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Media Contacts

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If you're a journalist facing a tight deadline, not sure who would make the best source, looking for background information or hunting around for story ideas, you can start by contacting the Pembina Institute's communications manager:

Julia Kilpatrick, MJ (English / français)
Communications manager

• Phone: 403-456-5518
• Cell: 613-265-5579

Find a spokesperson by topic area

While the sustainable energy issues we work on at the Pembina Institute often overlap, most of our spokespeople are specialists in certain subject areas. If you're not sure who would make the best source for your story, please contact Julia Kilpatrick for help.

Climate change

Matt Horne, MRM
Acting Climate Policy Director, B.C. Energy Solutions Director

• Phone: 604-874-8558 ext 223
• Cell: 778-235-1476

Specializing in: cap-and-trade, carbon pricing, Western Climate Initiative, federal climate action, provincial climate action, Canada's climate targets, greenhouse gas regulations, natural gas and shale gas development.

P.J. Partington, B.Sc. (English / français)
Climate Policy Analyst

• Cell: 646-538-1913

Specializing in: climate science, carbon pricing, greenhouse gas emissions, international climate negotiations, greenhouse gas regulations, Canada's climate targets. 

Matthew McCulloch, P.Eng.
Director of Consulting Services

• Phone: 403-269-3344 ext 114

Specializing in: voluntary offset programs for carbon emissions, greenhouse gas reduction initiatives by industry.

Josha MacNab, MRM
Associate Director of the Sustainable Communities Group

• Phone: 604-874-8558 ext 224

Specializing in: community energy planning and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

Want to know more? Check out our work on climate change.

General energy issues

Ed Whittingham, MBA
Executive Director

• Phone: 403-537-0579
• Cell: 403-899-0578

Specializing in: Pembina Institute management and external relations, industry engagement, government relations, federal energy policy, Alberta energy policy, climate change, oilsands impacts and mitigation, renewable energy.

Chris Severson-Baker, MA
Managing Director

• Phone: 403-269-3344 ext 101
• Cell: 403-899-7423

Specializing in: Pembina Institute operations and management, federal energy policy, Alberta energy policy, carbon capture and storage (CCS), climate policy.

Simon Dyer, M.Sc., P.Biol.
Policy Director

• Phone: 403-721-3937
• Cell: 403-322-3937

Specializing in: Pembina Institute perspectives on energy policy, Alberta energy policy, oilsands issues and impacts, land-use planning and protection of species at risk.

Dan Woynillowicz, MA
Director of Strategy and Communications

• Phone: 250-412-1361
• Cell: 250-551-2072

Specializing in: Pembina Institute perspectives on energy policy, climate change policy, oilsands issues and impacts.

Green economics

Amy Taylor, MRM
Director, Public Sector Services

• Phone: 403-705-4954
• Cell: 403-996-0510

Specializing in: green economics and fiscal policy.

Want to know more? Check out our work on green economics.

Oilsands

Jennifer Grant, M.Sc.
Oilsands Program Director

• Phone: 403-538-7781

Specializing in: oilsands policy and regulation, projected growth in oilsands development and emissions, land-use planning, tailings management, environmental impacts of oilsands development.

Nathan Lemphers, B.Sc., MCP
Senior Oilsands Policy Analyst

• Phone: 403-269-3344 ext 124

Specializing in: oilsands policy and regulation, cross-border and U.S. oilsands issues, financial liabilities for reclamation of tailings.

Marc Huot, B.Sc., M.Sc., E.I.T
Oilsands policy analyst

• Phone: 780-485-9610 ext 104

Specializing in: oilsands policy and regulation, air quality issues, greenhouse gas emissions.

Want to know more? Check out our work on oilsands.

Pembina consulting

Matthew McCulloch, P.Eng.
Director of Consulting Services

• Phone: 403-269-3344 ext 114

Specializing in: standards and best practices for sustainability in the energy industry, corporate social responsibility, life-cycle analysis, voluntary offset programs for carbon emissions, greenhouse gas reduction initiatives by industry, Pembina's environmental consulting work and on-the-ground expertise.

Want to know more? Check out our work in environmental consulting.

Regional issues 

Alberta

Chris Severson-Baker, MA
Managing Director

• Phone: 403-269-3344 ext 101
• Cell: 403-899-7423

Go to the Alberta energy solutions website

British Columbia

Matt Horne, MRM
Acting Climate Policy Director, B.C. Energy Solutions Director

• Phone: 604-874-8558 ext 223
• Cell: 778-235-1476

Kevin Sauvé, B.Sc., MJ
B.C. Communications Lead, Communications

• Phone: 604-874-8558
• Cell: 604-354-2628

Go to the B.C. energy solutions website

Nova Scotia

Tim Weis, M.Sc., PhD, P.Eng. (English / français)
Director of renewable energy and efficiency policy

• Phone: 780-485-9610 ext 105
• Cell: 780-667-6519

Ontario

Cherise Burda, B.Ed., B.Sc., MA
Ontario Policy Director

• Phone: 416-644-1016
• Cell: 416-824-0256

Go to the Ontario energy solutions website

International

Paul Cobb, B.Eng.
Senior Technical and Policy Advisor, Public Sector Services

• Phone: 613-216-1976 ext 23

Renewable energy & efficiency

Tim Weis, M.Sc., PhD, P.Eng. (English / français)
Director of renewable energy and efficiency policy

• Phone: 780-485-9610 ext 105
• Cell: 780-667-6519

Specializing in: renewable energy policy (federal and provincial), feed-in tariffs, energy efficiency and conservation, wind and solar power and other renewable energy technology, nuclear power, coal-fired energy generation, regional renewable energy issues (Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia).

Jesse Row, P.Eng.
Director of the Sustainable Communities Group

• Phone: 403-269-3344 ext 110
• Cell: 403-483-4810

Specializing in: energy efficiency, community-driven greenhouse gas reduction programs, Alberta energy policy, urban planning and smart growth.

Want to know more? Check out our work on renewable energy and efficiency.

Sustainable transportation

Cherise Burda, B.Ed., B.Sc., MA
Ontario Policy Director

• Phone: 416-644-1016
• Cell: 416-824-0256

Specializing in: transportation and urban planning, public transit, commuter choice policies, greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, sustainable transportation, reducing oil demand.

Graham Haines, B.A.Sc.
Technical and Policy Analyst, Transportation

• Phone: 416-644-1016 ext 3

Specializing in: transportation and urban planning, public transit, commuter choice policies, greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, sustainable transportation, reducing oil demand.

Want to know more? Check out our work on transportation.

More resources for journalists

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