Board Structure & Committees 

The Governance and Human Resources Committee provides oversight and guidance on Board governance, performance, and fiduciary responsibilities. It supports effective Board stewardship through policy oversight, succession planning, and evaluation of the Board, its Committees, and individual members.

Committee Chair: Christine McKee
Committee Members: Jason Lenz, Jeff Lenz, Cheryl Westman, Alan Hampton, Andre Harpe*

The Finance & Audit Committee provides oversight of financial management, reporting, and compliance, supporting the Board in ensuring financial integrity, accountability, and transparency. The committee helps safeguard Alberta Canola’s assets and strengthens governance through sound financial practices and risk management.

Committee Chair: Charles Simoneau
Committee Members: Jeannette Andrashewski, Jeff Frost, Alan Hampton, Andre Harpe*

The Government and Industry Affairs Committee is responsible for promoting canola grower interests at the local, provincial, and national levels. The committee will provide feedback to the Manager of Government & Industry Affairs on the initial analysis to further develop and enrich the discussion and understanding of the issues at hand. 

Committee Chair: Roger Chevraux 
Committee Members: Charles Simoneau, Justin Nanninga, Christine McKee, Cheryl Westman, Andre Harpe*

The Research Committee provides guidance to Alberta Canola on research-related activities. This includes meeting Alberta Canola’s goals for agronomic and product development research. The broad goals for these areas are to find better ways to grow canola, find better ways to control pests, and find new uses for canola oil and meal. The committee directs research funding through numerous national and provincial partnerships that allow them to achieve their goals while optimizing the best leverage of grower dollars. 

Committee Chair: Cheryl Westman
Committee Members: Jeff Lenz, Jason Lenz, Justin Nanninga, Alan Hampton, Andre Harpe*

The Grower Engagement and Extension Committee is responsible for ensuring growers have access to agronomy, marketing, and farm management information through its communications program, along with event planning and sponsorship. The Committee is also committed to ensuring that canola growers, the agriculture industry, and partners are informed of Alberta Canola’s goals, objectives, and activities. 

Committee Chair: Jeff Frost
Committee Members: Chris Kamphuis, Charles Simoneau, Roger Chevraux, Andre Harpe*

The goal of the Public Engagement & Promotions committee is to support, guide, and implement actions to create, build, and maintain positive relationships between producers and stakeholders, especially consumers. The committee addresses agricultural issues that could affect public trust and the canola market share and connects producers to end consumers through determinative programming, effective marketing and sponsorships, educational approaches at events and conferences, and campaigning for more agriculture in the classroom. 

Committee Chair: Jeannette Andrashewski
Committee Members: Jeff Lenz, Jeff Frost, Cheryl Westman, Andre Harpe*