgan was appointed Executive Director of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in 2019, after serving as a Commissioner of the (Canada-U.S.) International Joint Commission from 2014 to 2018. He has taken leadership roles for 35 years in international relations, government, business and management consulting in several sectors, ranging from natural resources to health sciences. Richard has a keen understanding of the North American landscape, government organizations and the business sector, and considerable experience in collaborating with stakeholders in the environmental and sustainable development area. Richard started his career in 1986 in the Office of the Prime Minister as Executive Assistant to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and served in that role for several years and also as Special Advisor, Director of Planning and Operations. He later joined the corporate office of Bombardier as strategic planning advisor. He is a graduate in business administration from the University of Ottawa.
Executive Director Report
Nathalie Daoust
Director of Government Relations, Strategy and Performance
Geneviève Provencher
Director of Administration
Paolo Solano Tovar
Director of Legal Affairs and Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)
Marcela Orozco
Head of Advisory Groups and Private Sector Engagement
Lucie Robidoux
Head of Unit for Ecosystems
Orlando Cabrera-Rivera
Head of Unit for Environmental Quality
Armando Yáñez Sandoval
Head of Unit for Green Growth
Patrick Tonissen
Head of Unit for Communications
Georgina O’Farrill
Officer Outreach and Partnerships
Caitlin McCoy
Legal Officer, Legal Affairs and SEM
Yolanda López Maldonado
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Affairs Officer
Cezar Anghel
Information Technology Manager
Antonia Andúgar Miñarro
Project Lead
Antoine Asselin-Nguyen
Project Lead
Elizabeth Campos Sánchez
Project Lead
Lauren Roy
Project Lead
Danielle Vallée
Project Lead
Mónica Valtierra Brestchneider
Project Lead
Catherine Boyd Michaud
Project Lead, Advisory Groups and Private Sector Engagement
Dominique Croteau
Project Lead, Geospatial and Environmental Information
José Antonio Casis
Lead, Planning and Performance
Bhan Gatkuoth
Coordinator, Diverse and Inclusive Outreach and Engagement
Malika Elhadj
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Rocío de la Infiesta
Assistant to the Director, Government Relations, Strategy and Performance
Violaine Pronovost
Grant Programs Coordinator
Simonetta Ferrante
Assistant to the Director, Administration and Finance
Doris Millan
Assistant to the Director, Legal Affairs and Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM)
Erika Hercules
Assistant
Nicole Goñi
Assistant
Andrea González Pavía
Assistant
Dora Alvarez
Social Media Coordinator, Communications
Marilou Nichols
Publications Administrative Coordinator
Liliana Paz Miller
Meeting Services Coordinator
Frantzy Charles
Comptroller
Frantz Bernard
Administrative Coordinator, Human Resources and Payroll
Carmen Cimpian
File Management Clerk
Michel Lafortune
File Management Clerk
Linda Lee
Accounting Clerk
Olga Sotelo
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