Kathleen Muretti, President
Kathleen Muretti is Manager of Fleet Services, Environmental Services, Procurement and Accounts Payable for the City of Airdrie, AB. Prior to her work in the public sector, she worked for 15 years as Operations and Materiels Manager in the private sector. Kathleen has served on the CPPC Board of Directors since 2005 and was Host and Chair of the 2007 Canadian Forum on Public Procurement held in Calgary. Kathleen also is an active member of the National Institute Government Purchasing (NIGP) and National Association of Purchasing Card Professionals (NAPCP). Kathleen has earned a Certified Professional Public Buyer designation (CPPB), a Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO), and is one of three Canadians who hold a Certified Procurement Card Professional designation (CPCP). Mrs. Muretti is also a regular speaker, host and commentator at business seminars and conferences.

John Gauvreau, Vice-president
John Gauvreau is a lawyer and holds a Master’s degree in public administration. His career has been at the Quebec ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux where he has performed professional and management duties in the real estate, investment and budget management sector.

Mr. Gauvreau has been investment director since 2001. The Investment Directorate is in charge of planning, programming, allocation and funding of the network real estate plan as well as for supporting the optimization of budget resources allocated for procurement and support services in the health and social services network. In this capacity, the investment directorate steers the cooperative purchase of equipment and supplies for the health network, particularly the purchase of high technology.

H. Scott Wolstenholme, Treasurer
H. Scott Wolstenholme is the new Manager Contracts and Project Management Services for Interuniversity Services Incorporated. Scott comes to us from the Cape Breton District Health Authority where he was the Director of Material Management. Prior to this Scott held the position of Director of Material Management at the Northside Habour View Hospital. Scott brings to ISI a wealth of experience in public procurement within a complex, publically accountable organization. Scott also brings to ISI leadership experience in group purchasing, and request for proposal initiatives at the local, provincial, regional and national level. Scott is a graduate of Saint Mary’s University and has furthered his education with various supply chain management continuing education opportunities. Scott has also been called upon to speak on supply management achievements achieved under his leadership. Scott will be a valuable addition to the ISI team and will be a resource to the ISI membership. Scott has six years experience on the CPPC board where he has served as Vice Chair and this will be his second term as Treasurer.

Éric Blanchette-Ouellet, Director and co-Secretary
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ) – With a background in journalism and communication, 7 years of corporate training and business solutions analysis, 5 years of technology-related projects management and Information Management Systems implementation, Eric works with CHUQ to develop EDI transactions and auto-ID solutions to streamline the whole supply chain, while managing a small team of database gurus who helps CHUQ’s procurement specialists fulfill their daily needs for mission-critical informations and knowledge.

Brian Stewart, Director and co-Secretary
Brian has spent more than 25 years in several supply chain management roles at the University of Alberta. In his current role he leads the Procurement and Contract Management group, with annual purchasing volumes exceeding $380 million and 190,000 transactions. Brian is a Certified Professional Purchaser, and is an active member of several professional groups and associations, serving several years in executive and Board positions. An avid recreational athlete, Brian spends most of his spare time training and competing in endurance events.

Melinda Nycholat, Director and Chair of Forum 2010
Since joining Defence Construction Canada in 1988 as a junior engineer, Mélinda has served the Corporation in various capacities and locations across the country. Some significant undertakings include managing the construction contract for a $20 million Design/Build Hangar and Taxiway facility for 14 Wing Greenwood, as well as serving as the national client liaison for 1 Canadian Air Division. Mélinda was appointed Director, Contract Services in August 2008. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the Université Laval as well as a Project Management Professional Certificate from the Project Management Institute. Mélinda is honoured to serve the CPPC Board and looks forward to contributing her expertise as a procurement specialist.

Ken Babich, Director
Ken, Director, Purchasing Services, University of Victoria, has extensive public sector executive experience in finance and administration, supply management, logistics and facilities management. Co-author in 2004 of “Sourcing in the Public Sector”, he is Certified Master Instructor for major procurement certification programs. He is Director of the CPPC since March 27th, 2006.

