Contact Us

SPE International Staff in Canada

  • Kristin Briard, Senior Manager, Canadian Activities
  • Jinny Bae, Events and Training Manager
  • April Cote, Events Specialist
  • Shannon Bowen-Kelsick, Events Senior Coordinator
  • Irene Banchik, Events Senior Coordinator
  • Shefali Jariwala, Finance Manager
  • Jill Thomas, Senior Regional Activities Manager North America
  • Rachel Marce (Osterman), Events & Marketing Coordinator, SPE Calgary Section & SPECEF
  • Zain Al Radaideh, Regional Activities Manager Mid Con & Eastern North America
  • Mahesh Jayaraman, Technical and Professional Activities Manager
  • Ebun Adewole-Dickson, Multimedia Specialist, Multimedia Programs
  • Kate Barton, Digital Content and Marketing Specialist
  • Ari Sanyal, Marketing Data Analyst

Questions?

Contact us at 
specal@spe.org.

SPE Canada Board of Directors

Manages SPE Canada activities in accordance with the administrative and fiscal policies of the SPE International Board of Directors.

Richard Chan

Chair  SPE Canada Board
Richard Chan
Suncor
Term ends September 2024

Jodi Anhorn

Past Chair — SPE Canada Board
Jodi Anhorn
GLJ Petroleum Consultants 
Term ends September 2023

Theo van der Werken

Director – SPE Canada Board
Theo van der Werken
Birchcliff Energy
Term ends September 2025

Sahar Ghannadi

Director – SPE Canada Board
Sahar Ghannadi
E2E Energy Solutions
Term ends September 2025

Audrey Rasmussen

Director – SPE Canada Board
Audrey Rasmussen
PETRONAS Canada
Term ends September 2025

Hart Golbeck

Director – SPE Canada Board
Hart Golbeck
Innotech Alberta
Term ends September 2024

Ashley Ramsden-Wood

Director – SPE Canada Board
Ashley Ramsden-Wood
Hemisphere Energy
Term ends September 2023

Stephen Butt

Director – SPE Canada Board
Stephen Butt
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Term ends September 2025

Leigh Ann Runyan

Director – SPE Canada Board
Leigh Ann Runyan
SPE International

SPE Canadian Educational Foundation Board of Directors

Supports educational programs and activities, endowment of Chairs, and scholarships operated by other non-profit groups, organizations, and Canadian educational institutions for the purposes of promoting, educating, or disseminating information related to, the petroleum industry. For more information about our programs visit: www.specef.org

  • Gaetan Gobeil, Catapult Water Midstream
  • Brook Papau, Orrenia Inc.
  • Claudio Virues, Alberta Energy Regulator
  • Lisa Hardy, TAQA
  • Sean Hervo, PrePad
  • Linal Perera, Svante Inc.
  • Mary Hansen, McDaniel
  • Vasim Qureshi
  • Mike Shofield
  • Maxwell Oti
  • Francis Letendre, Crescent Point Energy