Who We Are

Board of Directors

Jeff Golfman
Treasurer

Jeff is the Founder and President of The RAW Office, a Toronto, Canada based certified B Corp who is disrupting the market for non-strategic purchases of office supplies for businesses across North America. See more about Jeff here.

Michael Hancharyk
Co-Chair

Michael is a prairie born graduate of the University of Winnipeg with a Bachelor of Environmental Science. He's worked with non-profits to improve sustainability across the prairies and truly believes that sustainable education is the key to living a holistic lifestyle. See more about Michael here.

Delaine Russo
Co-Chair

I started my path on being a "green kid" as a child watching David Suzuki on “The Nature of Things”with my grandparents. I took my interest and passion for wanting a clean and sustainable earth to school and went on to complete a Bachelor of Science degree... See more about Delanie here.

Alissa Watson
Member at Large

Alissa is a Winnipeg born artist and educator whose passions include physical comedy and “clowning around”. She fell in love with Green Kids watching a production of The Lorax as a student many, MANY years ago and is thrilled to help promote environmental education all these years later. See more about Alissa here.

Board of Directors

Eric Rae
Member at Large

Eric (he/they/iel) is a bilingual (English/French), non-binary, anarchist theatre artist and activist. He studied theatre at the University of Winnipeg and at l’Université du Côte d’Azur. Eric firmly believes that grassroots movements grounded in community are our best hope for real change, and that we need to reexamine all of the systems that govern our world down to their foundations. He knows we can do better, we just need more people to believe.

Lisa Bellemare
Member at Large

Lisa is a Métis woman from St. Malo, Manitoba who is a descendant of the pioneers of St Malo, Manitoba. It is imperative for Lisa that we consider the impacts of our actions today on a minimum of seven future generations. Lisa’s independent grassroots-involved voice and work focus on raising awareness around Hydro issues and finding solutions for younger generations to learn to live in a sustainable way.