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Our Team

Creating Rural Connections

Through Collaboration

ARDN Staff


Dee Ann Benard
Executive Director
 
Phone: 780-449-1006 ext. 223
Email: exec.dir@ardn.ca
 
Joy Vonk
Operations Manager

Phone: 780-449-1006 ext. 221
Email: operations@ardn.ca
 
Paul Watson
Research Director
 
Phone: 780-449-1006 ext. 222
Email: research@ardn.ca
 

Judy Ferguson
Director of Community and Member Engagement

Phone: 780-449-1006 ext. 225
Email: engage@ardn.ca

Melissa St.Dennis
Communications Officer

Phone: 780-449-1006 ext. 224
Email: communications@ardn.ca

 

Board of Directors 2010/2011


Chair


Rick Neidig, President & CEO
Northern Lakes College

Vice Chair


John Kennelly, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences
University of Alberta

Treasurer


Robert Woodrow, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Calgary
 

Secretary

Gerry Paradis, Associate Vice President                                                                  Red Deer College

Director


Jason Dewling, Vice-President Academic and Research
Olds College

Director


Peter Leclaire, Vice President, Academic & Chief Learning Officer
Lethbridge College

Director


Michael Gismondi, Professor, Sociology and Global Sciences
Athabasca University

Director


Mel Mathison, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences and Applied Research
Lakeland College

ARDN




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