Margo has more than 40 years of experience as an environmental leader, practitioner, and advocate in both government and the nonprofit sector. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and has dedicated her career to advancing environmental conservation, sustainable land use, and community stewardship.
Throughout her career, Margo has advised the Government of Ontario on Indigenous affairs, environmental land-use planning, policy development, and legal tools for conserving natural ecosystems and heritage resources. She also served for 14 years as Executive Director of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, leading one of the province’s most respected land conservation organizations.
A recognized leader in conservation, Margo was a co-founder and President of the Canadian Land Trust Alliance, helping establish a national network of land conservation organizations. She also served as a founding director of two watershed associations, strengthening community-based environmental stewardship across New Brunswick.
By co-founding and serving as a director of the Fredericton Community Climate Hub, she hopes to engage and empower residents to become more climate-aware and self-sufficient, and to have fun and build community in the process.
Chinenye Momife holds a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from the University of New Brunswick. Her interests are rooted in sustainability, waste reduction, circular economy, and finding practical ways for communities to take action on environmental challenges. Through her work with the Fredericton Community Climate Hub, Chinenye became particularly interested in food waste reduction and community-based climate solutions. She is involved with the Climate Hub because she believes meaningful environmental change begins at the community level, and she hopes to help make sustainability more accessible, practical, and engaging for residents of Fredericton.
Lauren MacDonald developed a passion for environmental sustainability while she was a student at St. Thomas University. Now, she has returned to her alma mater as a part-time lecturer in the Environment and Society program and as the university’s Campus Sustainability Coordinator. As the Campus Sustainability Coordinator, her role focuses on planning, implementing, monitoring, and improving STU’s climate and sustainability initiatives.
She previously worked as a Sustainability Officer at McGill University and as Impact Coordinator and Sustainable Development Goals Project Assistant for PHIL, an organization that develops and implements strategies for social mission organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from STU and a Master of Arts in Global Governance with a specialty in Climate Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Lauren joined the Fredericton Community Climate Hub because she believes meaningful climate action happens when institutions, organizations, and community members work together toward shared goals. As both a sustainability practitioner and educator, she values opportunities to connect with others who are advancing local climate solutions and building community resilience. She is particularly interested in bridging the gap between research, education, and practical action, while supporting initiatives that make sustainability more accessible and relevant to people across the Fredericton region.
Carl Duivenvoorden was raised on a dairy farm in northern New Brunswick. His diverse early agricultural career took him to over 25 countries. But from his early days in the village of Belledune, Carl always had an uneasy concern about human impacts on our global environment.
In 2006, he read “An Inconvenient Truth”, the book that catapulted climate change onto the global agenda. In April 2007, he became one of the first Canadians to be personally trained by former US Vice President Al Gore to present live versions of his Academy Award-winning slideshow.
Since then, he has worked as a speaker, writer and sustainability consultant, helping people and organizations learn how they can save money, energy and our environment. He has presented to over 400 audiences of all sizes across Atlantic Canada and beyond: conferences, corporate groups, governments, universities, educators and more.
Louise is a Senior Advisor at Re.Climate, Carleton University’s centre for climate change communications and public engagement. Louise is passionate about advancing evidence-based solutions to climate change. Louise specializes in mixed-method research, with a focus on social acceptance of climate change policies and the energy transition, especially electrification. Louise has more than 30 years’ experience in climate change policy, communications, and solutions-related advocacy and programming. Louise has worked internationally, federally, provincially and municipally. Louise holds a doctorate in environmental management, focused on environmental ethics and behaviour change from the University of New Brunswick and a master’s degree in environmental education and communication from Royal Roads University.
Trevor Hanson is originally from rural New Brunswick and is a Professor of Civil Engineering at UNB Fredericton. His academic research is informed by the transportation challenges he observed while living there and working as a volunteer in a community development group. Originally focused on finding alternatives for older adults that are looking to transition from driving, his work has expanded into age-friendly, accessible, and active transportation as well as the planning and forecasting tools needed to help communities better plan for their transportation needs.
Trevor volunteers as an Expert Advisor with the Fredericton Community Climate Hub to help equip those with the passion for more sustainable transportation with a better understanding of transportation planning and practice to help focus efforts to develop a more sustainable transportation vision for New Brunswick and its communities, regions and rural areas.