Role of the Secretariat
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.
Executive Director
Jorge Daniel Taillant
Jorge Daniel Taillant is a seasoned global advocate for environmental justice and environmental protection. His career spans several decades, working with international development agencies, as an advisor to governments and with civil society organizations in Latin America and around the world promoting innovative approaches to environmental protection, fostering sustainability criteria in international development finance, and by working to promote greater corporate accountability in the area of sustainable development.
He has worked for the last decade to tackle the escalating climate emergency through aggressively reducing the rate of global warming in the short term by phasing out the most intense climate pollutants, such as methane, black carbon and HFCs, while building climate resilience and strengthening adaptive capacity in the most climate-vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.
Most recently, Mr. Taillant served as Climate Justice Policy Advisor at the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) promoting more ambitious climate action targeting short-lived climate pollutants and worked closely with the UN’s Climate and Clean Air Coalition as an advisor on strategies to reduce methane and black carbon emissions.
Mr. Taillant brings to the CEC a breadth and depth of experience in sustainable development, environmental justice, and climate policy through community engagement and public participation.
Staff
Nathalie Daoust
Director of Government Relations, Strategy and Performance
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)
Mariana Beltrán
Assistant, Advisory Groups and Private Sector Engagement Unit
Erika Hercules
Assistant
Nicole Goñi
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
Assistant
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Reports and Governing Documents
Quality Assurance Requirements
November 4, 2021
Quality assurance standards applied to all our information products
Staff Rules
November 4, 2021
These Rules set out terms and conditions of employment, working relationships and rights and responsibilities of the employees in the service of the Commission
Secretariat
700 de la Gauchetière St. West, Suite 1620,
Montreal, Quebec, H3B 5M2
Phone: (514) 350-4300
Fax: (514) 350-4314