Board of Directors

Honorary Patron

Sir David Frederick Attenborough, is an English broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for 60 years.

Honorary Directors

Margaret Atwood http://margaretatwood.ca/

Robert Bateman OC, OBC https://batemancentre.org/

The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson PC, CC, CMM, CD http://adrienneclarkson.com/

Dr. Adrian Forsyth https://www.andesamazonfund.org/person/adrian-forsyth-ph-d/

Glen Loates

Freeman Patterson http://www.freemanpatterson.com/

Dr. Douglas Tallamy http://www.bringingnaturehome.net/

Anne

Anne

Anne Boucher aboucher@nanps.org

Anne is a social entrepreneur with a focus on environmental sustainability. With a background in nonprofit leadership, sales, and business consulting, she brings a skillset in organizational growth & development to support NANPS’ own mission & growth. In her spare time, Anne is transforming her Toronto garden into a sanctuary for native plants and insects.

Evan

Evan

Evan Prodromou eprodromou@nanps.org

Evan Prodromou is a social entrepreneur and technologist based in Montreal, Quebec. As a startup founder, he has worked at companies like Microsoft and RSA, and started companies like Breather, Wikitravel, StatusNet and Fuzzy.ai. In non-profits, he has led product management at Wikipedia, engineering at the Open Earth Foundation, and now works as research director of the Social Web Foundation. He tends a native plant garden and a small vineyard in the town of Richmond in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

Husayn

Husayn

Husayn Hirji hhirji@nanps.org

John

John

John Foster jfoster@nanps.org

President

John is a retired teacher and botanist, who enjoys volunteering with environmental groups
that advocate for native plants and their habitats.

Justine

Justine

Justine Barone jbarone@nanps.org

Kurt

Kurt

Kurt Kroesen kkroesen@nanps.org

Mark

Mark

Mark Bekkering mbekkering@nanps.org

Starting in 2017, Mark Bekkering has transformed his Toronto home into a thriving pollinator garden featuring 30+ native plant species. Now retired, Mark spent over three decades in city government, focusing on environmental policy, and guiding initiatives like TransformTO and PollinateTO during his time as Manager of Policy in Toronto’s Environment & Climate Change Division. His work has consistently aimed to balance environmental sustainability with economic and community well-being.

Rabeya

Rabeya

Rabeya Shikdar Orpa rshikdarorpa@nanps.org

Terrie

Terrie

Terrie Miller tmiller@nanps.org

Treasurer

Terrie is a retired financial executive with a strong interest in the environment and a background in strategic planning.

Valerie

Valerie

Valerie Groves vgroves@nanps.org

Secretary

Valerie’s passion for native plants began upon reading Doug Tallamy’s Bringing Nature Home in 2009. As a professional gardener, her work focuses on native plant installations and ecologically-minded garden maintenance. She is excited to bring her practical knowledge to the NANPS.
Valerie is an active volunteer in her community, serving as an executive on school councils, and leading community garden planting and maintenance efforts.