GINETTE SÉGUIN
CPO1 RCN
PAUL O’BOYLE
MWO (Ret’d) RCN
MICHELAINE LAHAIE
Chairperson, Civilian Review and Complaints Commission, RCMP
DAVID HUDOCK
National Director, PCL Construction
ROBERT CLÉROUX
CPO1 (Ret’d) RCN
LINE LAURENDEAU
CPO1 RCN
SPENCER FRASER
Director, Business Development, Inocea Group of Companies
Tom Riefesel joined the Navy in 1982 as a Signalman Sea 261, and to Yeoman Signals, Chief Yeoman of Signals NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic, and Chief Naval Communicator at Sea Training Atlantic. He served in all classes of ships and in three operational deployments. Promoted to Chief Petty Officer 1st class in 2005, he served with Maritime Force Atlantic Headquarters as the Unit Chief and subsequently as Coxswain of HMCS Ville de Québec, Coxswain Sea Training Atlantic, Formation Chief Petty Officer Maritime Forces Atlantic/Joint Task Force Atlantic. He was appointed as the Royal Canadian Navy Chief Petty Officer in 2012. In 2016, he was commissioned and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, assuming duties as the Ottawa Detachment Commander Personnel Coordination Centre Pacific. He retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in 2018 and is currently employed with the federal government. He and his wife enjoy sailing, skiing and beekeeping in Chelsea, QC.
Spencer served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) for 20 years in a variety of Canadian frigates and destroyers and was a member of several RCN operational staffs. From 2000 until his retirement in 2003, Spencer served as a Project Director for the Directorate of Maritime Requirements Sea (DMRS), where he oversaw various national and international programs and was the RCN’s representative to several NATO committees and Working Groups.
Since his retirement, Spencer has worked in the field of Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS), focused primarily on systems designed for military training and surveillance. He was instrumental in bringing the creation of the Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (CCUVS) to fruition and has been the Chairman of the Board since 2011. He is currently also serving as a board member of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI). Spencer is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada (BA-1987), Kings College London UK (MA- 2000) and Queen’s University (MBA-2003). He is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA-2004) and is currently the Director Of Business Development at Inocea Group of Companies.