Meet the Team 🙂
The Great River Rapport team is a talented and dedicated group of people that includes scientists, communication experts, writers, designers, and visual artists.


Leigh McGaughey, PhD
Project Lead & Co-ordinator

Abraham Francis, MSc
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Head of Environment

Kayla Sunday, BA
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Acting Head of Environment

Mary Ann Perron, PhD
Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow, Technical Report Lead

Stephany Hildebrand
Art Director & Photographer

Zachary Zwanenburg
Head of Web Development

Emilie DeRochie
Research Assistant

Mackenzie Wylie-Arbic
Research Assistant

Yarovyy Dmytro
Web & Graphic Design

Bojian Chen, PhD
Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow

Cristina Charette, MSc
Expert Contributor

Pam Maloney
Grant Writer & Editor

Elsie Lewison, PhD
Grant Writer & Editor

Jeff Ridal, PhD
River Institute Executive Director

Matt Windle, MSc
Research Scientist

Brian Hickey, PhD
Science Advisor

Courtney Holden, PhD
Research Scientist

Silvia Rodriguez
Research Assistant

Christina Collard
Program Lead, Administration

Jennifer Lauzon
Administration

Kaz Shuji
Research Assistant

Emma Ridal
Assistant Web Developer
Alumni Members
Bailey Bedard
Amanda Nurse
Maxwell Irwin
Allison Collard
Matt MacMillan
Maegan Mitchell
Jaclyn Franceschini
Neil Dempster
Barry Madison
El Amine Mimouni
Mark McDougall
Sydney Gilmour
Yanik Rozon
External Advisory Commitee Members

Michael Twiss
Clarkson University,
Science Advisor

Jérôme Marty
Scientific Advisor

Lee Willbanks
River Advocate

Andrew Morley
Science Advisor
Partners & Collaborators
The Great River Rapport unites a diverse group of collaborators who enrich the project with unique perspectives. They include Indigenous Peoples, federal and provincial government agencies, academia, environmental non-government organizations, community groups, and community members.
Meet our collaborators.
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