BAC Board/Chapter Chairs/Staff
The Baking Association of Canada (BAC) is Canadian national baking industry association governed by the members. Volunteers are elected from member companies and serve nationally on the Association’s Board of Directors and various Committees. Members also are elected to manage BAC’s provincial Chapters. Additionally, BAC has full time staff and office based in Mississauga, (Toronto) Ontario to manage the Association’s day to day affairs.
2016-2017 BAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair | Kevin Rainey | Sobeys Inc. | Stellarton, NS |
Acting Chair | Tom Mattes | Del’s Pastry | Toronto, ON |
Secretary Treasurer | Louis Bontorin | Calgary Italian Bakery | Calgary, AB |
Past Chair | Glenn Wilde | Harvest Bakery | Winnipeg, MB |
President & CEO | Paul Hetherington | Baking Association of Canada | Mississauga, ON |
Directors | Martin Barnett | Vancouver Island University | Nanaimo, BC |
Dominique Bohec | Conseil de la Boulangerie du Quebec | Granby, QC | |
Blair Hyslop | Mrs. Dunster’s | Sussex, NB | |
Denise Eddy | Coleman Foods | St. John’s, NL | |
Michel Dion | Lallemand | Montreal, QC | |
Arthur Gunn | Gunn’s Bakery | Winnipeg, MB | |
Greg Jenkins | Weston Bakeries Ltd/Ready Bake Foods Inc. | Toronto, ON | |
Christian Mitzel | Qzina Specialty Foods | Vancouver, BC | |
Dan Peroff | Olympic Wholesale Co. Ltd. | Ajax, ON | |
Michael Rinella | Rich Products of Canada, Ltd. | Woodbridge, ON | |
Teresa Schoonings | Canada Bread | Etobicoke, ON |
BAC Chapter Chairs
British Columbia | Jesse Lamb | Vancouver, BC | |
Alberta | Pete Plaizier | The Good Oven | Edmonton, AB |
Ontario | Dan Peroff | Olympic Wholesale Co. Ltd | Ajax, ON |
Quebec | Dimitri Fraeys | Conseil de la Boulangerie du Quebec | Granby, QC |
Atlantic Canada | Dave Bryson | P & H Milling | Halifax, NS |
BAC Staff
Paul Hetherington | President & CEO |
Ahmed Mutaher | Director, Business Development – Events & Exhibitions |
Gillian Blakey | Member & Events Administrator |
Janice Fendley | Trade Show Manager |
Johanne Trudeau | Director, Food and Nutrition Policy |
To contact BAC staff please email info@baking.ca |