Meet the Team

We work for our people, our earth, and our future.

  • Dean Arey

    JS Board Chair

    (IGC Chair)

  • Catherine Cockney

    JS Board Vice Chair

    (EIRB Chair)

  • Jennifer Smith

    JS Board Secretary Treasurer

    (WMAC-NS Chair)

  • David B. Livingstone

    JS Board Director

    (EISC Chair)

  • Herb Angik Nakimayak

    JS Board Director

    (FJMC Chair)

  • Larry Carpenter

    JS Board Director

    (WMAC-NT Chair)

Management Team

  • Jen Lam

    Executive Director

  • Eunice Thrasher

    Office Manager

  • Jodie Maring

    Committee Program Manager

  • Olubunmi Ajakpo

    Finance Manager

  • Vina Norris

    Human Resources Manager

Admin Team

  • Vacant

    Resource Assistant

  • Bernice Joe

    Administrative Assistant

Finance team

  • Emma Wolki

    Finance Analyst

  • Thabiso Zhou

    Finance Clerk

  • Gloria Nasogaluak

    Travel and Logistics Coordinator

  • Candice Esau

    Travel and Logistics Coordinator

Services Unit

  • Kirt Ruben

    Community Based Monitoring Program Manager

  • Anita Ruben

    HTC Liaison & Contracts Coordinator

  • Kayla Hansen-Craik

    Marine Protected Areas Coordinator

  • Vacant

    Marine Protected Areas Community Liaison

Committee Resource Person

  • Davonna Kasook

    Resource Management Coordinator, Inuvialuit Game Council (IGC)

  • Xavier St-Jacques

    Resource Management Coordinator, Inuvialuit Game Council (IGC)

  • Patricia Sung

    Resource Coordinator Environmental Impact Screening Committee (EISC)

  • Vacant

    Summer Student Environmental Impact Screening Committee (EISC)

  • Alice Lutaladio

    Resource Coordinator Environmental Impact Review Board (EIRB)

  • Vacant

    Resource Biologist Habitats and Ecosystems Fisheries Joint Management Committee (FJMC)

  • Lauren Aarts

    Resource Management Biologist Fisheries Joint Management Committee (FJMC)

  • Shannon O'Hara

    Resource Coordinator Fisheries Joint Management Committee (FJMC)

  • Opeyemi Aluko

    Resource Coordinator Wildlife Management Advisory Council (WMAC NWT)

  • Kendra Tingmiak

    Wildlife Biologist, Wildlife Management Advisory Council (WMAC NWT)

  • Jessica Norris

    Wildlife Biologist, Wildlife Management Advisory Council (WMAC NWT)

Meet the members

Inuvialuit Game Council


Chair:
Dean Arey

Vice Chair:
Johnnie Storr

Treasurer:
Johnnie Storr

Directors:

Pat Klengenberg

Douglas Esagok

John Lucas Jr.

Lawrence Ruben

Alternates:

Richard Gruben

Eric Cockney

Joseph Haluksit

Dean Arey

Mariah Lucas

Jody Illasiak

Environmental Impact Screening Committee

Chair, Canada Member:
David Livingstone

Inuvialuit Members:

Ray Ruben Sr.

Vernon Amos

Darin Nasogaluak

GNWT Member:
Ron Wallace

YTG Member:
Bengt Pettersson

Canada Member:
Todd Slack

Environmental Impact Review Board

Acting Chair:

Catherine Cockney

GNWT Member:
Vacant

Inuvialuit Members:

Ethel-Jean Gruben

Nicole Lindsay

Gerald Inglangasuk

YTG Member:
Bruce McLean

Canada Member:
Cynthia Ene

Fisheries Joint Management Committee

Chair:
Herb Nakimayak

Inuvialuit Members:

Lawrence Ruben

Gerry Lennie

Canada Member:

Burton Ayles

Lois Harwood

Alternates:

Stan Ruben

Vacant


Wildlife Management Advisory Council
Northwest Territories

Chair:
Larry Carpenter

Inuvialuit Members

Hans Lennie

James Pokiak

John Lucas Jr.

GNWT Members:

Marsha Branigan

Rob Gau

Canada Member:

Eric Reed

Alternates:

Jimmy Kalinek

Dang-Dang Gruben

Norman Snowshoe

Joanna Wilson

Nathalie Lowry

Wildlife Management Advisory Council
North Slope

Chair:
Jennifer Smith

Inuvialuit Members:

Billy Archie

Canada Member:
Colleen Arnison

YTG Member:
Tyler Kuhn

Alternates:

Michelle Gruben

Evelyn Storr

Marc Cattet

Craig Machtans