Caroline Bogner, Director
As Director of Procurement with Alberta Infrastructure, Caroline leads the Ministry’s Procurement Section, which provides centralized procurement and contracting services for government owned infrastructure programs/projects including procurement of construction, architectural and engineering consultants and property management services. Caroline has been with Alberta Infrastructure since 2007. Prior to Alberta Infrastructure, Caroline held various procurement management positions at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal. Caroline enjoys working on strategic procurement initiatives and is excited about the opportunity to contribute to the CPPC board team.

David Knight, Director
David has been employed by the Government of Yukon for 28 years, 20 years in the area of Procurement. David currently heads the Procurement Services unit which is the contracting authority for goods procurement for all Government Departments. Commodities include Livestock containment and Tracking devices, Firefighting equipment, Office Equipment, Stationary Supplies, Groceries, Vehicles and Road Maintenance and Construction supplies and equipment. David is working on new initiatives regarding Green Procurement, and Alternative forms of Procurement which include total cost of Ownership models. David obtained his C.P.P. designation in 2004.

David Lawson, Director
David Lawson is Director, Clinical Commissioning & Partnerships at Fraser Health, where he is responsible for a number of unique procurement initiatives involving “internal markets,” submissions to government and managing specialized external procurement opportunities in complex service areas such as third-party surgical services. He moved from the private sector and into the public sector in 1983 taking responsibility for materiel management at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital. In 1991, after 8 years at the “Vic,” David relocated to British Columbia joining successive multi-site health care organizations which today form part of the integrated Fraser Health Authority. A recent amalgamation of supply chain activities across BC’s two largest health authorities placed David in the role of Executive Director, Materiel Management & Supply Chain for the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health Authorities with a spend responsibility of over $500M annually.

David has been a Director of CPPC since 2004 and served on the CPPC Executive as Secretary in 2005-2006 and as CPPC Vice-President in 2006-2007.

Mark McCulloch, Director
Mark has been in the procurement and logistics profession for over 22 years. He brings a mixture of government and private industry experience. Mark has an MBA, a CPP designation from the Purchasing Management Association of Canada and a P. Log. from the Canadian Logistics Institute. He currently is the senior manager of procurement, logistics and contract support services for the Government of Nunavut. Mark works out of the home office in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Anna Maria Magnifico, Director
Born in Winnipeg, Anna Maria Magnifico is a dual Canadian-European national and senior executive with extensive international experience especially in bilateral and multilateral trade relations. A former federal public servant and parliamentary intern, she has worked with the United Nations Secretariat (New York), the European Commission (Brussels), and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris).

Her present post is that of Executive Director of the Internal Trade Secretariat based in Winnipeg. Among other duties, she is responsible for the effective functioning of a dispute resolution process to resolve complaints among federal/provincial/territorial governments as well as between private persons and governments.

Jim Nicholson, Director
Jim Nicholson achieved his C.P.P. designation in 1996 and has been with the City of Calgary in Supply Management for 18 years. He started as a Buyer and progressed through the ranks to his current position of Purchasing Agent in charge of contracts. Jim’s current responsibilities are to oversee construction procurement, which is currently in the $1 – $1.2B annual range. In his previous position of Corporate Supply Project Leader, he was the Team Leader on several key initiatives. One was the development and implementation of the City’s Sustainable Environmental and Ethical Procurement Policy (SEEPP). He also developed and implemented a corporate Consultant Engagement process that manages annual consultant engagements currently in the $300M range.

McEvoy Galbreath, Executive Director
The first executive director for the CPPC, McE was appointed on April 15, 2009. Her duties include membership recruitment and services, communications, program development and guiding the future growth of the CPPC and its service to members. McE’s introduction to the world of public procurement came 11 years ago with the development and launch of Summit, Canada’s magazine on public sector purchasing. As publisher, McE and her team have provided the public procurement community with a national resource for professional development and workplace tips. She has worked in the publishing industry for the past 21 years. Prior to this, McE spent five years working in the Canadian government, as a project manager for Asia for Investment Canada and in the 1980s, as a commercial officer for the Canadian High Commission in Lagos, Nigeria. She also has experience in the association field which she received through her work for five years at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. McE has a B.A. Honours in economics from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON).