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Gareth Thomson is Executive Director of the Alberta Council for Environmental Education. He has over twenty years experience in environmental education and non-profit management, working for the government of Alberta and then as Education Director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). He has taught high school, served on Canmore town council, been a judge for the Alberta Emerald Awards, and currently volunteers for the Alberta Ecotrust Foundation on their grant review committee. He has an engineering degree, an M.Sc. in Environmental Geology, and is a certified teacher. A proud father of two exceptional children, Gareth can still occasionally be sighted on the hiking trails around Canmore. |
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Kathy Worobec is ACEE’s Education Director. She has more than 20 years of experience in developing, implementing, delivering and managing environmental education programs for youth and teachers. Kathy has taught in the classroom, worked in the energy efficiency field with the Alberta Department of Energy and worked as a consultant. She received her education degree from the University of Alberta. Kathy spent the last nine years as part of the Pembina Institute and GreenLearning Canada education team. Kathy lives in Edmonton and enjoys biking, skiing, gardening and numerous activities with her family and friends. |
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Christina Pickles is the Program Coordinator for ACEE. A summer Naturalist position in 1998 hooked her on environmental education. After finishing a geography degree at the University of Calgary, she took her first full time job in education delivering programs for Ducks Unlimited at the Bow Habitat Station in Calgary. She then took a position with the University of Calgary, spending four years delivering and developing residential school programs on earthworms, forests and everything in between. Before coming to ACEE she spent two years in Edmonton with Alberta Environment’s One Simple Act program in Edmonton. She and her husband now live in Calgary close to the Bow River. |
