Hal Watson (Chair)
Hal Watson and and his wife Karon often witness the beauty and power of our forests while paddling through lakes and rivers or hiking along Canada’s scenic trails. With a home on the edge of Hungry Hollow, they are always close to nature.
Don Trant (Treasurer and Past Chair)
Don Trant, a retired physician, is an outdoor enthusiast who celebrates the wonder and science of trees. He knows that trees provide environmental and health benefits in addition to the beautification of our community. Their shade provides cooling and protection from harmful UV radiation. Spending time outdoors, surrounded by trees is therapeutic for everyone! Planting trees is a legacy for the next generation.
Mary Lynn Swagerman (Secretary)
Mary Lynn Swagerman moved to Halton Hills in 2014 because of her passion for older neighbourhoods with trees and gardens, lots of great cycling and bringing her closer to the Bruce Trail. Being outside in nature is her happy place and working towards a cleaner, sustainable environmental future is a priority.
Amelia Arif
Mike Elsey
Mike Elsey is a real estate agent whose secret weapon is engaging others in trees planting events. In the spring of 2022, about 125 of his colleagues planted nearly 1000 trees to naturalize a ravine in Georgetown. They created a native forest right in town!
Dan Harmer (Vice-Chair)
Dan Harmer cares about food security and recognizes that only with a thriving environment can food be grown. Forests and trees are essential for food security and a healthy environment. They provide environmental stability by reducing soil erosion, protecting catchments, and regulating water flow. Trees also help to maintain soil fertility and increase agricultural productivity by providing shade, shelter, and nutrients to crops. By retaining trees on agricultural land, encouraging natural regeneration, and planting trees and other forest plants, we can increase food security and nutrition.
Judy Harris
Judy Harris moved to Georgetown in 1990 and became a passionate about gardening and hiking. She witnessed daily the beauty of our hiking trails in Halton Hills while hiking with her dogs. Nature is her happy place – observing wildlife, wildflowers, trees, and the Credit Valley River system. Trees are vital to our community and a healthy environment.
Cel Logarta
Cel Logarta is passionate about building strong communities and promoting greenscapes that support environmental and human well-being. She has also a strong interest in ocean health and sustainability, shaped by growing up in the Philippines, where she saw firsthand the impact of neglecting nature. Family is at the heart of everything she does. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her loved ones, reading, cooking, scuba diving – something she hopes to do again soon – and relaxing at the beach.
Jennifer Reynolds
Jennifer Reynolds believes in the importance of parks and open space in communities. Trees contribute to the overall health of the natural outdoor experience and are a vital addition providing environmental benefit, shade and visual connectivity to nature – important to quality of life.
Corrina McAloon (Project Coordinator)
Corrina McAloon, Project Coordinator for TFHH is an artist, florist and most importantly a mom who wants to share environmental lessons with her kids and help create a beautiful and healthy community where they will thrive. For volunteer information or information regarding corporate plantings please contact Corrina at: treesforhaltonhills@gmail.com
Ann Lawlor (Founder)
Ann Lawlor (Founder and Past Chair) believes that healthier urban and rural forests will help us avert the destruction of climate change. Her motto is Think Global and Act Local. Planting trees is one way we can enhance the resilience of our piece of the globe. Ann is currently the Mayor of Halton Hills
Don Scallen (Consultant to the Board)
Don Scallen writes passionately and extensively about his love for our natural environment. He shares his deep understanding with the inquiring minds of both young and elder citizen scientists.
TREES FOR HALTON HILLS
Halton Hills, Ontario
treesforhaltonhills@gmail.com
