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ACEE Staff

From left to right - Courtney Scott, Gareth Thomson, Michelle Kulmatycky, Christina Pickles and Kathy Worobec Missing - Lori Gray
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.
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 overlooking the Elbow River.
Lori Gray works on contract to ACEE on our initiative to enhance environmental education training for pre-service teachers. She has a full time faculty and support staff role at Mount Royal University and has over 8 years of experience in outdoor education, community development and working with youth in the environment. She is a member of the MRU Sustainability Committee and the Cochrane Sustainable Partners Uniting Resources (SPUR) board. She has an Applied Degree in Ecotourism and Outdoor Leadership and an M.A in Environmental Education and Communication. Lori and her husband David live in Cochrane and can often be found paddling the Bow River or hiking and backpacking in K-Country.
Kathy Worobec is leading the Inspiring Action on Education initiative at ACEE. The Pembina Institute’s Director of Alberta GreenLearning. Kathy 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 and joined the Pembina Institute’s Edmonton office in 2003. Kathy enjoys biking/skiing the trails of Edmonton and numerous activities with her family.
Courtney Scott is the Cenovus Energy Environmental Education Leadership Clinic Coordinator.  Courtney has worked for the environment for 13 years as a camp counselor at Camp Chief Hector, Environmental Educator in Colorado, Team Lead for the Enmax Energy’s Greenmax program, Road Warrior with The Banff International Mountain Film Festival, Outreach Coordinator with a local artist run centre and developed capacity building programs with an aboriginal youth organization.  For the past 2 years she has been with the Government of Alberta working with watershed and airshed planning councils and as a coordinator of the One Simple Act program. She has a B.A. from the University of Calgary and lives in Calgary with her husband Michael, new daughter Phoebe.
Michelle Kulmatycky is leading the ConocoPhillips Canada Professional Development in Environmental Education initiative. After completing her B.Sc.H. and B.Ed., Michelle moved west to start her teaching career. She spent four years in Fort McMurray teaching science, math and physical education. During her time there she focused on bringing science education to the forefront by running school Science Olympics, participating in the science leaders group, and inspiring science inquiry in children by sitting on the board of directors for the Wood Buffalo Youth Science Foundation. Michelle made the move south this summer and is now happily settled into her home in the Bow Valley.