The Management Board is comprised of individuals from government, partner institutions, academia, industry, and science/research groups responsible for overseeing the development, execution and review of the Institute research plan with particular emphasis on ensuring sustainable operations, growth and expansion in support of the Institute's vision and mission.

As patrons committed to the vision and mission of the CRI, the Management Board, will actively promote regional, national, and international opportunities and partnerships, and provide advice and direction to the CRI Executive.

Jean-François Blais, PHD

Director, Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique - Centre Eau Terre Environnement

Kevin Cash, PHD

Director General, Water and Science Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada

George dixon, PHD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo

Michelle Gray, PHD, Ex-Officio

Director Canadian Rivers Institute, Acting Dean, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick

Jack Imhof

Former National Biologist and Director of Conservation Ecology, Trout Unlimited Canada (Retired)

ANDRÉ ST-HILAIRE, PHD, Ex-officio

Chair of the CRI Fellows Board, Professor, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

Fred WhorisKEy, PHD, Chair of the Management Board

Executive Director, Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University

Robert Gilmour, Phd

Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, University of Prince Edward Island

PERRY HAINES

Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Environment and Local Government, Government of New Brunswick

David MaGee, PHD

Vice-President (Research), University of New Brunswick

Stella Swanson, PHD

Founder, Swanson Environmental Strategies Ltd.

Frederick J Wrona, PHD

Professor and Svare Research Chair in Integrated Watershed Processes, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary