P:N is guided by a Board of Directors.  Most members are P:N consultants, but we keep at least two spots open for some outside perspective. We meet at least four times a year. 

Wayne Bobrosky, Chair
Wayne has over fifteen years of direct experience in the areas of Business (MBA), Social Services, and Education.  He possesses excellent cross-cultural, teaching, project management, and business analysis skills having worked with a variety of groups both in Canada and around the world.
 

Denise Buchner has worked with community-based projects locally and internationally for the past 20 years.  She is a recent PhD graduate in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Calgary. Denise's areas of expertise include international health systems, community development, cultural interpretations of health and disability and international / development project evaluation. Denise has extensive experience working with many community-based organizations (many of them dealing with disability issues) across Canada and internationally.

Corin Chater has worked in international development for fifteen years. He has carried out numerous participatory evaluations, reviews, and consulting assignments for CIDA, the World Bank, as well as for Canadian implementing agencies and NGOs. A facilitator and trainer, he has also designed and conducted training and mentoring sessions in Results-Based Management (RBM) for Canadian and international NGOs looking to access development funds.  He has evaluated projects promoting good-governance, health, education, democratic development, and public-sector capacity building. Currently a doctoral candidate in Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary, Corin’s research focuses on peace building and the evolution of civil-military policy development in Afghanistan.

Philip Cox specializes in performance management as it relates to international and Canadian social development. He applies participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation, and to training on the methods of results based planning, management and reporting. Since 1990, Phil has evaluated more than twenty-five separate projects in health, income generation, vocational training, water and sanitation, institutional strengthening and community development. As much as is feasible in any given contract, Phil tries to engage project stakeholders as co-evaluators, rather than subjects. The most successful evaluations, in his view, allow people from many walks of life to exchange views in an environment of trust and in the knowledge that good reflection can lead to better results. 

Noel Keough has 20 years experience working in community development both locally and internationally. His work has included local renewable energy assessment and design, sustainability education, community development, popular theatre, sustainability indicators design and technology assessment. Through his unique experience Noel has been successful in building bridges between community groups and planning and engineering professionals. Internationally, Noel has worked in Central America, Central and South East Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Locally, Noel has worked with community groups in Alberta, Newfoundland and British Columbia. Noel is also a co-founder and current senior researcher at Sustainable Calgary Society, a member of the National Working Group for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and is Assistant Professor of Sustainable Design in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary.

Cary Sabraw has considerable business experience in a variety of

capacities including as a Vice President at Divestco and currently as Business Development Manager at Walton International. For eight years prior to joining the business world, Cary taught with the Calgary Catholic School Board. As a Canada World Youth alumni, he is knowledgeable of development issues and brings a wealth of skills that will benefit P:N during this transition.

Jeannette Tramhel's educational background includes a Master of Environmental Design

from the University of Calgary, a LL.M. (International Law), LL.B. and a B.Sc. in Agriculture (Economics). Jeannette has a long-standing interest in international development that dates back to early experiences with Canada World Youth in Malaysia and as a CUSO volunteer in Tanzania. An example of her work is an environmental planning project in the Philippines; she engaged three communities in the development of site plans for the integration of organic waste management with urban agriculture using a participatory design process.

Dr. Brian Unger just completed his role as Interim President and CEO of Cybera Inc. (www.cybera.ca), a not-for-profit consortium that builds cyberinfrastructure in support of industry and academic research in Alberta. He is also Professor Emeritus and the Executive Director of the Grid Research Centre (grid.ucalgary.ca) at the University of Calgary, and is the Special Advisor for iREACH (“informatics for rural empowerment and community health”), a research project supported by the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC), and by the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce (ireach.org.kh).