Annual General Meeting & Bylaws
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Paddle Alberta – Board & Committee Directors
Our volunteer Board/Committee Directors and members are what help make Paddle Alberta the great organization it is. Their passion for getting people out paddling and the paddling environment is what makes them so great for the job.
Our Board and Committee Directors are elected for 1 year terms at our Annual General Meeting in Spring of each year.
Board of Directors & Staff

Amanda Mercer
President

Silvia Kozlik
Vice President/Education Director

Keo Ohler
Secretary

Erik Rust
Treasurer

Donna McKean
Safety & Touring Director
I started paddling …as a kid in Ontario with my dad, then at various camps, including a Pioneer Camp in the Muskokas . My first overnight trip was a 3(#) day trip in Ontario, somewhere in the Muskoka’s(don’t remember). My favorite trip meal is…Potato cheese soup. Provinces I’ve paddled in: Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta. My local Club: Ceyana Canoe Club. My favorite paddling memory …..too many to count, but one trip from Rocky Mountain House to Drayton Valley was memorable in that the first day we had three rescues, one was pretty scary, but it brought the group together so by the end we were having a blast with water fights as we paddled into Drayton.

Lori Davis
Instructor Rep
Bio coming soon.

Angie Shroderus
Member at Large

Lana Madsen
Paddle Canada Regional Rep for Alberta
I started paddling when I was 20
My first overnight trip was a 3 day trip on the Little Smokey River.
My favorite trip meal is hot soup and veggies
I’ve paddled in: Nova Scotia, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territory, British Columbia, Yukon.
My local Club – Rocky Canoe Club
My favorite paddling memory is Moose Ponds, first trip on the Nahanni in 1986

John Stoodley
Member at Large
Bio coming soon.

Karla Handy
Program Services Coordinator
I started really paddling in college. My first overnight trip was a 2 day trip on the Bow river Calgary to Carseland. My favorite trip meal is my egg and ham breakfast bagels. Provinces I’ve paddled in are BC, Alberta and Manitoba. My local clubs are the Bow Waters Canoe Club and Paddle Junkies. My favorite paddling memory is…that’s a tuff one… I love the Kootenay river and I’m always dreaming about fishing and paddling it every year as much as I can.
"You can't cross the water merely by standing and staring at it."
– Rabindranath Tagore