Committee Chairs and Volunteers

Below is a contact list of all Committee Chairs, sub-committees and volunteers
that are actively making sure ABYC, as a self-help club, runs smoothly!

Board Positions Committee Chairs & Functional Leads Sub-Committees Name Email
Commodore Gerald Hamers commodore@abyc.ca
Recording Secretary Julie Hughes boardsecretary@abyc.ca
Philanthropy Vacant chair.philanthropy@abyc.ca
Sponsorship Jerrett Myers chair.sponsorship@abyc.ca
Senior VC Neil Payne srvc@abyc.ca
Club Manager Ron Nesbitt clubmanager@abyc.ca
Safety Chair Jon Lane safety@abyc.ca
House Chair Peter Pekelny house@abyc.ca
Bylaw & Policies Chair Ormonde Benson bylaws@abyc.ca
Governance Bruce Hannah governance@abyc.ca
Human Resources Advisory Chair Anne O’Sullivan Reid hr@abyc.ca
Marketing & Communications Chair Kyle Couch marcom@abyc.ca
ABYC News Linda Gouge news@abyc.ca
Ship2Shore Lauren Stephens ship2shore@abyc.ca
Social Media Coordinator Erin Hamilton
socialmedia@abyc.ca
Job Jar Manager Alison Booz jobjar@abyc.ca
Rear Commodore Penelope Hughes rearcom@abyc.ca
Racing Committee Chair David Holmes chair.racing@abyc.ca
ABYC Open Regatta Geoff Brown openregatta@abyc.ca
Seahorse Regatta Chair Angie Law youthregatta@abyc.ca
Awards Coordinator John Chittley awards@abyc.ca
Chief Handicapper Hugh Johnston handicapper@abyc.ca
Dinghy Fleet Captain & Race Committee Coordinator Grant Dietrich dinghy.race@abyc.ca
Fleet Captain, Dry Sail Eriks Kalvins fleet.drysail@abyc.ca
Fleet Registrar & Scoring Coordinator Penelope Hughes scorer@abyc.ca
Protest Coordinator Vacant protest@abyc.ca
Race Committee Coordinator Molly Asseltine racecommittee@abyc.ca
Racing Crew Bank Coordinators Angie & Keegan (interim) crewbank@abyc.ca
Equipment Manager Tim Connolly raceequipment@abyc.ca
Events Book Editor Scott Elliott eventsbook@abyc.ca
Racing Secretary Vacant secretary.racing@abyc.ca
Cruising Co-Chairs Karina, Sandra & Kyle cruising@abyc.ca
Women Sailing Coordinator Donna Miller womensailing@abyc.ca
Paddling Coordinator Vacant paddling@abyc.ca
VC Community Programs Marjolyn van der Hart vccommunityprograms@abyc.ca
Junior Sailing School Director Chris Ruch sailingschooldirector@abyc.ca
Adult Learn to Sail Director Marjolyn van der Hart adultl2s@abyc.ca
Co-op Keelboat Program Lona Westberg & Karie Johnston coopsailing@abyc.ca
VC Financial Services
Mitchell Wine vcfinance@abyc.ca
Finance Committee Roy Little financecommittee@abyc.ca
Technology Chair Sergio Mendoza technology@abyc.ca
Telecom Manager Kevin Forward telecom@abyc.ca
Webmaster Charles Cira webmaster@abyc.ca
VC Membership Services Rob Faulkner vcmember@abyc.ca
Membership Co-Chairs Heinz Gebers & Rob Nicholson chair.membership@abyc.ca
Mentorship Coordinator Petra Fischer & Liz Fedryk mentorship@abyc.ca
Regalia Chair Graham Reid regalia@abyc.ca
Entertainment Co-Chairs Neil & Maz Brereton, Ryan Lippert entertainment@abyc.ca
Heritage Chair (Formerly Archives) Mike MacDonald heritage@abyc.ca
Family Affairs Chair Vacant family@abyc.ca
VC Marine Services Chris Pappas vcmarine@abyc.ca
Work Party Management Lead Derek Lamarche workparty@abyc.ca
Yardmaster Ken McDonald yardmaster@abyc.ca
Landscaping Co-Chairs Yvette & Stuart Demeter landscape@abyc.ca
Crane Yard Chair Paul Lefneski chair.crane@abyc.ca
Railway Chair Brian Cunningham chair.rail@abyc.ca
Environmental Chair Mike Hren enviro@abyc.ca
Harbour Master Jordan Rock harbourmaster@abyc.ca
Harbour Maintenance Chair Peter Pekelny harbourmaintenance@abyc.ca
In-Water Storage Lead Bob Wright in.water.storage@abyc.ca
VC Planning Patrick Flynn vcplan@abyc.ca
Past Commodore Paul Brennan pastcomm@abyc.ca
Nominating Committee Chair Yanick Landry nominations@abyc.ca