Contact Us

SPE Canada Staff

  • Kristin Briard, Senior Manager, Canadian Activities
  • Jinny Bae, Events and Training Manager
  • April Cote, Events Specialist
  • Emily Lundy, Events & Marketing Coordinator
  • Rachel Paulson, Events & Marketing Coordinator (on maternity leave)
  • Shefali Jariwala, Finance Manager
  • Jill Thomas, Regional Activities Manager, Gulf Coast; Western; and Southwestern NA Regions
  • Rachel Osterman, Calgary Section and SPECEF Coordinator
  • Zain Al Radaideh, Regional Activities Manager
  • Mahesh Jayaraman, Technical and Professional Activities Manager

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

  • Ana Grubor, Chair, Keyera Corp.
  • David Langille, Shell Canada
  • Ramez Hanna Alla, Chevron
  • Gaetan Gobeil, Catapult Water Midstream
  • Erin Madro, EVOK Innovations
  • Teresa Waddington, LNG Canada
  • Brook Papau, Orrenia Inc.
  • Claudio Virues, Alberta Energy Regulator
  • Lisa Hardy, TAQA
  • Oluwafemi Tytler, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Sean Hervo, PrePad
  • Linal Perera, Svante Inc.