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Board of Directors

The Coalition for Greener Aircraft is the non-profit organization behind SA²GE, LPCAD and TDD. The organization coordinates accountability and monitors progress, ensuring compliance with the grant agreement and other legal agreements governing the mobilizing project.

Administrators are committed to upholding the highest standards of governance.

Integrity
Respect
Security
Rigor
Loyalty
Members

Karen Magharian

Director, Legal & Contracts, Thales Canada

President, member of the Executive Committee and of the Governance Review Committee

Patrick Champagne

Strategic Advisor, CMC Electronics

President of the Governance Review Committee

Fassi Kafyeke   

Senior Advisor, Research, Innovation and Collaborations, Bombardier Aviation

Secretary and member of the Executive Committee

Guillaume Charland-Arcand 

CTO and Co-Founder, Ara Robotics

Treasurer, member of the Executive Committee and of the Governance Review Committee

Geneviève Laverdure 

Head of Service, Customer Satisfaction and Business Development, Airbus Canada 

Member of the Executive Committee

Alexandre Marceau-Gozsy

Program Manager, Aerospace, Ricardo Automotive & Industrial

Administrator

Anne Saint-Roch

Director, Technology Collaboration Office, Pratt & Whitney Canada

Administrator and member of the Audit Committee

Arnaud Thioulouse

Chief Executive Officer, Les dirigeables Flying Whales Québec inc.

Administrator

Suzanne Benoît

Advisor, SAF+

Administrator

Mélanie Lussier

President and CEO, Aero Montréal 

Administrator

Gilles Néron

Managing Director, Strategic Procurement and Real Estate, Air Canada

Administrator

Alain Aubertin

President - Executive Director, Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace (CRIAQ)

Administrator

Mouhad Mesherki

Director R&D, National Research Council Canada (NRC)

Observer

Wendy Bailey 

Chief, Environemental Protection and Standards, Civil Aviation, Transport Canada 

Observer

Ghislain Lafrance

Consultant, TeraXion

Observer and member of the Governance Review Committee

Houssam Alaouie

Director, Research and Development and Academic Relations, CAE

Observer and member of the Audit Committee

Philippe Sabat

Industrial Development Advisor, Transport and Logistics Department, 

Observer

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