Team Members
Pat Lupo
Board Member
Pat Lupo, OSB, is the Environmental Program Director at the Inner City Neighborhood Arthouse and has been involved in environmental and conservation issues and teaching for over 50 years. As a Benedictine Sister in Erie PA and in the 1990’s, Pat’s emerging awareness of the connections between environmental and justice issues led her to the education of teachers and students and to a personal commitment to serve on local, state, national and bi-national boards. Currently Pat serves on GLEN, PLEWA – the Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association, the City of Erie Environmental Advisory Council and the Benedictine Sisters: Care for the Earth and Prophet of Peace Committees.
Rupert Kindersley
Treasurer
Rupert Kindersley serves as executive director of the Georgian Bay Association. At GBA Rupert has worked extensively on the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, water quality/levels issues, local planning matters, coastal protection and most of the other areas that GLEN is focusing on. He is based in Georgian Bay and Toronto.
Robin McClellan
Board Member
Robin McClellan is a retired adjunct professor in the Canino School of Engineering Technology at SUNY Canton. He is also a member of the Remedial Action Committee for the Massena/Cornwall/Akwesasne Area of Concern on the St. Lawrence River. He has worked on toxic pollution in New York State and the Great Lakes Basin since 1985, serving on the boards of NYS Citizens’ Environmental Coalition and Great Lakes United. He is currently focused on land use planning at the municipal and county levels and energy policy. He lives in Stockholm, NY, in the St. Lawrence River watershed.
Dan Robinson
Secretary
Dan founded the Great Lakes Spirituality Project and serves as its Executive Director. The Project's mission is to "further develop a spirituality of the Lakes that values and protects the Great Lakes Basin and the life that depends on these waters." (see more at glsp.com) The father of three and grandfather of three, Dan also serves as a Pastor in St. Joseph, MI.
Jane Elder
Vice Chair
Jane Elder is the author of "Wilderness, Water & Rust: A Journey Toward Great Lakes Resilience." A lifelong advocate for Great Lakes protection, Jane founded the Sierra Club’s Great Lakes Program, headed the Biodiversity Project for ten years, and led the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters for ten years, expanding its water and climate initiatives. She is based in Madison, Wisconsin.
Stéphane Gingras
Board Member
Géographe, géomorphologue, maître Es-Science et militant écologiste depuis 40 ans au Québec et dans le monde Géographe et géomorphologue, a obtenu son baccalauréat en géographie physique de l’Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (UQTR) et sa maitrise en géographie et science de l’environnement de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) en 2001. Depuis 2014, il est chargé de projet pour le Groupe Ambioterra. De la gestion des projets, de la géomatique, ainsi que des communications… son véritable titre est « Responsable de la protection de la biodiversité » !
Geographer with a specialisation in geomorphology, M. Gingras has a bachelor degree in physical geography and a master degree in geography and environmental science from the university of Quebec in Montreal. Since 2014, M. Gingras work as a Biodiversity protection officer for the organisation Ambioterra. He is responsible for managing the tree nursery (pépinière régionale du Suroit) and the plantations. He is also supervising the plantation team, and work on overarching policy issues in regards to biodiversity protection.