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Lewis Yeager, General Manager
Lewis has over 35 years of experience in ecology, watershed management and park planning in the private and public sectors. Prior to joining Rouge Park as General Manager, Lewis was a non-partisan research consultant with the Ontario Legislative Assembly and has spent much of his career as an executive in the environmental consulting sector. Lewis has also served as a government biologist in northern Ontario, was a scientist with Environment Canada's Erie Critical Coastal Interface Study, and taught ecology and human biology at York University in Toronto. Lewis completed undergraduate studies in zoology at the University of Western Ontario and graduate research in ecology at York University. |
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Barb Davies, Manager, Natural Heritage
Barb is a graduate of the University of Guelph Department of Biology Honours Programme where she focused on ecology and zoology. Barb's career includes work at Ontario's Point Pelee National Park and the Essex Region Conservation Authority in Southwestern Ontario in areas of public education and restoration biology. |
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Bob Clay, Manager, Natural Heritage
Bob joined Rouge Park in December 2006 specifically to help ‘build the Park’. His past experiences include managing large northern Manitoba marshes, estimating muskrat population demographics on the Mississippi River in Iowa, strategic planning and delivery of wetland habitat in Ontario. Recently he was a member of Ontario Ministery of the Environment’s Technical Expert Committee on Drinking Water Source Protection Planning and worked on the Rouge River Watershed plan. Bob has a BSc (hons.) in zoology from University of Manitoba and a MS (Wildlife Biology) from Iowa State University. He’s fond of telling people to check out the parts of the Park south of Steeles Avenue – In his words "It’s a little known gem of an area". |
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Maryam Nassar, Manager, Interpretation and Culture
Maryam's career includes experience in interactive environmental education for children, teaching, and work and volunteering in the environmental not-for-profit sector. Maryam has an Honours Bachelor of Education from the University of New Brunswick and an Honours degree in Environmental Studies from York University.
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Vicki MacDonald, Biologist
Vicki graduated from the University of Guelph with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree specializing in zoology. Vicki's career includes work at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority in areas of natural heritage and stewardship. |
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Michelle Holmes, Web & Communications Specialist
Combining her education in Fish and Wildlife Management, Web Design and Development and Corporate Communications, Michelle has worn many hats. Her career ranges from counting aquatic invertebrates to developing databases. She has worked in both the private and public sector focusing on web and graphic design, and has worked with Nottawasaga Valley and Toronto Region Conservation Authorities specializing in environmental outreach.
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Doreen McCarty, Administrative Coordinator
Doreen has worked in the private and public sector. Her experience includes working with the Ontario Ministry of Environment before coming to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in the early 1990s, where she first became involved with the Rouge Park Project.
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