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Alyson Surveyer

Hub Manager and Head of Global Operations, Canada

Alyson Surveyer is the Future Earth Montreal Hub Manager and Head of Global Operations. Prior to this role, Alyson worked at Future Earth on urban issues. She holds a Bachelor’s degree with honours and Masters degree in chemical engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal. Her Masters was completed at the International Reference Center for Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG), in collaboration with Rolls-Royce Canada. The thesis investigated alternative fuels for gas turbines in a 2020 global electricity generation perspective. Before joining Future Earth she worked as a consultant in sustainable development for clients in the private and public sectors and was coordinator of the Inter-university Research Center in High Performance Polymers and Composites (CREPEC), where she had diverse mandates such as to heighten industry-university collaborations as well as the reach and visibility of its members. Alyson was also a course lecturer from 2014-2016 at HEC Montréal in sustainability and operations management. Alyson’s career objective is to build a strong and diverse community of researchers, government officials, and industries that will develop and put in motion production systems and policies to achieve global sustainable patterns. She truly believes that Future Earth will pave the way.

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Andréa Ventimiglia

Staff Writer

Andréa currently employs her wide complement of skills in research, analysis, editing and evaluation as the Staff Writer for Future Earth. Her approach to writing is rooted in her diverse professional experience spanning scientific laboratory research, freelance science writing, program evaluation and international community development. Prior to joining Future Earth, Ms. Ventimiglia worked as an evaluator for a Montreal-based research evaluation firm, and as a medical writer for a pharmaceutical education company. She holds a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Waterloo, and a Masters in Journalism from Carleton University.

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Marie d'Acremont

Administrative Officer, Montreal

Marie d’Acremont is responsible for the administration and coordination of the daily operations of the Montreal Global Hub of Future Earth. She joined the team in 2015 to support the development and implementation of the processes related to Human Resources, Finance and Communication of the hub. She holds a Master of Environmental Sciences and is a workshop facilitator on environmental issues for the Réseau des femmes en environnement, a non-for profit organization in Quebec.

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Jennifer Garard

Science Officer

Jennifer Garard is a Science Officers at the Future Earth Montreal Hub. She coordinates Futures CoLab, a joint initiative with the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence which brings together a network of diverse experts to engage on a platform for online collaboration through bespoke processes for facilitated and asynchronous dialogue. In this role, Jennifer works with partner organizations and the team at MIT to design custom dialogue processes, organizes participant recruitment, acts as a facilitator, and produces outcome documents from the online dialogues. Jennifer is also the Advisory Council (AC) Liaison, acting as the contact point between the AC and the Future Earth community and organizing AC inputs to the work of the Secretariat. Jennifer holds a BSc in Environmental Science from McGill University, specializing in Biodiversity and Conservation (2008), a Master of Environmental Assessment from Concordia University (2013), and a PhD from the Technische Universität Berlin (“Stakeholder Engagement at the Science-Policy Interface,” 2018). Jennifer was previously employed as a doctoral researcher with the working group Scientific Assessments, Ethics, and Public Policy at Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin, Germany. In 2012, Jennifer served as an intern with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, working with the Health and Biodiversity Cross-Cutting Initiative.

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Paula Monroy

Communications Coordinator

Paula Monroy has been a staff member since 2017. As Communications Coordinator of the Canadian Hub, she also works with the Global Communications team. Paula is formally educated in sustainability and urbanism, specialising in indigenous methodologies and holistic planning. Moreover, she has over two years of practical experience in multimedia communication—including media production as a video journalist and graphic design. For now, Paula is based in Montreal, Quebec, caring for her houseplants and practising Environmental Wellness.

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Patrick Lacombe

Research Coordinator, Canada

Patrick is the coordinator for the Montreal Hub office. Under guidance from Alyson Surveyor, Montreal Hub Manager and Head of Global Operations, Patrick will coordinate the implementation of the Future Earth’s 2020-2025 strategy while also lending his skills to other relevant projects overseen by the Montreal Hub. Patrick arrives at Future Earth upon completion of his master’s degree in Global Development Studies from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. His research focused on the social sustainability of national park management through public-private partnerships across sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, his research targeted how public-private partnerships impact both national park management strategies and the livelihoods of rural communities. Previously, he completed his undergraduate degree at Concordia University with a specialization in Geography and a minor in sustainability studies. His previous work in rural Uganda with Montreal based CEED Concordia centered on developing and coordinating the inaugural environmental sustainability project for CEED which has now become a staple of the organization’s internship program in Uganda. On an individual level, Patrick holds particular interests towards environmental conservation, photography, and travel.

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Martin Deron

Project and Research Assistant

Martin is the Project and Research Assistant at the Montreal Hub. He works closely with the Science Officers to facilitate and support the implementation of the different Sustainability in the Digital Age projects. Alongside his implication at Future Earth, Martin is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Environmental Management at the University of Sherbrooke. His main topics of interests are linked to sustainability, public policy and well-being. On an individual level, Martin is an avid reader and a percussionist.

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Sylvia Wood

Science Officer

Sylvia Wood is a Science Officer at Future Earth’s Montreal Hub working on the Science-based Pathways for Sustainability initiative and Our Future on Earth report. Previously, Sylvia was employed as a postdoctoral researcher with Bioversity International and Columbia University’s Earth Institute working on agro-conservation initiatives and mapping ecosystem services to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She also held a postdoctoral position in the Ecological Economics lab at the Université de Québec en Outaouis where she worked on scenario approaches to design agro-environmental programs to address water quality and urban ecosystem services. Sylvia holds a BSc. in Biology from Queen’s University, specializing in ecology and international development, and a Masters in Forest Ecology from the University of British Columbia, Canada. In her PhD at McGill University, Sylvia worked on the multi-generational sustainability of agroforestry production systems and its impacts on peasant livelihoods in Peru. From 2007 through 2009, Sylvia served as an assistant and later advisor to the Natural Resource Management unit at the Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan where she worked on emerging technologies for energy and water management with smallholder farmers.

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Alyson Surveyer

Hub Manager and Head of Global Operations, Canada

Andréa Ventimiglia

Staff Writer

Marie d'Acremont

Administrative Officer, Montreal

Jennifer Garard

Science Officer

Paula Monroy

Communications Coordinator

Patrick Lacombe

Research Coordinator, Canada

Martin Deron

Project and Research Assistant

Sylvia Wood

Science Officer

Executive Director’s Office

Amy Luers

Executive Director, Future Earth

Nilufar Sabet-Kassouf

Executive Assistant, Canada

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